Going, going, gone

1/5/12 18:07
darkemeralds: Photo of an empty room with caption "Imagine an Empty Room" (Empty Room)
Sold the TV yesterday, just sold the surround-sound system today. This morning the Veterans came and picked up a porchload of books, DVDs, clothes, electronics, etc., etc., etc. and I was home at the time so I had to avert my eyes and bite my lip and consciously let it all go.

I'm not sure why it's so tiring. I feel kind of headachey and discouraged. I suppose it's just a reaction to the change. This afternoon I re-read all my Project Empty posts from more than three years ago, and I realize that I had a similar reaction back then. But now decluttering lacks the thrill of novelty.

Also, it's possible that I'm getting a bit of a cold.

( The general effect )
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And also? Firefly still rules

30/4/12 18:21
darkemeralds: Simon Tam in space helmet with Chinese writing (Sean Maher)
Here's how it is. I got the painting all done, peeled off the masking, and started to arrange the furniture. I was gonna stick the TV back in its accustomed place and damn. It was just too heavy.

So I put an ad on Craigslist (have I mentioned lately how much I love living in the 21st century?) and within a minute I had a taker.

While they drove over from Vancouver I thought I'd better rig up something to show them that the TV still worked. I plugged in the DVD player and slid Firefly disc 1 in.

The buyers came, saw, and bought as Mal and Zoe lost the Battle of Serenity Valley.

Then someone was interested in the home theater, so I plugged in a few more wires and let the disc keep going, sound only. The music! The great lines! The way I can visualize every moment of every scene, and anticipate every word.

Fandoms come and go, but Serenity? She'll be with me the rest of my life.
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My Rothko walls, part 3

29/4/12 21:11
darkemeralds: Photo of an empty room with caption "Imagine an Empty Room" (Empty Room)
*slumps*

Well, the walls are all painted. I'm too tired to take pictures, and besides, all the tape and plastic is still up. My armchair and four large bags of clutter to be donated are out on the porch and I'm sitting here in the kitchen, staring, a little too tired to go to bed.

Naturally, painting has led to more decluttering. I like the walls so much that I don't want to put anything back up on them. I'm getting rid of a ton of books, most of my DVDs, my home-theater-in-a-box (which includes the DVD player), and the stand my TV's been perched on since I bought it. I'm thisclose to getting rid of the TV itself, since I can't even remember the last time I turned it on. But car-less AND TV-less? I'm not sure I'm prepared to be that un-American.

Okay, time to go scrape some of the paint off my feet and go to bed.
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