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Writer's Block: Unnecessary Objects

  • Oct. 17th, 2008 at 3:47 PM
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Oscar Wilde, a dandy’s dandy, once said that “we live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.” What unnecessary possession can you not live without?


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If I were to answer this honestly, basically the ONLY necessities I have are food, some sort of shelter (or I'd die with how cold it gets here!) and air. Beyond that, really, everything is considered unnecessary.

However, things I use every day that are "necessities" to me that are technically "unnecessary" would include (but are not limited to!) the following: Music, alllllll my books, computer with internet and computer games, my sewing machine and supplies, jewelry, the telephone, clocks, "nice" clothes...


Just a note, I am listening to "Wonderful" by Andy Hunter on Pandora.com and I am hooked. This happens to be on my "Since I Left You" by The Avalanches station, I usually love all the music :)

Something funny to leave you with:
some days

PS: I hear some sort of banging in this building and it is driving me NUTS!