Crewdroog: I went from one extreme to another. Guess it's all about finding a balance, yeah? :)
Fairfox: Yah, it's
super-easy to shift gears an' go overboard with junkin'. In a wai it's good to get into teh mindset - good therapy - buuut, usin'
mahself as an example, I need somebody to take me aside and be all:
"KK, Fairfox, do you realllly want to throw away taht priceless family heirloom?"
"Hells, yeah!" *manic face*
"Really?"
"...No."
girl, you are like in my brain! that is EXACTLY what happened. "crew, you wanna keep this couch?" NO! "how about your washer/dryer, we can store it for you?" NO GET RID OF ALL THE THINGS!
SIGH so bad.
Crewdroog: Hahaha, I used to be really bad at keeping tons of stuff. I lived in a house for like 7 years and when i had to move I was like, "Holy shit, I have so much crap". I threw a lot of it away. I kept A LOT of my work from undergrad and postbach, and i was just like, "WHY???". I regret getting rid of some of the books. I'd like to look through some of them again :) But really, when am I gonna need or read my old biochemistry papers? lol
Though I have misplaced my hardcover copy of the works of Chaucer and not being able to find it is making me nuts. I'll be super pissed if I chucked that on accident.
I went from one extreme to another. Guess it's all about finding a balance, yeah? :)
Alaric.us: Whenever I move, I only take what I can fit in my car. Not because I am against movers, but because it's such a wonderful opportunity to get rid of all the old junk. I take with me no furniture, very little clothing, some electronics, several collections, expensive items such as weapons and ... that's it really. A bit of a hassle to buy new things once I arrive, but the move itself is always a breeze and I never accumulate loads of junk. Plus friends and neighbors who get all my stuff (from furniture to computers) tend to be happy.
When I moved from Washington to Utah, I gave a UPS guy, who helped pack some of my fragile items a full sized replica of a portal gun on a stand. He was so happy!
...expensive items such as weapons.... this needs clarification
and i'd totally help you move for a replica portal gun! I JUST started playing portal for the first time two days ago :)