collecting - Page 2

atsonicpark · 02.03.2009, 05:11 AM

First it was music. Then, I used to collect video games, even ones I didn't like. Then, I used to collect movies. Nowadays, I don't give a shit. I'm generally not a very materialistic person anyway, so I've given away literally HUNDREDS of movies and cd's to friends and sold hundreds of games in the past year or so. I'm trying to just have the essentials of everything. I want to get it to a point where I can fit everything I own in 2 boxes... I'm already at a point in life where I think the only thing I need is my guitar.

nicfit · 02.03.2009, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I want to get it to a point where I can fit everything I own in 2 boxes...

We'll all end up fitting in 1 box, after all.

pbradley · 02.03.2009, 05:23 AM

Not us ancient Egyptians.

atsonicpark · 02.03.2009, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

We'll all end up fitting in 1 box, after all.

I'm being cremated.

And then snorted or smoked by everyone around me.

nicfit · 02.03.2009, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I'm being cremated.

And then snorted or smoked by everyone around me.

You must have Keith Richard's relatives.

Toilet & Bowels · 02.03.2009, 07:25 AM

why do people like to collect old stuff?

phoenix · 02.03.2009, 07:40 AM

seriously though, I collect "rocks"(gemstones, minerals, geodes, fossils, general earth junk, etc) and plants. Mostly succulents, but I'd love a whole collection of nepenthe, Because they're rad. I'd also really like a terrarium big enough for me to sit in, but, no room or money.

ALIEN ANAL · 02.03.2009, 07:44 AM

i use to collect rocks when i was younger
any rock that took my fancy i would pick it up and put it in this mini wheelie bin i had.

GeneticKiss · 02.04.2009, 12:39 AM

I used to collect weird stuff I found at work.

One time I found the pointed end of a dart.

I haven't found anything really weird of late.

Dead-Air · 02.04.2009, 01:51 AM

I used to be horrible about collecting. Science fiction books, comics, coins, records, all kinds of material shit.

Then about ten years ago I went through a phase of wanting to simplify and got rid of most of that. I started to realize that if I believed in the contents of a book, it would do much better after I'd read it out circulating than sitting on my bookshelf.

Now, I collect masks since we wear them in the Dead Air Fresheners, and I try not to always have the same one on. But even then, it's mostly what's really cheaply acquired, and I probably only have ten or twelve total personally (though I'm still up for getting more).

Sonic Youth 37 · 02.04.2009, 02:00 AM

I used to collecting coins/money a lot about 6 or 7 years ago. I don't so much now, because it's hard to find cool stuff that isn't hella expensive.

Now I guess it's just books. I want to be able to devote one room in my (future) house as a library/study and I'm starting the outfitting now. At the given time, within 2 feet of me, I have 50 books.

ploesj · 02.04.2009, 05:38 AM

feathers

old postcards

weird clothes

fabric

pretty toys

paper

nice socks

sketchbooks

... and old stuff i find on the street or in basements.

phoenix · 02.04.2009, 08:05 AM

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old postcards
fabric
sketchbooks

ooh yes. I used to do postcards, but no longer. I got to about 500 plus and decided it was really ridiculous and purged them all.

but fabric and sketchbooks still definately yes. eep.

02.04.2009, 08:46 AM

records, books, videogames (more then 50% the ones I loved as a kid)
and stuff I just love for different reasons

Rob Instigator · 02.05.2009, 10:35 AM

Besides records, I collect books. Lots of books.
Tons of books

and anything related to sonic youth.

gmku · 02.05.2009, 10:44 AM

I don't collect more than one kind of thing at any one time. That is, as a kid, I collected comic books and paperback novels--the comic books were DC and Marvel things from the 60s that would be worth hundreds today if they hadn't gotten destroyed in my parents flooded basement! I still have many of the paperbacks, though, mostly Man from UNCLE Ace Paperbacks, UNCLE digest magazines, and James Bond.

When I got interested in music in my teens, I abandoned comic books and started collecting records. That's been the only thing I've been serious about collecting ever since.

I generally don't understand the collecting impulse, though, for most other things. With books and records, you re-use them--you re-listen to them, re-read them. I don't see the point with other objects, even things like baseball cards.

Nevertheless, one lesson I have learned is that if you found something important enough to collect at one time, you shouldn't discard it. I've learned that from selling or trading a few of my records. I miss even the cheesy ones. I only did that a few times before I realized how much I would miss them.

ploesj · 02.05.2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by phoenix

ooh yes. I used to do postcards, but no longer. I got to about 500 plus and decided it was really ridiculous and purged them all.

but fabric and sketchbooks still definately yes. eep.

i have the prettiest of my postcards on my bedroom wall, the rest is in a pile i'll use for collages and stuff.

one thing about everything i collect is that i have to be able to use it for what i make one day.

Kloriel · 02.05.2009, 05:29 PM

i collect GERBIL SKULLS

atsonicpark · 02.05.2009, 06:14 PM

i collect pussy farts

02.05.2009, 06:30 PM

^^how?
do not say in your memory

02.03.2009, 05:11 AM	#21
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	First it was music. Then, I used to collect video games, even ones I didn't like. Then, I used to collect movies. Nowadays, I don't give a shit. I'm generally not a very materialistic person anyway, so I've given away literally HUNDREDS of movies and cd's to friends and sold hundreds of games in the past year or so. I'm trying to just have the essentials of everything. I want to get it to a point where I can fit everything I own in 2 boxes... I'm already at a point in life where I think the only thing I need is my guitar. __________________
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02.03.2009, 05:23 AM	#23
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Not us ancient Egyptians.
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02.03.2009, 07:25 AM	#26
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,226	why do people like to collect old stuff?
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02.03.2009, 07:40 AM	#27
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	seriously though, I collect "rocks"(gemstones, minerals, geodes, fossils, general earth junk, etc) and plants. Mostly succulents, but I'd love a whole collection of nepenthe, Because they're rad. I'd also really like a terrarium big enough for me to sit in, but, no room or money. __________________ tiny and lost.
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02.03.2009, 07:44 AM	#28
ALIEN ANAL invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 5,461	i use to collect rocks when i was younger any rock that took my fancy i would pick it up and put it in this mini wheelie bin i had. __________________ www.instagram.com/alienanal
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02.04.2009, 12:39 AM	#29
GeneticKiss expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,666	I used to collect weird stuff I found at work. One time I found the pointed end of a dart. I haven't found anything really weird of late. __________________ https://handinthefates.bandcamp.com<--music
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02.04.2009, 01:51 AM	#30
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	I used to be horrible about collecting. Science fiction books, comics, coins, records, all kinds of material shit. Then about ten years ago I went through a phase of wanting to simplify and got rid of most of that. I started to realize that if I believed in the contents of a book, it would do much better after I'd read it out circulating than sitting on my bookshelf. Now, I collect masks since we wear them in the Dead Air Fresheners, and I try not to always have the same one on. But even then, it's mostly what's really cheaply acquired, and I probably only have ten or twelve total personally (though I'm still up for getting more). __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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02.04.2009, 02:00 AM	#31
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	I used to collecting coins/money a lot about 6 or 7 years ago. I don't so much now, because it's hard to find cool stuff that isn't hella expensive. Now I guess it's just books. I want to be able to devote one room in my (future) house as a library/study and I'm starting the outfitting now. At the given time, within 2 feet of me, I have 50 books. __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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02.04.2009, 05:38 AM	#32
ploesj invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: antwerp. Posts: 2,901	feathers old postcards weird clothes fabric pretty toys paper nice socks sketchbooks ... and old stuff i find on the street or in basements. __________________ blog flickr
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02.04.2009, 08:46 AM	#34
al shabbray Posts: n/a	records, books, videogames (more then 50% the ones I loved as a kid) and stuff I just love for different reasons
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02.05.2009, 10:35 AM	#35
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,943	Besides records, I collect books. Lots of books. Tons of books and anything related to sonic youth. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.05.2009, 10:44 AM	#36
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I don't collect more than one kind of thing at any one time. That is, as a kid, I collected comic books and paperback novels--the comic books were DC and Marvel things from the 60s that would be worth hundreds today if they hadn't gotten destroyed in my parents flooded basement! I still have many of the paperbacks, though, mostly Man from UNCLE Ace Paperbacks, UNCLE digest magazines, and James Bond. When I got interested in music in my teens, I abandoned comic books and started collecting records. That's been the only thing I've been serious about collecting ever since. I generally don't understand the collecting impulse, though, for most other things. With books and records, you re-use them--you re-listen to them, re-read them. I don't see the point with other objects, even things like baseball cards. Nevertheless, one lesson I have learned is that if you found something important enough to collect at one time, you shouldn't discard it. I've learned that from selling or trading a few of my records. I miss even the cheesy ones. I only did that a few times before I realized how much I would miss them. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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02.05.2009, 05:29 PM	#38
Kloriel expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,554	i collect GERBIL SKULLS
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02.05.2009, 06:14 PM	#39
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	i collect pussy farts __________________
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02.05.2009, 06:30 PM	#40
al shabbray Posts: n/a	^^how? do not say in your memory
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