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Slow Blogging/House Cleaning

Posted by GayPatriotWest at 4:52 pm - May 28, 2009.
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One of my closest friends is organizing a yard sale for this Saturday and has invited some of her friends to participate.  Seeing that as an opportunity to clean out some of the clutter in my apartment, I started to go through my closets, cabinets and cupboards.  It was amazing how stuff accumulates.

Within 30 minutes, I had six pairs of jeans to sell, 10 pairs of khakis, seems I hadn’t sorted through those pants since sometime in the early 1990s.  I found a pair of pants I hadn’t worn since 1994 or 95–and to think I moved that pair clear across the country!  While it’s exciting at first when you find things to give away, after a while, it becomes exhausting, especially if you want to keep insist on holding onto things with sentimental (but not practical) value.

I even found an old coffee maker.  Instead of getting rid of it when I replaced it, I simply moved it to a kitchen cabinet. . . . And I still have yet to dispose of my vintage microwave.

If any of you Angelenos are in need of cheap stuff, you’ll have to check us out. . .

Here are the details:

This coming Saturday May 30 from 8am-3pm as the corner of Cahuenga and Bloomfield in Toluca Lake. One block south of Moorpark. East side of Cahuenga.   (In the Valley.)

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14 Comments

  1. So are you giving the stuff away, or selling it? Your post talks about both. (I suppose it could be a yard sale could be to benefit a charity.)

    Comment by ILoveCapitalism — May 28, 2009 @ 5:56 pm - May 28, 2009

  2. Don’t feel bad. I have a pair of jeans from high school (1987) that I can’t bring myself to throw out. They’re awesome and look so tiny now (well they are tiny). I tell myself every year I’ll get back into them someday. I lie to myself a lot apparently.

    Comment by Patriot Goddess — May 28, 2009 @ 6:43 pm - May 28, 2009

  3. I do that. I’ll find awesome shirts in my closet that I can’t bear to get rid of hoping I’ll wear them again.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — May 28, 2009 @ 7:03 pm - May 28, 2009

  4. I’m moving for the first time since 1991(?) and mein gott!! has stuff accumulated….and I still have things packed-away in storage from THAT move. It used to be that I moved apartments every year or two when I was in college and afterwards getting professionally-established and that kept the clutter manageable. What’s really embarrassing is the sheer-tonnage of gay porn magazines…and I haven’t been actively buying much in years. But you hate throwing THAT out, and be somewhat circumspect when you do…..

    Did I really think he was hot once? ….Twinkie overload!!

    Comment by Ted B. (Charging Rhino) — May 28, 2009 @ 7:13 pm - May 28, 2009

  5. Anyone check out the ranting on Towleroad.com? The post on Obama’s “promises” to the LGBT community. The gays are going crazy!!! Actually, a ton of the comments are expressing regret for drinking the kool-aid. Check it out.

    Comment by BC — May 28, 2009 @ 9:06 pm - May 28, 2009

  6. I’ll only come to a yard sale if Miss Niecy is on the premises and Matt Iseman is bending over something.

    Comment by Ashpenaz — May 28, 2009 @ 10:05 pm - May 28, 2009

  7. My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard(sale)…….

    Comment by BC — May 28, 2009 @ 10:20 pm - May 28, 2009

  8. Cheap stuff? Cheap stuff?

    My dear, the word is inexpensive. Nothing a gay man of your caliber would own is cheap. :)

    Comment by North Dallas Thirty — May 28, 2009 @ 11:05 pm - May 28, 2009

  9. What’s really embarrassing is the sheer-tonnage of gay porn magazines

    Whatcha got?

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — May 29, 2009 @ 12:36 am - May 29, 2009

  10. Anyone check out the ranting on Towleroad.com?

    Oh that’s too rich. I especially liked the oft repeated statements that the world doesn’t revolve around gays.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — May 29, 2009 @ 2:02 am - May 29, 2009

  11. Knew a guy who bought ‘Bear Magazine’ “for his wife…”

    And no, he’s not in denial, remarried now, he’s just either a)bi and trying to hide it or b) just a confused jerk (I vote for b).

    And he wonders why I don’t add him to facebook…

    Comment by The Livewire — May 29, 2009 @ 9:52 am - May 29, 2009

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  13. ‘Bear Magazine’

    Eww.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — May 30, 2009 @ 5:57 am - May 30, 2009

  14. You need to clean your room or your house to get rid of the mess and dusts that had occurred. In this way, you will have a more comfortable space to live in.

    Comment by Nicole — July 15, 2009 @ 7:20 am - July 15, 2009

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