From a comment I made elsewhere...
Jul. 11th, 2009 12:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moominmuppetI'm a proud packrat. I keep it as a community resource -- stuff gets added and removed from the collection constantly.
My favorite story of the unexpected benefits of my hoarding? In college, Alan came into the dorm room freaking out about an art project he'd procrastinated 'til the afternoon it was due. And he needed a foot or so diameter round of wood for it. Where the fuck was he going to find that?
Oh. In my basement. Because a few years ago, someone had done an installation piece with slices of tree trunk, and I'd ended up collecting one of them after it was disassembled.
And I knew I had it, and where to find it, too.
Go, packrats!
My favorite story of the unexpected benefits of my hoarding? In college, Alan came into the dorm room freaking out about an art project he'd procrastinated 'til the afternoon it was due. And he needed a foot or so diameter round of wood for it. Where the fuck was he going to find that?
Oh. In my basement. Because a few years ago, someone had done an installation piece with slices of tree trunk, and I'd ended up collecting one of them after it was disassembled.
And I knew I had it, and where to find it, too.
Go, packrats!
