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New Day Cafe: New Project Preview [1]

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Date: 2025-05-11

Good morning, Newdists! By now, you’re all probably aware of my newfound virtual trucking hobby. What started out as a casual gaming experience turned into an expensive obsession, and I built quite the setup in (what used to be) my home office. When I bought my 49-inch curved monitor, I justified it in part by telling myself that I’d use it for work, too. However, as I added more and more equipment to my trucking setup, it became more and more of a pain to move everything to the side so I could actually get work done. Eventually, I gave up and moved my work desk to another room, which means that my trucking station is now permanent.

But then I started thinking that I needed to redo the decor in that part of the room, since the original decor was more suited to a home office. So I brainstormed and started looking around online for various trucking-themed things I could get to redecorate the area (why do I have to make everything so gay?). I did find a few things, but I felt like I needed some kind of a centerpiece. That’s when it came to me: Why not turn some of the screenshots I like to take in the game into wall art? It took a few weeks of waiting, but the resulting wall art finally arrived yesterday. (Unfortunately, it arrived with a little damage, including a crease down the middle of it. I’m going to try to get them to send a replacement or refund some of the cost or something, but in the meantime it will do.) This is what that part of the room currently looks like:

Here’s a closeup of the screenshots (you can see the crease, ugh). These are three of my favorite trucks:

So that’s it for now. It’s unfinished—a work in progress. This will be my new project, collecting truck-related things to decorate this corner of the room.

As you can see, there’s an empty space on the righthand side. That will be my first priority to fill. I realized that you can buy the Kenworth emblem—as in, the actual emblem that goes on the front of the truck—and I’m wondering if I could somehow put that on the wall. We’ll see! I’m not in a huge rush—this is just something fun I’ll be working on over the next however long. Let me know if you have any ideas!

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