[floatingslowly]

I collect lost and unwanted toys.

toys with broken parts, lost in a parking lot or even dug out of a sandbox....I love them.

my favorite (which for some reason I can't find) is Pete the Meat with Feet. Pete is a jar (with feet) that says "meat" on it. although finding it in a parking lot would have been good enough, the question "who would want a jar of meat with feet" has made it one of my prized collections.

today, in a parking lot, I found a toy hippo that had been run over a few times. I feel like a savior.


what do you collect?

[nicfit]

the pieces of my broken heart.

[!@#$%!]

i don't "collect" things-- i just accumulate stuff, i.e. books and records. what else is there to accumulate?

i do it without any sort of plan or goal. i get what i like, i use it, i shelve it for future reuse. if i have no use for it i don't want it.

i definitely have no collector's instincts, and no interest in starting any collection any time soon.

Originally Posted by nicfit

the pieces of my broken heart.

teeee heeee

come on man. that's just... wrong.

[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by nicfit

the pieces of my broken heart.

do you ship to the US?

[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i do it without any sort of plan or goal. i get what i like, i use it, i shelve it. if i have no use for it i don't want it.

I wouldn't say that I have a plan, since my collection relies upon serendipitous discovery.

[krastian]

Pay Pal?

Edit - to nicfit

[A Thousand Threads]

I collect clocks and watches of all kinds except for wristwatches.

"No wristwatch for me, thanks."

[nicfit]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

do you ship to the US?

Only if you can pay me in spice melange.

^^^
same for krastian.

!@à"£!$£"$% , I was kiddin', eh! kinda. And there's nothing wrong even if I were(?) serious.

[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by nicfit

Only if you can pay me in spice melange.

can you convert Water of Life?

if so, let's talk.

[nicfit]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

can you convert Water of Life?

here you go, do it yourself. HA HA HA HA!

[krastian]

Ha ha ha.

I collect:

music
Sonic Youth related crap
t-shirts
music DVD's
horror movies
art related books

I used to collect baseball and basketball cards, but not really anymore.

[m1rr0r dash]

i spend a lot of time collecting my thoughts.

[nicfit]

I'm about to start collecting different editions of Alice (in wonderland/underground) actually, next on the list: robert sabuda's version.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by nicfit

And there's nothing wrong even if I were(?) serious.

ha ha ha yes there would be, there would be something terribly wrong and terribly emo about it

[Savage Clone]

I collect records and mid-century modern furniture. And the occasional View-Master reel.
I used to collect toys, but they kind of took over my house and the cluttered feeling sort of negated the joy I got from being able to make Simsons figures talk to each other or marveling at the detail of how the hooks went into the face of a Clive Barker "Tortured Soul" figure just so.
Same for underground comix. I classify myself as a "consumer" of these rather than a "kollektor," because I really only have the patience to take good care of my LPs and I don't really want to put that kind of retentiveness into something like comic books. My actions make the collections of TRVE KVLT KOMIX KOLLEKTORS more valuable anyway, so they should be grateful for my blasphemies.

[nicfit]

Talkin' bout floating's

Originally Posted by Nefeli

your collection is so cool.

true. pics?

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ha ha ha yes there would be, there would be something terribly wrong and terribly emo about it

you're so cynical.
before emo that was a common thing to do with no shame ha ha !!

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by nicfit

you're so cynical.
before emo that was a common thing to do with no shame ha ha !!

a common thing in country music

i'm just acting as a friend and trying to save you from potential life-destroying embarrassment here.

 

[m1rr0r dash]

Originally Posted by nicfit

before emo that was a common thing to do with no shame ha ha !!

no, before it was called emo, it was called goth.









...collecting the pieces of yr broken <3 that is, not the music...

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by Nefeli

dont you feel that collections imprison us?

i already have started feeling that way about my furniture and my record collection. blablabla wouldnt give them away..

My record collection takes up a lot of space, but I don't really have the disposable income to get to the point of "imprisonment" for decades. I thin it out occasionally also. Furniture is a tough one and I have to watch it; I am at the point now where I have to get rid of something in order to bring something else in. This can keep me in check and help with deciding what I "need" to have and what I need to simply "appreciate" and move on.

I have one friend whose life as a professional collector/antique dealer/packrat could easily be made into a movie, and his house (which is HUGE) is completely full of all manner of crazy things of old. Some would view his life as an imprisonment of sorts, but knowing him, I cannot imagine him living any other way. His house is a constant source of fascination for me, and I love staying with him when I am in Boston. However, it also served as the cautionary example for me, and was very helpful in my decision to focus my collecting on a couple of key interests.
There is too much "cool old crap" out there to have all of it. Some of it you need to just marvel at and go on your way.

[nicfit]

you guys make me cry