Tuesday, February 24, 2009

who needs shiny and new?

i remain fascinated with all things deemed useless, antiquated and outmoded. for christmas i proclaimed my want, nay need, for a globe and a typewriter. b asked if i was planning a trip to the 1800s. despite their mocking, my roommates came through for me and m got me a miniature black and white globe for xmas. tres chic. i still lust for a typewriter and after discovering this in the bowels of the library, a card catalog.

also, does anyone remember the 1900s house? that show was brilliant. i watched it religiously on PBS in high school. soon my life will contain one small tidbit of similarity to theirs as i will be the lucky recipient of three gourmet cheeses a month brought directly to my doorstep. all i need now is milk delivery in glass bottles and one of those porcelain wash basins with a pitcher in my bedroom. ermmm...as i typed the previous sentence i remembered that i received two glass milk bottles from ikea as one of my birthday gifts this year. i guess everyone is well aware of my obsession with all things antiquated* and is keen to enable this obsession.

*i am quite certain there must be a word for "obsession with antiquated things". i must figure out what it is.

4 comments:

Robert said...

You're a GIANT DORK. I like it. Typewriters are a useful tool to have around. I was using a rather modern one just last Friday to fill out postal things at the Tax Clinic. Good work, keep posting! :P

bee said...

altho i think your lust for a globe was ridiculous, ill admit that i loooove card catalogs. look in my bedroom: my lingerie cabinet is decidedly card catalog looking. oui? what is sexier than library furniture re-purposed to hold panties? nothing, thats what.

PS the word you are looking for is antiquarian, i believe.

bee said...
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bee said...

or, antiquarianism