The boxes rise
Posted on | May 29, 2007 | 5 Comments
With the departure of the futon, the front room has becoming the staging station for the building box towers. I thought, albeit naively, that all of the boxes I’d collected from work would be plenty for our books. Dead wrong was I (we watched a show about the history of Star Wars last night…sorry. Yoda speak I will). More and more books seem to erupt from long ignored shelves and little boxes. My habit of collecting books that form a tower, thereby limiting the flat space they take up, has increased the number of books that need to be boxed. I’ve gone through the stacks and find that I’m not leaving much behind. I will donate what I can to the library (never throw away books or the gods will smite you and make you read poorly written political fodder for the rest of your life) and then take the other stuff to used book stores. I can’t let go of books, and it may be the death of me.
I love hanging out at Anne’s house. It’s roomy, and comfy and it reminds me of a long-gone era when people sat in their driveway while neighborhood kids played hide and seek on the dark street. There’s a pool table in the garage and the extra fridge for the beer and soda. We ate bean dip, talked late into the evening and had a very good time. Anne’s a great hostess. Will’s a wonderful host, and I will miss them both when we leave.
We have so much to do and I only have three weeks left of work (woooo fucking hoooo and I REALLY mean that) and then our life truly speeds up. Holyshit!
D and I have more stuff to give away, although I think we may have a garage sale first. I’m getting a little funny about money. It was bound to happen. Do we have enough? Will we survive? Can I get my meds? It’s just a little panic attack. I will get over it.
Might I share this? I’ve posted several times about the shifting safety in our neighborhood and the other neighborhoods that surround the downtown area. We lived in Delaney Park, and now we live in Colonialtown. We have watched the crime grow as they evict and eject the poor and needy from their usual facilities in Parramore. We’ve someone carjacked a citizen and then had a standoff with the police @ Mills and Nebraska. The cops killed him. I wondered how many bullets they shot and if any inadvertently ended up in someone’s house. Then there was an older woman murdered in her home buy a homeless guy strung out on Meth. Then I got chased by 2 drunk people in Colonialtown. This happened some months ago, but it does happen. I don’t know what Orlando needs to do, but I think adding police and mental health and addiction facilities are a good idea. What else to do? I don’t know. Land is at a premium now, especially downtown. The revitalization doesn’t include the poor. Shouldn’t it?
I would like to see if you all have boxes. We need all shapes and size, although mid-sized are kind of preferred. Things like dragons (wooden and stone), picture frames, candle holders, and misc bits of this need boxes. I’m going to get creative on many things – like the television, but I will worry about that later. Is it bad that I don’t want to pack up the Xbox and the Playstation until the VERY last minute? I’m such a dork.
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May 29th, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
I will take books off your hands (depending on what they are)
I like me some books!!!!
May 29th, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
They are psych books, cheezy self-help stuff and one book on making persuasive arguments. I don’t think you will need the argument book!
May 29th, 2007 @ 2:47 pm
I think I have boxes
May 30th, 2007 @ 12:42 pm
no no your right.
May 30th, 2007 @ 1:58 pm