Interstitial Zone

[kiyakotari]

Playing around in the interstitial space at the hospital after work today. I've had the image of one of my dolls crawling around in there for...a while. I've been meaning to do this for over a year - ever since I first saw the place during my orientation of the various mechanical rooms at the hospital - but I've never had the opportunity until now.

nagasvoice, I didn't initially intend these photos to freak Dance out, honest. Though I'll admit that I was maybe thinking a bit of the infrared "vision" of pit vipers when I was messing with the curves on this first shot.
















And these ones are just for greenjudy since I've told her so much about the interstitial space. ^_~

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[kiyakotari.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought you'd like the Interstitial. It's got a great story, too - they built it in between the first floor and the third floor, but it's not part of the second floor (though it is accessible only from the second floor, the first floor - assuming they haven't boarded over the trapdoor yet - and the roof). It's because they needed a place to house the HVAC units and the air systems, the fire dampers, water and medical gas systems, and all those other good things. Then, when they added the second and third floors on, the structure wasn't strong enough to hold them. They had to insert all those big metal girders into it, and they sprayed them with spackle - I have no true knowledge as to why, but presumably it's to prevent rust or some such. Now the third floor sits on top of that steel bridge, the Operating Rooms and Post-Op balanced on a hollow space the size of a small warehouse, filled with pipes and clanking and humming and whooshing, and the second floor exists around it but rarely touches it. The only people who have keys to it are Security and Maintenance. I think very few people outside of those two departments even know it exists - the maps of the building don't have it marked, it just looks like the second floor ends and the roof begins there.

[kiyakotari.livejournal.com]

Makes me think of the Goombah Basement, actually.

[greenjudy.livejournal.com]

I was just gonna say...! XD

[kiyakotari.livejournal.com]

**grin**

[greenjudy.livejournal.com]

This also reminds me of the last scenes of "The French Connection," which is more a kick in the head than a movie, per se, but the last bit was filmed in a derelict warehouse, and it's simply incredible. That shiny insulation is awesome.

I will be very cross if you don't bust out a photostory set in here RSN. Hideo? Wren and Jian? XD

[kiyakotari.livejournal.com]

Oh dears. Um, give me time to think. Thinking is not working right now. Sleeping would be nice.

Talked to my dad for a bit. Don't think I'll accept the CBP position if I get it. Going to go take the test tomorrow, though, just to keep my options open. Probably hold out for a CI (higher pay, for one) position. More my line of work, more my interests, less conflict of my own beliefs with what I'd be doing some of the time.

Also means not having to put off school until Winter quarter.

Means staying at hospital, but I like hospital, so that's okay.