Sorry I've been MIA from the blog (not that I assume you've even noticed). I've been apartment hunting and packing for the last few weeks. Finally moved this weekend. Now that the madness is (mostly) over, I can pay a little more attention to the rest of the world.
I've lived in this last apartment for 3 1/2 years, which is the longest I've ever lived anywhere, save Mom & Dad's. When I came to California from Texas 4 years ago, I didn't have too much with me. I had moved alot during college (once, 7 times in a year, yes 7), so I had gone against the pack rack tendencies so prevalent in my family and shed a lot of stuff.
I think I need to do that again, cuz man, it was a bitch to move. I've got a lot of crap now. I completely filled a truck and felt embarrassed about it. On top of my own stuff, Hyphen has no office and most of its stuff was stored in my apartment. The new apartment is smaller, so I've been running around, trying to divvy up the goods among different staff. Still, I had to move plenty of Hyphen boxes.
I tried to go through my stuff while I was packing, but apparently I did not let go of enough. I probably recycled half the magazines I owned. I had collected a year's worth of New York Times Sunday Magazines. There were New Yorkers from a year ago I still had not read. And countless indie mags. I feel especially bad when I throw out an indie magazine because I know all too well from experience what went into making an issue. Blood. Nothing less than blood. But damn, magazines are heavy, so some of them had to go, even pilot issues and first issues.
I also have back issues of various Asian American magazines and I feel obligated to keep those, especially since so many of them aren't in publication any more.
Anyhow, speaking of magazines, I just got my Bust magazine in the mail and Sandra Oh is on the cover. Two of my friends don't like her. One complains that she is difficult to look at. The other says she's always got "that look" on her face. By that, I think she means an exasperated, annoyed look. Whatever. How can you complain about someone in TVland who doesn't have that generic pretty look? As to that look on her face? I think it depends on the character she's portraying. And Sandra often plays strong women, women who will beat your sorry self with a motorcycle helmet. So, she's all good in my book. Kick ass, Sandra. Kick ass!
Posted by Melissa at May 31, 2005 12:22 PM
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very cute, Mel. :)
Posted by: -e at June 5, 2005 7:33 PM
Yeah very cute Melissa :) I like Sandra too and who is against Sandra They are against me :)
Posted by: 4rentinla at October 5, 2005 2:35 AM
My packing story is cery similar. When i was moving, i packed all my stuff and i found a lot of magazines too. I collected them from this magazine's first number and it continued about 20 years. I left them to my mom, because they were too heavy. Maybe someday i'll bring thenm back to me :)
Posted by: california at November 4, 2005 12:30 AM
How long do you usually kep your mags beforre they go to the trash?
Posted by: jill at February 5, 2006 8:42 AM
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