so today the salvation army saved me. from a life of clutter and hoarding. they came and collected my unwanted but "too good to throw away" crap. i had drawers, bookshelves, bric a brac and even the y2k novelty (oversized) eye glasses that i'd been saving in case mr snuffleupagas visited.

above is a pretty lazy version of a panoramic photograph of my room. goodluck finding clutter in my new shrine to organisation!

but now that i'm not cleaning my room 24/7 i need to find other things to fill my life. and you know what is doing the job right now? rampant consumerism and holiday planning. this is the outside of my wallet....



this is the inside....

(empty)

but honestly... i am going to have the best february on record. even if it does mean spending my life's savings and five days by myself in dorkland.

in summary:

13th feb

• fly to dorkland
• go to pj harvey

14th feb

• go to interpol and finally FINALLY finally get to achieve my life's ambition: dancing to interpol playing live

15th feb

• probably hook in to interpol

16th feb

• sonic youth

17th feb

• come home on qantas taking advantage of my new 'silver' status with the qantas club. which means i have spent too much on travel in the past 12 months, but also that my chances of being upgraded just get better and better.

my difficulty is that (1) this is turning out to be more expensive than vegas and (2) i am not that in to pj harvey's new stuff and (3) i only know one sonic youth song. but i figured that since they all fell so close to each other i'd be a fool to miss it. to counter (2) and (3) i'm frantically downloading sonic youth and pj harvey songs in an attempt to create familiarity if not adoration. to counter (1) i'm not checking internet banking and hoping that there is a bank error in my favour.

i have broken some kind of world record because i have stuck with my new year's reso for five full days. i'm so much more organised. and i am reaping the benefits too. i've only lost my cellphone once today and sure i left my wallet at home when i went grocery shopping but at least i knew exactly where it was. in the draw. where it sleeps at night.

oh and i lost my keys but again only once. usually on a saturday i can lose them up to five times. so success.

apart from just enjoying my more organised life i've also been busy doing other stuff. like reading the hollow men. which was a christmas present. which i'm totally enjoying. and playing a variety of board games including the 90210 board game!!!! . the article i just linked to gave the game one star out of ten. and that is generous. if only we had the 90210 twister, which is discussed in this article as part of a tribute to terrible games. (and i know lots of links are terrible for readers but seriously, the second article in particular is hilarious).

i also attempted my first swim in wellington's ocean today and it lasted all of about thirty seconds. and i had cups of tea and played more board games - this time my new favourite board game (apart from 90210 twister) puerto rico. and i heard some exciting news but that is for others to tell you about.

and 2008 continues to show promise, not just in my whole being organised kick. but i have to confide in you that there are the odds signs of it not all being roses. for example i'm permanently in a bad mood. well not permanently, but more regularly that i'd like. plus hello there is disappointment because i'm watching the US version of the office (season two) and it is barely making me smile. but that could be the mood again.

speaking of moods, tomorrow i will be in the best of moods cos i'm hosting a party. well sort of. brunch. and the new blogger will be there. i only just read it half an hour ago and already i'm in love with it. you should read it too.