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Journaling and record keeping
Sep. 11th, 2006 10:52 amThis is going to be a bit of a rambling entry because I'm thinking about several things at once that are all loosely related in my head.
I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping this journal up to date. I know there are a number of things I planned to post about that never made it onto here. I kept a small record of my vacation on Nantucket that never got posted. I didn't post descriptions of the really great cheeses I had last time I was in NYC. I have all these pieces of paper and electronic notes that I intended to put online that just haven't made it here yet.
And I'm thinking about this because I've been thinking about all these boxes and papers and unfinished projects (game design ideas, writings, and the like) I have up in the second floor of the house I'm living in. There's a lot of stuff up there, and a lot of it is written or printed and has no electronic counterpart. I'd really like to start converting that stuff to bits for easier storage and so I can maybe do something with the projects up there I haven't touched in a while. I just need to start opening the boxes up and then bring papers into work to OCR-scan on the printer/fax/copier machine we have here on our network. I would really like to compact my life some more and reduce the number of material possessions I have; get rid of the things I don't use often or are hard to store.
And I've been thinking about all that because I have to think about moving again. My landlord informed me that he's starting to think about selling his house before the market goes down - so when that happens, I'll have two months to find a place of my own before the new owner has the opportunity to boot me (which I'm fairly certain they will). I'm actually thinking about buying a house here on the Cape (something in the range of 215k, which will be tough to find). I was really hoping I'd at least get two years in the current place, but it looks like the only way I can guarantee staying in one place is if I buy it myself. This guy was the best landlord I've ever had, and I really doubt I'll find one as good as him out here. And you know, I realized I spent 14k on rent this past year, and that's money I could have put into a house if I'd had the means then. So, yeah. I guess it's time to be a homeowner again. And I think I'd be okay with a smallish place, as I haven't used the upstairs of my current place at all, and haven't really had to put up as many guests as I thought I would. It's not so much about putting down roots as it is about not having to be nomadic at someone else's whim.
I haven't been doing a very good job of keeping this journal up to date. I know there are a number of things I planned to post about that never made it onto here. I kept a small record of my vacation on Nantucket that never got posted. I didn't post descriptions of the really great cheeses I had last time I was in NYC. I have all these pieces of paper and electronic notes that I intended to put online that just haven't made it here yet.
And I'm thinking about this because I've been thinking about all these boxes and papers and unfinished projects (game design ideas, writings, and the like) I have up in the second floor of the house I'm living in. There's a lot of stuff up there, and a lot of it is written or printed and has no electronic counterpart. I'd really like to start converting that stuff to bits for easier storage and so I can maybe do something with the projects up there I haven't touched in a while. I just need to start opening the boxes up and then bring papers into work to OCR-scan on the printer/fax/copier machine we have here on our network. I would really like to compact my life some more and reduce the number of material possessions I have; get rid of the things I don't use often or are hard to store.
And I've been thinking about all that because I have to think about moving again. My landlord informed me that he's starting to think about selling his house before the market goes down - so when that happens, I'll have two months to find a place of my own before the new owner has the opportunity to boot me (which I'm fairly certain they will). I'm actually thinking about buying a house here on the Cape (something in the range of 215k, which will be tough to find). I was really hoping I'd at least get two years in the current place, but it looks like the only way I can guarantee staying in one place is if I buy it myself. This guy was the best landlord I've ever had, and I really doubt I'll find one as good as him out here. And you know, I realized I spent 14k on rent this past year, and that's money I could have put into a house if I'd had the means then. So, yeah. I guess it's time to be a homeowner again. And I think I'd be okay with a smallish place, as I haven't used the upstairs of my current place at all, and haven't really had to put up as many guests as I thought I would. It's not so much about putting down roots as it is about not having to be nomadic at someone else's whim.