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The Desk Chair

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In 2002 Javed came back to Sweden with the intention to stay here for some time. He managed to get an apartment (about a hundered meters from where I lived) and, of course, went to Ikea to buy furniture. He also assembled a couple of computers from parts, one to himself and one to Andreas. Javed connected a webcam to his computer to be able to stay in touch with people in the US. He eventually returned to the US and left everything without much concern. I found some pictures on the computer taken with the webcam. So here we see a familiar bedding. Also a cup of tea and XBOX controls. The bag, I believe, is Jordnötsringar ("peanut rings"). A favourite snack of ours at the time that might be just a Swedish thing: The thrustworthy company. And here Javed himself. He is sitting in a desk chair. When he left I took care of this chair and it has been with me ever since. I am sitting in it right now, typing these words. I have tried to track the desk chair thr...