Thursday, September 04, 2003
The News Can Wait
As you may have noticed, I haven’t been posting much about news recently. When I first started blogging, I had no inentions of getting all personal on my site but have since discovered a couple of things:
1) When I post something personal, I am flooded by email from people who want to offer advice or assistance. Wow! I was writing about my life and here you guys go and make me feel all special.
2) When I post something personal, I get a lot more comments. Interesting. I thought people wanted to read blogs for news links, fiskings and opinions on current events. Yet I find people have tons of personal stories to share when I share. That is really cool.
Regardless, I will be posting more news stuff in the future but for now, I’m going to pull a Rachel Lucas and talk about the personal stuff in the next coming days. (Not that I am nearly as interesting as Miss Lucas...so don’t send me snarky email telling me I shouldn’t compare myself...I KNOW this---just put that keyboard down!)
Yesterday I packed some more stuff. I also realized that stuff I thought I was going to save, has become a huge liability. I now have several, “to be tossed” heaps all over my house. I have so many of these piles that it looks like my house threw up. Most of those piles are clothes and old, hand me down furniture I won’t be taking. I realized things like, I don’t really need to keep that sweatshirt anymore, the one with the holes in it from so many washings, with the ripped cuffs and faded color. I haven’t worn it in a long time and I really don’t need to hang on to it just because it reminds me of the fun times I had in Germany. (I guess I’m just a sentimental fool.) So, in to the pile it went. Many things I’m tossing were kept for reasons such as I just stated.
The only things I’m not tossing any part of are my book collection, (that alone has taken up about 10 boxes) and my music collection. Since RIAA is having their little fit storm, it’s going to be awhile before I can start loading songs to my system....even though I already bought them! So, yes, laugh all you want but my tapes will stay. I have zero interest in purchasing them all on CD....that would cost thousands of dollars. I’ll just wait till RIAA cools their jets.
Not sure if I should be worried about this or not...but, I’ve suffered heart palpitations for a number of years now and quite frankly, those two recent paooki attacks did nothing good for that. However, I also overdid it in my exuberance to finish this job before Friday, that my heart has not stopped acting up all day. You ever see those cartoons where one character steps on the garden hose to stop the water, finally releases it and the water travels through the hose in a giant lump before blasting the other character? That’s what I think of when I feel my heart pumping in that weird way. Like I said, don’t know if I should even be alarmed because a year ago, I did a little treadmill test at the local UofW hospital and even though the machine kept saying, “arrythmic”, they told me I was perfectly healthy. Ok. Doesn’t mean it feels good though.
Called all the companies I need to so that things will canx the day I leave. Except for the electric company...don’t let me forget to do that! Also told the landlord that I’m moving. She was not very happy. Hey, that’s the breaks lady...you’ve made some serious money off of me....don’t get that upset. I know, I’m loved by all...they hate to see me go. Ok, I’m not that full of myself. I know they just don’t want to have to do all the things one has to do to rent the place out again.
One week from today is Sept. 11th. I will be on the road..will have been on the road already actually. I have my, “Sept. 11th” attire set aside to wear....what I wore last year as well. I don’t have much in the way of patriotic clothing but I have this NY Rangers jersey....red, white and blue...figured it was fitting. Best thing I can come up with anyway. I’m also bringing my small, hand held American flag to display in the car window that day. I don’t know if I’ll see how people across this nation choose to remember but I’m bringing the digital camera anyway. If the media won’t cover it, I will.
Friday is the day all my stuff goes into storage. (What’s left of it that is.) Today is the last day for me to get the laundry done and finish sorting through things. Packing is easy really. Like I said, it’s mostly books and clothes and music. I told my friends, who are helping me put stuff in storage, that they can have anything I’m not taking. I think they are going to make out rather well in this move. I have a bag of stuff set aside just for my friend Katy--from one candle freak to another.
This time next week, I will no longer be in this town. Do you have any idea how excited I am? I had told someone that I wouldn’t even be looking in the rearview mirror as I drive out of this city...but I think I will afterall. I want to catch one last glimpse before I lose myself in a fit of giggles. There are some cool bloggers from this area...it’s just too bad they are the minority. At least I can still read their stuff no matter where I am. (Sorry Margi. I had asked you one time if you wanted to go to the range with me....guess that won’t be happening now. Keep fighting the good fight though!)
Hmmm...this was probably really boring for you to read...if you’ve read this far. Suppose I’ll close up. Like I said, I overdid it yesterday and made myself feel sick so I think I’ll go back to sleep now. I seriously doubt I’ll be posting again till Friday...barring anymore paooki intrusions...so, with that, I bid you adieu for now.
