surfing: brand x

1999 october 11

diversions

yesterday was catch up and clean up day.

cleaned: the kitchen drawers. there is now one for foil, plastic wrap and bags and other things that come in a long narrow cardboard boxes. there is one for odd shaped kitchen utensils. one for smallish appliances. and two for whatever happens to fall into them; didn't expect me to become perfect overnight, did you?

cleaned: the laundry. all of it--the handwashables, the area rugs, the sheets and towels. all of it. and half of it is already folded. all the dishtowels are rolled, a chore i find absolutely unbearable most days for some reason.

yes, i do carry a wide array of plastic wraps

cleaned: the lower kitchen cabinets. i rid myself of an assortment of tupperware and tupperware wannabes that had lost their tops or bottoms, plastic cups i hadn't had a drink from in years, the eight ice cube trays that will never see the dark of the freezer, two small thermoses, and some strange microwave cake pans/jello molds [i can't really tell, nor remember, what they were originally for].

cleaned: one closet. i filled three garbage bags with clothes to give to the goodwill. i still have too many clothes.

tupperware heaven, similar to blue heaven, but clearer and fresher

a small break in the action

after all that work, a girl deserves some diversions. in claire's world, that means books and music.

updated: the books i've read since august.

bless me, ultima rudolfo a anaya
the anniversary and other stories louis auchincloss
the house of whacks matthew branton
a song for satawal kenneth brower
the killer of love brian conley
the tesseract alex garland
memoirs of a geisha arthur s golden
cleaning house nancy hayfield
a stir of echoes richard matheson
my year of meats ruth l ozeki
the pact jodi picoult
other people's dirt louise rafkin
cryptonomican neal stephenson
mr x peter straub
the professor and the madman simon winchester
mrs dalloway virginia woolf

a small break in the action

the new cds on the old stereo

updated: the cds i've purchased since august.

to venus and back tori amos
great songs of indifference boomtown rats
'hours...' david bowie
sky motel kristin hersh
worldes blysse mediaeval baebes
mirrorball sarah mclachlan
the fragile nin inch nails
daysleeper r.e.m.
no boundaries various
lilith fair 2 & 3 various



a model of efficiency, claire





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