I need a Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor

I didn’t do too badly on Sunday, but clearly I need more pointers from Basic Instructions on How to Eliminate Clutter. I did work on more than audio cassettes, but they were pretty hard for me to finally part with. I could have gone through the effort to turn some of them into mp3s but doing that would have meant they stuck around instead of just getting tossed out. I was telling Everett the problem with most modern methods of clutter removal: donating, repurposing, recycling, etc. all involve gathering the stuff up and then having it sit there until you’re ready for that next step. In my eyes it was already sitting there, it’s time for that shit to go. Next is VHS tapes, I have a machine that will transfer them to DVD, I just have to get in the mood to start the process, plus many of them I’ve probably got now on DVD already, or the desire for them has long since passed. I did see a few tapes of plays I’ve been in though, so clearly those must be archived to DVD and the tapes destroyed never to see the light of day again…

I think part of my moodiness lately is that I’m nearing my mid-year crisis, tomorrow is 6 months ’til my birthday — 35 (I know, it’s not that old, but it certainly doesn’t feel young either) years on this planet. It’s not normally a big deal except on the 5-year ones. I start thinking about where I want to be in life, and how much has or hasn’t changed from year to year and it makes me examine whether I’m happy about my direction and focus or not. It feels like there have been a lot of changes in the past few months, good, bad and indifferent. I’m sure I’ll become insufferable in September!