About Me

[neadods]

For the people going to ChicagoTARDIS:
I look like the icon. I'll probably be wearing either an "Innuendo squad" polo or a black "Bad Wolf" T-shirt and either way, I'll be carrying a light blue tote with "Roma" all over it because I am pretentious trying to figure out what to do with it now I have it. Odds are extremely good I'll be knitting too.

For the people who are following the homekeeping/house clearing/general life remaking saga:
I've decided to sit down with a highlighter and the following books to mark them with the intention of putting them to work for me and rereading them semi-regularly:

Sweeping Changes (Zen and the art of housekeeping. Already quoted heavily on homekeeping

40 over 40 One of shawan_7's less subtle shots in the war to get me to completely remake my wardrobe. Some interesting advice there I haven't seen anywhere else.

The Complete Tightwad Gazette I think this woman is completely mental and the prices are laughably out of date - and yet there is a lot of good information, and it gets me in the right headset to live on a strict cash budget.

Home Comforts This is supposed to be THE "taking care of your house" book.


All of that said, I still fiercely resent that I'm spending time shovelling out my library instead of cranking out drabbles for the Martha Drabble tag, or working on my OT3 ficathon fic. But if I stop, I'll lose momentum and then come up with a thousand excuses to not go back. Adulthood sucks. I just keep hoping that 1) I'll make room to write tomorrow and 2) when the huge declutter is done, I *will* have time for the fun things. (Eight weeks to go. I learned about the Seven Items project on January 8; I want to have all the rooms of the house cleared by next Jan 8.)

To end on an utterly random note, I am desperate to see Enchanted, will probably see it opening night, and want to own it on DVD right this very minute.

Comments

[maypanic.livejournal.com]

Adulthood sucks.
Amen. Sing it, sister.


Enchanted looks to be fantastic. Lost track of how many times I've obsessively studied watched the trailer.

[shawan-7.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm thinking Beowulf but that's the difference. :)

You've gotten to the point in the library where you need to make decisions on where to put the "stuff" rather than tossing -- and that's more difficult. You'll get there.

Then, like weight, it's a matter of maintenance, and THAT's the test!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

One upside about wading through so many unrelenting mountains of stuff while at the same time being on an all-cash budget is that my thinking is getting seriously realigned.

Oh, not that I'm not going to buy things it turns out I don't want or need, or that things won't break, etc - but, for instance, I managed to escape Italy with only 1 t-shirt because I had just thrown out so many, so why get more?

The hope is that things will be easier to maintain when they're winnowed down and organized. I think they will be.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

2) when the huge declutter is done, I *will* have time for the fun things.

you will! recently did such myself. it is good.

maybe we should all wear giant nametags. or shirts with our default icons printed on. i will be a very short guy with faux-hawk, wearing glasses and various sweatervests. i am super excited to meet people!