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] Date Posted: 03:42:49 01/30/08 Wed Today I was thinking about how I have acquired so much useless junk over time. I have a lamp and the switch is broke but I like the shade so I screw the bulb tight when I want it on. I have another lamp that works just great but I hate the shade so it's in the attic. I have about four hundred baseball caps and only one head to put them on. I have one that says forty and over the hill. Now who the hell in their right mind is going to wear that one? I have another one that says "Leave me the Hell Alone". That one I feel like wearing right now but, there's no one here to bother me so it seems pretty senseless. I have about two hundred T-shirts that I never wear. I won't throw them out because I already went through them and the ones I kept all mean something to me. All it really adds up to is I am quite neurotic. I mean, how can a man really justify keeping shirts that are piled up on top of each other in drawers that never get opened? Don't ask me because I can't justify it but, they aren't going anywhere either. I have books that I have read more than once and won't ever read again but I just can't part with them either. Some of them are in boxes up in the attic. I won't ever open those boxes again. I made sure to write "BOOKS" on the boxes in big black magic marker so I would know that I don't need to find anything in there. I have about ten pairs of jeans that don't fit right or for one reason or another I just don't wear. I should sell them to the Palestinians; I hear they pay big bucks for them but, I never will. The list goes on and on from old candle wax, to newspaper headlines and so on. But, the one thing that really makes me certifiably nuts is my collection of sneakers. I have this thing for sneakers that even I don't understand. I cannot wear the same pair twice in a row so by the end of a week there are seven pairs of sneakers inside my cave door. I do try to keep the paired up and all pointing in the same direction so they aren't an eyesore. When someone visits me for the first time they always laugh and come out with something like, "Wow you like your sneakers don't you?" I just smile and say yes, you got that right. What they don't know is I have a closet full of them in the next room. I like to buy things in bulk. If I see a deal for let's say laundry detergent I get all excited and think "Wow I'll never see this price again" and I buy maybe twenty of them. Do you have any idea how long it takes a man to go through twenty containers of laundry soap? I do, it takes about three years. Yesterday I was going through some boxes of my notebooks and old poems. I had to go into the closet below the stairs to get to them (I do know where I store things) thank God. Well, once I got in there I found the old accessories to a fish tank I had years ago. The pump, the scummy air lines, the plastic vegetation, and some ornaments. Since I stored that stuff away I have had two new fish tanks and never once dreamed of using the old pump or decorations. I thought "It's time for me to throw this stuff out." It's a bit strange to feel all proud of oneself for throwing something out ten years after it should have reached the dump. One of these days I just might turn over a new leaf. I might just get in one of my andy moods and order a twenty yard dumpster. Hell, I can even throw a few useless people in there and be done with them. I might have to consider getting rid of some of the trash soon but, don't think for a second those Nike airs that used to be white but are now mostly gray and black are going anywhere. I'd break someone's arm if they ever laid a hand on them. ..................and the beat goes on! ajs [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: AnneMarie [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 07:20:44 01/30/08 Wed Oh my goodness...too funny! Love seeing the neurotic side to you~I love it! XOXOXO, AnneMarie |
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Author: Sasha [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 12:26:06 01/30/08 Wed  ~ hahaha...Andz, ya plonka!!! isn't it funny how much we are all alike.. I mean we all have things we just don't get rid of, for whatever reason we have... sometimes it's just a reminder of better times, happy times, or linked to a special person, or place...sometimes, they have been gifts from loved ones, like the ceramic dolphin and cat that I got from my 2 baby siblings, that just have to find a place in my world, somewhere... I laughed out loud at you trying to get all your shoes together and pointing in the same direction (toes forward, in my house..lol) that is sooo me...and soooo NOT Jesse...he's one to just biff them where ever... anyway, I just loved this look into your world... and I leave from it smiling inside and out, at the human-ness of us humans *warm kiwi hugs* Sash xx  . |
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Author: Tammy [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 18:54:58 01/30/08 Wed Hey Andy! LOL Ok...so you went on an early Spring cleaning rampage...but remember, sometimes one man's junk is another man's treasure, how about donating some of that stuff to the good will society or salvation army or whatever you call it in your neck of the woods. I'm sure some needy person would appreciate the use of it...just an idea. Glad to see you are DE-cluttering...it's good for the soul to do once in awhile. Anyways..was just dropping by here to say hello to everyone, and let you know I still live, breathe and keep on keeping on...just have lots going on right now to keep up to everything. Sending hugs and lots of love, Tammy |
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Author: Christine [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 22:06:27 01/30/08 Wed LMAO!!! And here I threw out all my bras during a fit of winter blues....but that's best for another blog! Imelda Marcos you ain't, but I bet you look cute in those pumps...er...Nikes! ~Hugs~ |
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