Chicago: Totally hands-free!!!

They are apparently. It's also their (Sharx) record release.

Jesse, he normally asks me about whatever I'm reading, though lately he's devolved into just talking about how I'm lookin' good.

Grr. who is he? on the bus? is that who he is? he is on the bus?

He is just a guy who I pass walking to work (walking in the opposite direction).

In other news, I want a huge budget for ORGANIZING our apartment.

Like, for shelves and containers and such?

I need to get to the container store for a couple of those underbed clothes bins. I have way too many clothes.

Yeah. The guitar room closet is such a mess. And the sad thing is that a while back I spent some monies at c0ntainer store, took everything out of the closet, and put everything back in. But now it looks like hell again. It just isn't practical. There are so many tiny containers, but to get to them you have to be standing partially inside this closet, which is packed and things are falling on your head...

Meanwhile, I also spent monies to organize our old practice space, which burnt down shortly afterwards. (But whatcha gonna do about that?)

And I can't find any of our spices when I need them, though I realize we should just toss some of them.

I'm so weird that I'm excited about getting home today and organzing something.

that's not weird! I don't get that bug often enough, but when I do, I know not to waste it.

My Tortoise channel on Pandora is perfect for working.

I got the cleaning urge last week and then picked up a bottle of wine on the way home from work and didn't quite get around to cleaning. All I want to do when I get home from work today is pass out.

jesse: http://www.palm.com/us/support/outlooksupport.html

can be easy or hard, depending on the device. i used the chapura thing before and it worked well.

So, I'm looking around on Real S1mple for organizing/decluttering inspiration and check out this advice from a reader:
Just Do Less
I got rid of my husband, hired a fabulous nanny and let her run my house, began buying in bulk, got to know my daughter's teachers, did not join the Junior League, got a personal trainer, and found a contractor and landscaper who were very good and trustworthy. I let go of a lot of stuff, and I realized I didn't have to do everything, just a couple of key things really well.

She got rid of her husband??

I should start packing this week, but I'm not looking forward to it.

That's dedication to simplification!

Bbut John, you have so much to look forward to! It's a fun move.

Are you getting any movers for the couch?

The nanny, personal trainer, contractor and landscaper sound like additions to me, not subtractions.

I'm looking forward to having moved and being in a new apartment, but I'm not looking forward to finding movers, scrounging for boxes, packing up boxes, and any of the other dull, laborious tasks associated with moving. Especially since Kr is gone this week.

You can get your boxes here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAJXki87vgw

(repost, but I luv it)

I just turned in the keys to my old apartment, after spending all day yesterday moving and cleaning. It's amazing how after you feel like you moved all your shit and have a functional new apartment, there are always 2-3 car loads of little stuff left.

xpost

2x, that shit is hilarious

costco has like a bazillion boxes all stacked up, and i think they let people come in and take them even if you're not a member.

sarah, i think the thing left unsaid in that quote is 'since i'm incredibly rich, i could...'

Is your move at the end of the month then?

xpost Totally.

Yeah, one day I just up and decided to simplify my life so I paid someone else to live it.

WHO'S THAT EATIN THAT NASTY FOOD?

nasty girls?

Nasty boys?

WHO'S JAMMIN TO MY NASTY GROOVE?

Ladies?

i cannot stop listening to this song

Sorry
Had to interject some nasty groove into this conversation about boxes

NASTY

Thanks for the Costco tip, Colette. I've got some boxes already, from a co-worker, and Kr is getting some as well. I can at least start on books and CDs.

NO MY FIRST NAME AIN'T "BABY"

I really love the way she says "nasty FOOD"

my eighth grade english teacher did an awesome impression of janet jackson singing nasty. he was a large white man.

What food is that nasty?

Also no one responded to my question about library science (not that I expect any of you are experts). The wiki entry didn't really have much to go on, and I was wondering how scientific the field really is. The storage/preservation aspects are interesting to me.

it's not very scientific.

Damn, I miss science. I'm currently debating whether my eventual return to grad school will be in the sciences.

http://www.achewood.com/shop/rsrc/img/mousepad_science.jpg
http://www.xkcd.com/store/try_science_shirt_300.png

How scientific it is depends on what field you go into, iirc. There are the aspects of librarianship that deal with cataloging, archiving, data management, etc. and then there are those that deal with the public, book, acquisitions, etc.

It's a pretty wide field. What I know I only know from Dan (my Dan) going through school. He's glad he did it, though.

xp That's really what science is. You sign up, and they give you a set of Erlenmeyer flasks and some beakers and pipets and you go fucking nuts.

There are no flasks.

FORGET IT

How scientific it is depends on what field you go into, iirc. There are the aspects of librarianship that deal with cataloging, archiving, data management, etc. and then there are those that deal with the public, book, acquisitions, etc.

Ehhhh? It's still not very scientific a field. Like none of those things you've listed are really scientific at all. Geeky, yes. But science-y? I've only been in it for a few years, but I have no idea why the "science" is still sticking around.

(okayyyy mayyyybe data management is science-y)

My leg muscles hurt from playing tennis ! (well, the version of tennis that Nick and I made up yesterday).

OW!

Whatever, I am not in the field, only married to someone who works in it. If it were too very sciencey, he would not be involved. I guess I don't know the finer distinctions between science and geekery.

I thought you were doing an MFA, Mr. Que?

Motherfucker. They were just interveiwing some guy on the radio (not sure who, I missed the introduction) but he was saying that this Edens construction could result in travel times of 5-6(!!!) hours from Lake Cook into the city and back out. Holy fuck.

basically, in the olden days, people used to concoct complicated formulas, and from these formulas rose the modern library system. the library of congress is actually kind of a laboratory, with bubbling beakers and foam coming out of the windows from all of the science experiments taking place within its hallowed halls of science.