Comments | pepperedmoth: We are what we buy.

pepperedmoth

We are what we buy.

Mar 16, 2006 00:12

My posts have been coming in pairs.

I just read this article, about a couple who decided to stop buying things for an entire year ( Read more... )

thoughtful, culture

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halomouse March 16 2006, 06:21:18 UTC

I have a somewhat related question: What role/importance/suchlike does tea play in your life? Ritual, calm, something else? Does loose tea make you giddy, for instance? Or is it just kind of neat to you? A tasty beverage, perhaps.

I have lots of Opinions on tea and its preparation, especially since I moved to Seattle. I am almost always interested in hearing the opinions or Opinions of others.

pepperedmoth March 16 2006, 13:27:09 UTC

Erm, tea?

I think to me tea is more of a verb than a noun. It's not so much the flavor, although I love that, it's the way drinking it forces a pause for me. I don't drink it on the run. I drink it sitting at my kitchen table, and I drink it with friends.

I enjoy it when I can make it a full-blown ritual with loose leaves and the whole nine yards, but it's just about as calming with bags. Hmm, but sitting at a wooden table is essential.

Might I ask, how did your mind work in jumping from my post to that? 'Cause I want a tea strainer . . . ?

halomouse March 16 2006, 18:48:38 UTC

Oh my goodness you have a sexy tea icon.

That was pretty much the leap. I was wondering how closely our tea-significances lie. I notice for me that my happiness and tea consumption are positively correlated, though I'm not sure if one causes the other (and if so, which), or if they just tend to happen simultaneously.

In other news, I wish to write you sometime, and thusly I request your address.

pepperedmoth March 17 2006, 14:20:24 UTC

I mailed it. :-)

anonymous March 16 2006, 10:57:21 UTC

There is something deeply wrong with this, and I want to shake it from me.

Good. That's over half the battle. You'll emerge comfortable with your needs and wants in their proper place, subordinate to loving God with all your heart, soul, and body; and loving your neighbor as yourself. After that, you'll know peace whether you abase or abound.

dlc_usa March 16 2006, 10:58:34 UTC

That was me (sigh again).

pepperedmoth March 17 2006, 14:18:20 UTC

Does the rest of your family use the computer you use to livejournal, or do you have your own? If it's the second, there's an option to leave yourself logged in all the time, so you never forget again. :-)

dlc_usa March 17 2006, 15:41:29 UTC

My family does share my computer (just kidding about the territoriality :) ) so I just have to remember. Enough failures will effect successful reprogramming.

f1r3anda1r March 16 2006, 19:32:51 UTC

I don't know... Today I bought 50 dollars worth of books on the Middle East to lend to CABA, and I feel very happy about it. That's a purchase that increases understanding, and potentially peace. Similarly, spending the money to get my bike fixed will allow me to go places and see people; a basket would let me bring things to give them or show them, or to accept things from them.
I mean, I've had the same kinds of thoughts, but purchases that, in one way or another, add something to human interaction, feel worth it to me.

pepperedmoth March 17 2006, 02:05:30 UTC

Oh, there are very much exceptions. I'm going to get my bike's brakes fixed ASAP 'cause they failed while I was descending a very steep hill, and that was just Not All Right. My bike brings me pleasure and excercise and eco-friendly transportation and is a Good Thing.

Similarly, I'm definitely going to replace my A-string if it fails, and new pegs are high on my list of priorities. I love my violin. On a good week I play in a group two or three times, and practice on top of that. It's one of the highlights of my life. It won't be given up.

Nevertheless, there are far too many things in my life that I don't think I particularly need. Hmmmmm . . .

just saying hello karafaerie March 20 2006, 21:07:30 UTC

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