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[listersgirl]

I am going through a phase wherein I want to get rid of things. I wonder if these phases are related to anything else, like maybe I get the urge to delist everything I own whenever I'm feeling lonely. I'd know this if I were the sort of person who kept a journal of, like, *emotions* and *feelings*. Or even if weren't the type of person who likes to pretend there's no such thing as emotions and feelings.

In any case, I am fighting a losing battle with myself in regards to my CDs. Not that I want to throw them ALL out -- I love many of them very much -- but I have a lot, and lots of them I never listen to. So why am I keeping them? If I got rid of them, I'd have a lean, clean collection of my favourites. But maybe one day I'd miss the ones I got rid of.

Clearly I have weeding in the blood and on the brain. There's a very good reason I'm not an archivist!

I have no segue: Work is eating my brain, and I need a vacation. That long weekend better hurry up. I'd also like to just be not-at-work every once in a while during the day. And maybe to get to sleep in and have a leisurely breakfast. 8-5 is haaaaard.

(Oops, sorry, that wasn't meant to fall into whining! But I've become rather obsessed with people around me who aren't going into work every day, and I spend a lot of time each day picturing what they might be doing, particularly if it doesn't involve leaving the house.)

What I really meant to say is, I want the weekend to hurry up because it's just so sunny out there, and I have no windows at work, plus it's freezing. Sun! I think I got a little vitamin D deprived over the winter. I wonder if I could rent a balcony, the way people rent apartment parking. Hmmmm.

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Just so you know

[globetrotter1.livejournal.com]

When I don't go to the office, I work in my itty bitty den (no windows).

My balcony is yours, rent-free!

Re: Just so you know

[listersgirl]

That does kind of make me feel better. :D

When I was in QC we got a tour of CBC - I was amused to see that there was a radio studio each for French and English right on the street front, but the hosts had to sit facing away from the windows, so they wouldn't get distracted.

[carpetofstars.livejournal.com]

i got very much into cleaning mode at work today, clearing out all the crap on our shelves and in our cubby room that we don't use. i wish i could get into a similar mode at home, but by the time i get home, all i want to do is sleep. :P

[listersgirl]

Yes, it's Clean Sweep week at work, so I've been trying to clean things, but there's just SO MUCH STUFF.

[hardcormier.livejournal.com]

I also get those urges, where I want to wipe the slate clean and start entirely fresh. I usually only act them out in small ways, though.

[listersgirl]

Heh, yes, I would probably regret it if I fully ran with these urges -- I'd have nothing left!

[hardcormier.livejournal.com]

Ah, but then you'd have loads of space for more stuff!

[nonethewiser.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's good to rip CDs and then you have the music if you want it later, and can get rid of the physicality. But I guess that only works if you have enough HD.

[listersgirl]

I have, in fact, completely hit the limits of my hard drive because of things like ripping CDs. I should pick up an external hard drive, and then that's probably the route I'll go.

[eanja]

I have been horrible about doing any kind of cleaning lately. But sorting out CDs and old videotapes has been on my todo list for so long. There are so many CDs that I haven't listened to in ages, or maybe like one or two songs off, and I really should just rip all the tracks I actually like, consolidate them or just leave them on the computer, and then clear out the damn things. But I never quite get to it. Videos are even worse- I'd need to watch them to see if they are good enough quality to keep, or if I only want stray bits, copy them over to DVD, and it just takes so much time. I suppose, if I never watch them, I should just pitch them, right?

I am so ready for the weekend. Even though I only had a few weeks off, I seem to have totally forgotten how to actually work for a week at a stretch.

[listersgirl]

I think that (the ability to work for a week at a stretch) is the first thing to go! Even one extra day off makes a full week feel crazy.