r|break: sorting stuff ...

cards!!! ... greeting cards. cards from freaking 1988 when i left my first job (in S.F.) outta college!!! cards from family members, friends, people i no longer remember. postcards. postcards i picked up while on vacation. postcards from friends' travels. wtf hotel postcards (y'know, the ones in the hotel room drawer or sandwiched in the 'welcome binder'?!) holiday/special event cards. thank you cards. (oh! and postage stamps from places afar!) freaking cards!!!

keeping some ... and NO, i will not purge/recycle all of them. YES, i will purge/recycle most of them. i will keep some. why keep some? some are actually really beautiful cards. sentiments are memorable (good and not so good). sarcasm at its best. blackmail-lite opportunities (ha!). and simply, some make me smile or laugh.

realization ... as i am regrouping and getting a more clear perspective to adjust here in the BA, i am purging stuff (and donating and recycling what i can) and selectively choosing keepsakes. using my decoder ring to translate "selectively choosing keepsakes" ...

i am a recovering pack rat

when i left SD to move up to the BA, it was evident. the movers were kind (probably because i gifted them wine i was not prepared to drive up with me). so when i come across interesting things (or not so interesting) during this more-clear-perspective time in my life and i have the will to snap a pic (or scan whatever) and i have the patience to upload, i will share.

first offering -
keeping with some shy stuff, i came across this card ...

... which shy sent a couple of years ago.

(i think he may be projecting, but that's another story.) tho' shy will not be stateside for my b-day this 2007, i will remind him of this clever little sentiment he sent.

[did you see how i even
pack-ratted my previous blog posts?!]