State of the Mess: day 7

[wednesday_10_00]

I managed to get the living room straightened up last night, so today I'll take a break and then get to work on the mess in my bedroom tomorrow. This week has been really long and tiring, ugh. (OK, the living room still has a pile of boxes--because I'll need some of them for packing up books--and my sorted VHS tapes, but it's all out of the way and organized, and it's not like I burned a hole in the carpet or something, so I'm sure my parents won't mind.)

I brought some (shounen and shoujo) manga to work to put on the "free books" shelf that we have out in the hall. When I was sorting through my (BL) magazines, I found two duplicates (why??), so I brought those into work to throw into the recycling with a bunch of other papers. Some really thoughtful recycling worker pulled them out and put them on the free shelf yesterday, so this morning I noticed and threw them back in the recycling. Jeez, everybody I work with knows those books are mine, let's not mix the porn in, OK?

Now at least I know it's NOT safe to bring to work the BL manga I'm planning on getting rid of. I wish our recycling center in town would take paper, but they only accept newspaper and phone books, so I have to find someplace else to dump my books. Recycling porn is complicated.

A few years ago, I wrote this post about cats that reminded me of an old Bronze poster. I found that poster last night:



...and now that I've preserved that for posterity, I've thrown out the poster. Because I really, really do not like that series. I wish I could go back in time and tell my 20-year-old self to not bother with it, because those characters will NEVER be happy; in fact they'll just get more depressing and angsty as time goes on.

Speaking of stuff I read when I was 20, I found my original editions of Fake in a box, so they're now sitting on my floor while I decide whether to keep them or not. I'm getting rid of other duplicate manga editions, but with these I feel a special sort of nostalgia, like with my Fushigi Yuugi fansubs. It took me a whole summer to find these books, how can I throw them in the trash??

Comments

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose that includes the YYH compilation tapes we made? I found the Hiei and Kurama version a few years ago, but not the other one.

[spacealien-vamp.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose that includes the YYH compilation tapes we made?

I don't know about those, I honestly haven't looked through the boxes yet. I'm sure I still have my copy, though, and I'm probably going to start digitizing things after I get a new computer.

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you still have your copy! I was really sad when I couldn't find mine. (I guess it could be in another box somewhere, but it certainly isn't with any other tapes I've gone through.)

after I get a new computer

Is your old computer not fixable, or do you just think you'll be getting a new one at some point in the future regardless?

[spacealien-vamp.livejournal.com]

Is your old computer not fixable, or do you just think you'll be getting a new one at some point in the future regardless?

I ordered a new one just in case the old one is totally dead. I got one that will allow me to add a video capture card, because I think the amount of capturing I intend to do is just too massive for a crude external device to handle. (I already have the card, which I thought I could use with the old computer, but it turned out not to have enough room inside the case.)

I'm going to have to postpone paying my property tax bill to scrounge the money for it, but luckily they don't charge any late fees until after December 10. I'm counting on being paid before then.

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

Jeez, I certainly hope you'll get paid before December! Anyway, sounds like the upgrade is maybe for the best--it'll be nice to use the capture card.