Magnificent
Feb. 21st, 2003 08:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
Hey there, all...
It's time for the Friday Five...or Seven, if you really wanted to be technical.
What is your most prized material possession?
Hmm...that's a good question. I really don't have anything that I haven't or couldn't do without, and there are a lot of things that I really like, like my Changeling: the Dreaming collection, the spiffy drawing I got from Stephanie Gladden (of Hopster's Tracks) at MFM one year or this painting I bought from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
stickypawz recently. I couldn't call anything *prized* though.
What item, that you currently own, have you had the longest?
This one's easy: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. It was this biography of Brink's grandmother as a child, taken from stories told to her from her mom and grandmom. Really great 'frontier' children's book...I've had it since 5th grade (1989 or so).
Are you a packrat?
Yes. I'm slowly learning to get rid of stuff I don't *truly* need, though.
Do you prefer a spic-and-span clean house? Or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum?
Well, I'm in a period of transition. :) I have a natural tendency towards clutter, but I've been seeing the benefits of having a pretty clean place. Not too austere, just clutter enough to be 'lived in' without making it seem junky. This look can be achieved with a surprising minimum of stuff, though.
It's time for the Friday Five...or Seven, if you really wanted to be technical.
What is your most prized material possession?
Hmm...that's a good question. I really don't have anything that I haven't or couldn't do without, and there are a lot of things that I really like, like my Changeling: the Dreaming collection, the spiffy drawing I got from Stephanie Gladden (of Hopster's Tracks) at MFM one year or this painting I bought from
stickypawz recently. I couldn't call anything *prized* though.What item, that you currently own, have you had the longest?
This one's easy: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. It was this biography of Brink's grandmother as a child, taken from stories told to her from her mom and grandmom. Really great 'frontier' children's book...I've had it since 5th grade (1989 or so).
Are you a packrat?
Yes. I'm slowly learning to get rid of stuff I don't *truly* need, though.
Do you prefer a spic-and-span clean house? Or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum?
Well, I'm in a period of transition. :) I have a natural tendency towards clutter, but I've been seeing the benefits of having a pretty clean place. Not too austere, just clutter enough to be 'lived in' without making it seem junky. This look can be achieved with a surprising minimum of stuff, though.
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Hey there, all...
It's time for the Friday Five...or Seven, if you really wanted to be technical.
<B>What is your most prized material possession?</b>
Hmm...that's a good question. I really don't have anything that I haven't or couldn't do without, and there are a lot of things that I really like, like my Changeling: the Dreaming collection, the spiffy drawing I got from Stephanie Gladden (of Hopster's Tracks) at MFM one year or this <a href="http://www.rakune.com/pa3.htm">painting</a> I bought from <user site="livejournal.com" user="stickypawz"> recently. I couldn't call anything *prized* though.
<b>What item, that you currently own, have you had the longest?</b>
This one's easy: <i>Caddie Woodlawn</i> by Carol Ryrie Brink. It was this biography of Brink's grandmother as a child, taken from stories told to her from her mom and grandmom. Really great 'frontier' children's book...I've had it since 5th grade (1989 or so).
<b>Are you a packrat?</b>
Yes. I'm slowly learning to get rid of stuff I don't *truly* need, though.
<b>Do you prefer a spic-and-span clean house? Or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum?</b>
Well, I'm in a period of transition. :) I have a natural tendency towards clutter, but I've been seeing the benefits of having a pretty clean place. Not too austere, just clutter enough to be 'lived in' without making it seem junky. This look can be achieved with a surprising minimum of stuff, though. <:)
<b>Do the rooms in your house have a theme? Or is it a mixture of knick-knacks here and there?</b>
Well, our kitchen has a food theme going on. :) Actually, not really...we've got two chess boards in the living room where there are games between roommates from time to time in progress. At the risk of sounding completely pervy, there's often a plush orgy on the back of the couch, with a crucified puppet Jesus watching over all of them on the wall. This is the fault of my roommates, I swear. :)
My box from <user site="livejournal.com" user="lazarus"> arrived yesterday! Yay!! It looks deliciously old-school. :9 My room has been overrun by styrofoam peanuts, too; they must have revered the computer as their god and protector, because they kept clinging to it no matter how much I brushed them off. Now, though, they're just kind of milling about dejectedly on my floor. I feel bad. I tried re-uniting them with the box somehow, but they haven't responded; maybe it looked more impressive under bubble wrap.
Does anyone know what styrofoam peanuts eat? Maybe they'll feel better after a little food.
Anyone who hasn't should listen to "Beans and Cornbread" by Louis Jordan. It's a wonderful rhythm-and-blues ballad about the beauty of co-habitating despite our differences. It's a beautiful thing. :)
It's time for the Friday Five...or Seven, if you really wanted to be technical.
<B>What is your most prized material possession?</b>
Hmm...that's a good question. I really don't have anything that I haven't or couldn't do without, and there are a lot of things that I really like, like my Changeling: the Dreaming collection, the spiffy drawing I got from Stephanie Gladden (of Hopster's Tracks) at MFM one year or this <a href="http://www.rakune.com/pa3.htm">painting</a> I bought from <user site="livejournal.com" user="stickypawz"> recently. I couldn't call anything *prized* though.
<b>What item, that you currently own, have you had the longest?</b>
This one's easy: <i>Caddie Woodlawn</i> by Carol Ryrie Brink. It was this biography of Brink's grandmother as a child, taken from stories told to her from her mom and grandmom. Really great 'frontier' children's book...I've had it since 5th grade (1989 or so).
<b>Are you a packrat?</b>
Yes. I'm slowly learning to get rid of stuff I don't *truly* need, though.
<b>Do you prefer a spic-and-span clean house? Or is some clutter necessary to avoid the appearance of a museum?</b>
Well, I'm in a period of transition. :) I have a natural tendency towards clutter, but I've been seeing the benefits of having a pretty clean place. Not too austere, just clutter enough to be 'lived in' without making it seem junky. This look can be achieved with a surprising minimum of stuff, though. <:)
<b>Do the rooms in your house have a theme? Or is it a mixture of knick-knacks here and there?</b>
Well, our kitchen has a food theme going on. :) Actually, not really...we've got two chess boards in the living room where there are games between roommates from time to time in progress. At the risk of sounding completely pervy, there's often a plush orgy on the back of the couch, with a crucified puppet Jesus watching over all of them on the wall. This is the fault of my roommates, I swear. :)
My box from <user site="livejournal.com" user="lazarus"> arrived yesterday! Yay!! It looks deliciously old-school. :9 My room has been overrun by styrofoam peanuts, too; they must have revered the computer as their god and protector, because they kept clinging to it no matter how much I brushed them off. Now, though, they're just kind of milling about dejectedly on my floor. I feel bad. I tried re-uniting them with the box somehow, but they haven't responded; maybe it looked more impressive under bubble wrap.
Does anyone know what styrofoam peanuts eat? Maybe they'll feel better after a little food.
Anyone who hasn't should listen to "Beans and Cornbread" by Louis Jordan. It's a wonderful rhythm-and-blues ballad about the beauty of co-habitating despite our differences. It's a beautiful thing. :)
