Comments | reasonablybrown: The truth is often said in jest, and then saved in a shoe box.

reasonablybrown

The truth is often said in jest, and then saved in a shoe box.

Apr 16, 2006 22:29

In rummaging around for my passport and birth certificate this evening (both of which I found), I stumbled onto several notes from Jon. It should shock no one that I held on to these scraps. I am a pack rat to the nth degree, both literally and emotionally. I hold on to everything: every lesson, every card, every phone number, every insight, every ( Read more... )

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Packrats HOLLA! screaminglemur April 17 2006, 16:23:22 UTC

Um, yes, I also am obnoxiously sentimental and never throw anything away. (Bizarre tokens of affection from that hacker I dated, including [but not limited to] notes, cards, flowers, his eighth-grade demonology report which earned an A+, empty herbal-supplement bottles, a check for 1/2 cent[s?], these slacks he wore with the hip pockets cut out... sigh.) Hopeless romantics we!

Before I moved up to Portland, I actually put together an Ex-Box. And I know it doesn't sound all that healthy to pack everything you don't want to look at (but don't want to feel the guilt from throwing it away forever and ever) in a box and hide it deep down in your closet and never ever think about it again... but y'know what? It IS healthy! I felt great afterwards! It's still back in my closet back home and out of my mind. I kinda recommend it! Hooray for emotional well-being!

And hey, it looks like I've even inadvertently kinda started a tiny Portland division Ex-Box! Keepin' up the tradition, baby!

Re: Packrats HOLLA! ramblyness April 17 2006, 17:10:02 UTC

wait, doesn't EVERYone have some sort of ex-box? I know for sure I do, and I also know that there's stuff of mine in other boxes out there too:) You have to do SOMEthing with the stuff that's still emotionally important but otherwise wierd and/or creepy to have prominently displayed, right?

And Brian: I totally, totally know what you mean about not everyone wanting to be personally challenged in their relationships. What the hell?

Re: Packrats HOLLA! reasonablybrown April 18 2006, 05:07:08 UTC

What the hell, indeed?

I don't at all question the need to keep these things, even if keeping them means keeping them locked away. We clearly all own ex-boxes. As Abby pointed out to me over the phone the other night, I will some day need to slim down the collection, because I literally have a box for each year of college, and I have more crap at home from high school. I intrinsically know that "stuff" isn't important, but the sentimental attachment is, right?

It further amazes me what I don't remember about certain days/relationships/trips/events until I go back and find some article I kept and I suddenly remember a meal/conversation/sight and feel it all over again.

Rock on, packrats.

yes! land_down_under April 17 2006, 17:38:58 UTC

ahem, i win!

Re: yes! reasonablybrown April 18 2006, 05:02:38 UTC

and you won with such grace, love. good job.

Re: yes! land_down_under April 18 2006, 14:15:02 UTC

who needs grace when i get you?

besides, we all know graceful is something i shouldn't dare aspire to. some dreams are too far to reach for.

what the hell does venial mean? nu_nu April 20 2006, 22:04:58 UTC

brain, have you heard about the highschool journal? if we could only find it...

Re: what the hell does venial mean? reasonablybrown April 21 2006, 14:17:29 UTC

High school journal, eh? do tell...

Re: what the hell does venial mean? nu_nu April 21 2006, 17:26:15 UTC

only if you tell me what venial means.