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14 November 2006

Got those leavin'-the-city, own-too-much-crap blues. →[More:]How in the name of sweet buttery jeebus did I manage to accumulate so much frigging stuff? Anyone want a bunch of tea light holders? People just keep giving 'em to me and I prefer actual candles. No? How about some 15-year-old Latin American political history textbooks? Crap. I already packed those. What was I thinking? Also, how many cookbooks should one person own?

Thank heaven for radio free sciurus.

post by: elizard at: 16:57 | 16 comments

Also, why do I have so much vinyl? Why do I refuse to part with it? I haven't had a turntable in a decade.

posted by elizard 14 November | 17:02

Hahahaha, it's always interesting when packing to look through your stuff and be like, @#^@*#&@^, why did I keep that????

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 November | 17:03

You can never have too many cookbooks. Sorry I had to bail, but it is time to max and relax.

posted by sciurus 14 November | 17:09

elizard, I'm there with you, honey. I love my stuff, yes I do. Stuff stuff stuff. When I moved out Portland six years ago, I made everything I owned fit into my Ford Festiva. Now, I don't know if my glassware would fit in an economy car.

posted by Specklet 14 November | 17:12

Absolutely!

posted by safetyfork 14 November | 17:12

Absolutely! - applies to both TPS and Sciurus's comments.

As much as I would love to take your vinyl if you find the need to part with it, I applaud you for keeping it and hope that you get yourself a turntable in the new place. (Make a dish, rock out!)

Some kind of parsing error cut out the rest of my comment (I tried to make a little text arrow and got busted, but it made it through on repost only to take away half the comment). I need to go home.

posted by safetyfork 14 November | 17:14

I'm keeping the rare stuff and jettisoning the rest. Most of the albums I liked I now have on cd anyway. I did come across this old photo of the year I did my face as the 'Tattoo You' album cover for Halloween. Unfortunately (or fortunately) my friend had already taken a shot on that frame of the Edmonton skyline. Heh.

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by elizard 14 November | 17:22

Remember that zucchini recipe I posted that included a flamethrower? Do you still have that flamethrower?

posted by matildaben 14 November | 18:20

Edmonton skyline.
Jumbo shrimp.
Military intelligence.

Cool makeup job, though.

posted by hangashore 14 November | 18:37

Every time we move, we need a bigger truck. I'm considerin' a freight train next time. Sad to see LPs go... digital jukeboxes just aren't the same.

(I love me some Latin American history, by the by...)

posted by Pips 14 November | 18:57

Having just gone through all of that, elizard, I can empathize only mine was more unpacking than packing. Most of my stuff had been in storage for several years. It was a combo of "Oh, this is like Christmas!" and "Why in hell did I keep this?!".

posted by deborah 14 November | 19:31

Cool makeup job, though.

Thanks, hangashore. Indeed, thanks everyone for the empathy and larfs. And yes, that is a Cthulhu for President pin, in case anyone's wondering.

posted by elizard 14 November | 20:46

How many cookbooks does one need? That depends on the reliability of your internet connection and your skills with google.

posted by mischief 14 November | 23:57

I prefer to think of the two as complementary, mischief. Mostly because that justifies having 3 shelves' worth of cookbooks and food porn (aka cooking magazines), but also because most of my books are specialized (some ethnic, some vegetarian, one historically interesting), and many are by authors I know give good advice.

posted by elizard 15 November | 00:20

Ah, food porn, that's different.

posted by mischief 15 November | 01:43

Hahahaha, it's always interesting when packing to look through your stuff and be like, @#^@*#&@^, why did I keep that????

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 14 November | 17:03

TPS, I have still not forgiven you for throwing that fabulous plastic cow away when you moved.

posted by essexjan 15 November | 07:55

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