Show me your mugs

I’ve discovered a fondness for mugs lately. I only had one before, but now I have two after my latest acquisition tonight.

I bought it because it looked like the perfect size to accommodate the hot chocolate from a box of 10 packets I bought last night. I was right, too, and drinking from it gives me a warm feeling inside. And I’m not talking about the hot chocolate… which would be painfully obvious.

My other mug has the Initech logo on it, the fictional company featured in the movie Office Space.

I wonder what my third mug will be? Rest assured, I’ll post it here!

Game boxes.

I’m moving in late April or early May, which means I’m currently in the process of going through everything that I have and getting rid of everything I don’t need.

In this last month I’ve thrown away countless garbage bags filled with old hardware, gadgets, trinkets, papers, documents, school handouts, you name it. I’m a collector of junk. I don’t do it intentionally. I just apply a sentimental value towards anything I come into contact with, and the mere thought of throwing anything away is a paralyzing one indeed.

Although I get so frustrated with all the junk and clutter I have, I actually revel in throwing it away. It’s like therapy. It’s like exercising and finally getting rid of all that excess fat.

Yet it seems no matter how many garbage bags full of junk I throw out, I still have tons of stuff left.

Earlier today I was going through a bin full of game boxes and software boxes. Do I really need this? Do I really need the box for Windows 95? For Super Smash Bros.? For Age of Empires I and II?

I managed to junk some of it, not before first taking pictures. Pictures of the cover art, the back, any system requirements printed. At least that way I can still keep the boxes, in a sense, without them actually taking up space.

I also threw out some old digital cameras. These things were huge. I took pictures of them, too. Perhaps I’ll set up a Flickr space for all this stuff. I love the internet… remove all my physical junk and place it in digital form for all to see.

Cyberlife is grand.