10 things learned from packing

here are 10 things i've learned from packing my parents' house and cleaning out boxes from 5+ years ago

1. before microsoft office, there was lotus symphony

2. i actually read quite a decent amount of books when i was a kid

3. how to be a pack rat = keep all (and i mean ALL) things that might be useful, such as receipts, paperwork, cables, maps, postcards, pictures, VHS and cassette tapes, floor plans, boxes, magazines, books, floppies, sauce packs, utensils..............

4. how to be a pack rat #2 - have one item and two backups in case that one breaks

5. how to be a pack rat #3 - buy tons of clothing when they're on sale and never wear them (i am somewhat guilty of this)

6. you only know so much about your family history as your parents tell you... ex., old photos and family trees are completely lost on me now

7. how to fill your fridge - buy all your food from costco

8. i used to weigh more, and now i know why. my parents fed me a lot of food!

9. classic gender stereotyping annoys me. men are not the only gender that can pack computer parts. in fact, i probably know more about computers than 50% of men out there. thanks for the vote of confidence.

10. hurricane irene really does not want to let anyone in or out of nyc :(

interesting links i've saved up

interesting study on decision fatigue..

the whole world in a minute makes me want to travel

cool depiction of the tree of life for hyrule

want to feel nostalgic about solitaire?

i am a sucker for tiny things

10 thoughts galore

1. i'll be in new york for the next 10 days to help pack my mother's house. it's going to be my last time in the area for a long while. i'm going to miss visiting regularly... it has become home away from home

2. finally finished clash of kings. i really want to watch the HBO series now...

3. music from pixar's Up will forever invoke bittersweet emotions

4. dear seattle - if being green is your goal, why are all of your stairwells locked, forcing people to use elevators to get anywhere?

5. i need a new personal phone, but should i upgrade to a smart phone when though i already lug my work's blackberry?

6. ok, so no more buying nice-to-haves. only the must-haves-to-live. except during vacation.

7. traffic patterns in seattle outright suck

8. i may be obsessed with food, since all of my planning revolves around meals

9. cupcakes are fun to make. see?

10. it's still hard to believe that it's been 3 months since craziness started. here's to more random things life throws out

seattle + 2 months

it's been 2 months since i moved to seattle. time really does fly. lesse... interesting things that have happened?

- work has picked up some pace

- really enjoying walking next to pike place market each day from work

- attended many meetups for general outings and board games

- experiencied the seattle freeze first hand

- feeling some dejavu between now and when i first moved to madison

- took a food trip to vancouver

- watched a little bit of the blue angels

- lots of shopping and splurging, still

- i now have a number of groupon/livingsocial vouchers...

so goes the life of moving to a new city.

a quick 10 thoughts

1. photos update: seattle firsts additions and vancouver

2. it's august, and summer has just begun in seattle. sigh.

3. the best parts about ikea furniture is the price and the fact that you get to build it

4. soon i will have a tan on the left side of my face because that's where the sun shines when walking to/from work

5. despite all the walking, i do need to find some more vigorous activity

6. sometimes i think politicians forgot how to compromise

7. this cat is quite amusing

8. the jade plants are starting to grow. hooray, i didn't kill them!

9. i read very slowly

10. back to the old bumming habits. rebuilding is tough