My workspace, as research slowly subsumes all other parts of my life

Slowly but surely, all parts of my life which are not related to work, research, research-related work or work-related research, are being taken over by the parts which do relate to those areas. Here, a photo of the evidence. This photo illustrates: the state of my space, as of 8PM on a Friday night; dinner (note the hummus, crackers, fizzy water and barely visible posh chocolate bar for later snacking); my expensive beverage intake from the last eight hours, as indicated by disposable cup tower; the stack of books for this week (colour theory from artistic and scientific standpoints, histories of the development of standardized weights and measures, Bruno Latour's Laboratory Life); computer, displaying article about a novel way of teaching physics teachers to teach physics to their students; a structure made of chicken wire and bits of pipe, used for storing things like mugs and mittens.

All of this makes up my current habitat. On more productive days, there's no food on the pile, because I've gotten through the books in time to go home and actually cook. Today is not one of those productive days.

Oh yes, this is where the magic happens.