7.26.2011

Recently finished: The Dogs of Riga (Wallander #2) by Henning Mankell. Currently reading: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall, and Mortal Causes (Inspector Rebus, #6) by Ian Rankin

All signed up for the Farm To Farm Century Ride in September! So excited, it looks like a great event.

Image: source.

Listening to: juicy-r [the notorious b.i.g.'s juicy vs. the xx's vcr] - wait what (mashup)

Next up for my garden: growing garlic? My roommate grows garlic in his garden and it's so great to have it last throughout the year. I'd love to give it a go...


Simplicity quest update: refunds from the canceled magazine and newspaper subscriptions are starting to trickle in. I sold 26 pieces of clothing this week. I sorted through and set aside over 100 books to sell the next time I'm in Portland (yay, Powells!). AND....I've started the project of listing everything I own. I put up a bunch of paper on my walls, divided by type ("pants," "books," "toiletries") and am writing things in. I'm doing it for a number of reasons - (1) to become fully aware of how much stuff I own, and (2) to track the process of getting rid of things (I'll cross them off the list as I sell or give them away). A note on the ridiculousness of my consumerism: I considered, for a moment, how I "needed" to go buy big sheets of paper for the project. And then realized the irony. And so am using the backsides of paper I had lying around. Amazing.

3 comments:

Ashley said...

The company my mom works for has an employee garden and they've gotten a lot of garlic in this year. I love having those braided clumps of garlic [ http://www.cheapvegetablegardener.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/image.png ]hanging around our kitchen. The roasted garlic infused olive oil is pretty good too (especially when brushed on a piece of good toast and topped with a fried egg). I'd totally recommend growing some.

Melissa Leigh Gore said...

Thank you sooooo much for introducing me to that mixtape, it is AMAZING. Ahh!

Steff said...

haaaaahahah buying paper for that project is totally something I would do. I really like your idea about writing everything down though and crossing it off! I love crossing stuff off, it gives me so much satisfaction!