here is a sneak peak:
basically it is a show about a whole bunch of people with a WHOLE bunch of crap.
more crap than they can handle. way way more crap than they can handle.
it is a problem.
Since watching this series dear friend of mine has been inspired to purge her apartment of all things 'extra'. This friend (from now referred to as 'Pretty-Purger') has been mentioning to me that i HAVE to see it. I HAVE to watch it! I will be so inspired to get rid of stuff! you'll feel SO good about getting rid of stuff! (what exactly is Pretty-Purger trying to tell me?)
Anyway... we'll deal with that later... having been inspired to attempt to slim-line my "extra-treasures" I decided to tackle one of my junk-drawers. (You don't have a junk-drawer? Don't lie. Everybody has a junk drawer. some people its a junk cupboard).
Me opening junk drawer:
OOOHH!!! WOW!!! Fairy lights! Fantastic!! I wonder if these work!? I can totally use these!! (i'm all about the mood lighting. sexy, i know.) Let me plug these in and see if they work!! (plugs lights in - sees lights shine and then unplugs them in same millisecond) WOW!! they work! QUiCK! let me hang them up before Pretty-Purger finds out i'm just stringing more crap around my apartment!
The hanging of the lights:
This process took approximately 43 minutes. I will condense it for you.
- unravels lights and gets lights tangled in own fingers.
- unravels fingers from lights and in process re-entangles lights in a ball
- thinks about giving up
- thinks that reward of extra "mood-lighting" is worth it.
- lights finally unravelled
- finds good starting place for lights (with other fairy lights which are currently in room)
- tries to wind lights up bookcase
- accidentally pulls several hardcover books onto head
- &%£$@!!
- wants to give up
- perseveres
- tries to hook lights on existing wall hook, cannot reach.
- spends 10 minutes trying to throw lights onto hook. (very difficult - even if you are Michael Jordan)
- gives up on that idea and climbs on couch. still too short.
- finds higher shoes, flattens self against wall and uses longest finger to inch fairy lights onto hook. painstaking process.
- takes a breather.
- pulls lights across to lower hook
- strings lights across to kitchen section and attempts to keep them on the top of kitchen cabinet without falling down.
- needs something heavy to keep lights in place
- finds heavy bag of washing powder to put on top of lights
- accidentally touches something gross and grimy on top of kitchen cupboard where no-one sees or ever goes.
- makes mental note to clean that grimy thing (no, not really).
- winds lights down important gas pipe and...
- OLLEH!!! FINISHED!
- plugs lights in and tries to find 'steady-on' setting
- no, not that flashing one... not blinking.... the 'steady-on' setting...
realises that lights have only two settings:
SEIZURE and EPILEPTIC FIT.
- RIPS down lights and..... THROWS. LIGHTS. AWAY.
You were right Pretty-Purger... it DOES feel good to get rid of stuff.
Go through your junk drawer. I know you have one.