what to do with stuff.

for the past couple of months i've had this urge to clean out my stuff.  my room is small. unfortunately i have a ton of stuff.

i'm a person that has lots of papers and books.  stationary, too.  i don't have a lot of clothes though.  anyhow, i've been donating things to salvation army and the goodwill since college.  somehow, i still have a lot of stuff.  recently i got all my stuff back from my mom's place and all of that stuff is now donated or put away somewhere in my room.  right now, i have some books i want to get rid of.  not having a job right now, i really want to sell them and other things on ebay.  problem is how long will it take to sell, if it sells at all? don't know if i have the patience for that.  i've already donated several books to the library.  even after all the books are taken care of, i still have all that paper stuff to deal with.  i will definitely need a file box to organize my bills, bank statements and other important documents.

i would love to be clutter-free.  it would be nice to have a select few things.  there is one rule that i came up with in regards to personal items but i'm having a hard time implementing, and that is:  decide what you really can't part with, and then part with the rest. it may be too drastic for myself.  then again, it might not be a good rule.

why i'm still unemployed.

as much as relatives of mine would like me to take any job because they think the important thing for me is to be employed, i can not agree with them.  i am stubborn.  i've worked in retail for nearly four years and i hated it.  i don't know anyone that likes working there, though.  i know there is something better out there.  it's just been taking a long time to manifest.  i know where i am volunteering now is where i want to work and if nothing opens up for me there, something else connected to the club will.  things take time. 

just now, i saw an article on msn, "5 reasons accepting a job offer out of fear will backfire."  every single reason they listed describes what i see and have known will happen if i do just that.  the last reason, #5 you may have stopped three feet before gold, particularly struck a chord with me.  i've already spent 3.75 years working in retail.  it was probably 2.9 years too many.  i know i am getting closer to what i want.  i can't give up now.

welcome weather

right now, the temperature in l.a. is warm.  last week was hot but it is cooling down a little bit now.  i can not wait until november comes when the weather will be cooler.  yup, i love winter--though not the european or midwest kind.  i lived through one winter in europe and it was no fun.  i just like it when it's cold and i get to wear my winter jacket, scarf, and gloves.  it is also one of my favorite times to be browsing through store websites or catalogs to see what their winter collection looks like.  this look is from j.crew.

old work.

 once in awhile, i still like to make some drawings.  these i did several months ago.  they are pretty small and were done on blank index cards.  they are what is left of what i learned in art school.  now i have a bunch of art and photo supplies i need to get rid of :P