Aurgh, stuff
No, I literally mean stuff.
With the move in March, Jason and I have been sending 1-2 "M-bags" per week to Singapore lately, and I think the count is at 6 bags now, with books weighing a total of about 116 lbs. (That figure may be off by around 22 lbs if I forgot one of the boxes/bags, which I might have.) "M-bags" are a special deal the USPS offers for shipping printed material overseas, and costs a little over US $1 a pound to ship to Singapore. All we've been sending thus far is books. But it's still stuff.
And I am pissed at stuff right now. Tangible, heavy stuff. Hate that they have to have volume and mass. In fact, I'm getting to hate stuff.
I really am sorely tempted to join ktempest and have a buy-nothing year. In fact, if I contemplate paring down my possessions for the rest of my life, it's a happy thought.
I'll be auctioning my old old art soon.
I'm selling a HUGE Albrecht Durer print/illustration of Revelations. (Love his work, but not this one. It was a gift.) The print looks suitably old. Let me know if you know or are a Durer collector.
I'd love our books at Second Chance Book Adoption to all find readers who can appreciate them. Today has been a mixed day - packing and going to the post office really peeved me when I surveyed (for the umpteenth time) how much we're shipping to Singapore. But we've also a good book adoption day.
Jason's been the one pimping books on his journal. I think I should start pushing books on my LJ soon too. (I'll talk about MY books! Or the soon-to-be-formerly-mine books.)
With the move in March, Jason and I have been sending 1-2 "M-bags" per week to Singapore lately, and I think the count is at 6 bags now, with books weighing a total of about 116 lbs. (That figure may be off by around 22 lbs if I forgot one of the boxes/bags, which I might have.) "M-bags" are a special deal the USPS offers for shipping printed material overseas, and costs a little over US $1 a pound to ship to Singapore. All we've been sending thus far is books. But it's still stuff.
And I am pissed at stuff right now. Tangible, heavy stuff. Hate that they have to have volume and mass. In fact, I'm getting to hate stuff.
I really am sorely tempted to join ktempest and have a buy-nothing year. In fact, if I contemplate paring down my possessions for the rest of my life, it's a happy thought.
I'll be auctioning my old old art soon.
I'm selling a HUGE Albrecht Durer print/illustration of Revelations. (Love his work, but not this one. It was a gift.) The print looks suitably old. Let me know if you know or are a Durer collector.
I'd love our books at Second Chance Book Adoption to all find readers who can appreciate them. Today has been a mixed day - packing and going to the post office really peeved me when I surveyed (for the umpteenth time) how much we're shipping to Singapore. But we've also a good book adoption day.
Jason's been the one pimping books on his journal. I think I should start pushing books on my LJ soon too. (I'll talk about MY books! Or the soon-to-be-formerly-mine books.)