inorganic weekend

yes its that time of year again when the detritus of a consumerist society is sprawled over the grass verges of the neighbourhood. the end result is that today, mt eden looks like a rubbish tip

about two weeks ago i got a note through my letter box from the auckland city council warning me that this was coming up on the weeked of the 6 and 7th of june, but not to put any rubbish out before then, or i would be prosecuted.

so over the last two days i have eschewed my usual packrat tendencies and not only got rid of a lot of my rubbish, but sold an old steroeo and playstation to cash converters, a bunch of books to the book exchane and found about fifty dollars in notes and coins.

oh, and taniwha? the bed you left with me when you moved to england? sorry dude, out on the road.

there has also been the ususl inorganic dance. no sooner do you put stuff out for collection, that others come around and pick through it. fair enough, you know, one person's trash is another person's treasure, but i ntried to be considerate to the collectors and put my smaller stuff out in boxes and bags. the collectors open these to rummage through them and do they replace the things they don't want? no, of course not.

fortunately, i was able to get a lot shifted yeaterday but there was still plenty to take out today. this is not an activity designed for a post-dialysis day.

my home now looks substantially larger, and i am officially stuffed

can't cook anything too complex for dinner, thank god for sardines on toast