Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
It seems all my friends are dismantling their lives and moving away from London within a matter of days. It’s come so quickly I don’t know exactly how to react. What I do know is that I’ve scored some pretty sweet stuff to kit out my room with. Some are mine on a more permanent basis than others, but they’ll make my life nicer for the period of the summer at least. I feel good being able to take stuff that my friends would otherwise likely have to throw out. It’s a type of charity on their part, of course, for which I’m thankful. Now I will have something to read books by without turning on the ceiling lamp, as well as a radio to listen to in my room. Not to mention a mattress topper that will make my slightly-bumpy bed instantly more comfortable.
In a way I’m keeping bits of my friends’ lives for the time being, until they come back to whatever they may be doing in the UK. And, if they don’t come back, well, those bits of their lives become reused and incorporated into mine. It’s weird but so is this whole situation. A big chunk of my life for three years is about to disperse.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:36
OH MY GOD YOU HAVE A NOT!!!
You must take a photo of it in its natural habitat and put it in my group on Flickr.
Also, they cost £12.99 now?!? WTF? I got mine for under a fiver, a few years ago. Although it isn’t the mutant reading light variety, to be fair.
June 25th, 2009 at 10:54
Yes more appendages like light-tipped tentacles = better. It has separate plugs for each light which was a bit strange (I don’t actually know if it’s a Not, I just thought it most likely is). I totally mentioned it specifically thinking of you though
June 25th, 2009 at 15:12
The NOT is a total design classic, although the reading lamp variety has its clean lines spoilt by the bits sticking out, I think. I prefer the symmetric elegance of the original.