packing decisions: CD cases, old new yorkers, etc.

[xfer]

sooo I'm making some difficult keep-or-save decisions as I move into my new dinky apartment. one of the hardest is throwing away a big crate with maybe four years of the New Yorker (I saved every issue I got while I lived here), with a random scattering of Bizarre magazine. but I think it's got to go. I can always buy that "125 years of the new yorker" CD thing that was posted on here a little while ago, I guess.

now I'm trying to figure out what to do with my jewel boxes. I put most of my CDs in a couple of big binders although truth be told I don't listen to CDs much at all--I buy 'em, rip 'em to my computer, and upload 'em to my mp3 player.

so I have several big boxes full of empty jewel boxes. i guess i will end up throwing them away?! i can keep some to use as holders for CDROMs, i guess. but is there any reason I'll need them? I like the art on the back of many, but that's not enough reason to keep them. maybe I should spend a couple of hours and strip the cardboard backing out of each case? but that sounds like a mess in the making, of stuff I'll never use.

argh!

 

[mindspell]

I have the some 500 CDs in Binder-type things as well but I always stripped the art from the jewel boxes... just in case.... I don't know but I would hang on to that for some reason.

 

[minxnim]

well it depends, if they're important cd's or ones you might want to resell someday i'd guess i'd go to the trouble of saving everything, otherwise, screw it.

 

[chupe666]

yeah, i think i (and jodi) would be much happier if i downsized much of them to something like those plastic sheets. i have boxes and boxes of jewel cased discs, and the only reason i really can think of for keeping them is to sell the disc.

 

[minxnim]

im like 99% sure everyone on this board probably has a ridiculous amount of cd's. i could build a 4 bedroom fort out of mine. i should do something about that.
i already sold over 50% of all my books or gave them away, so at least that removes some of the clutter.

 

[xfer]

i'm still in the mode of "i can never get rid of a book even if it sucks". i guess it's the library preservation person in me with a dash of english major.

so, yeah, i have a ton of books to pack, too.

 

[lizard]

I hold on to books also. I had to cherry-pick which ones were expendable last winter to burn when we had the four days with no heat. it was painful.

 

[minxnim]

i guess for me i just realized it was some psychologically weird hoarding thing i had and really, all the books are in the library and what was the point? so i just sold them or gave them to people who would actually READ THEM. i also realized how obnoxious it is to see a person with tons of books being a friggin smarty pants.

 

[FalseTodd]

i read too infrequently to have any exccuse to read something twice - i just give em away

 

[minxnim]

also, i meant that i looked like a jerky smarty pants (mostly b/c my books with my roommates was a ridiculous display of unintentional pretention). not anyone else.

 

[xfer]

well i AM a friggin smarty pants

 

[Danolich]

I usually have to take the hit of just throwing some things out and not looking back but it's hard because I'm such a packrat. Magazines usually are the first to go, be it the New Yorker, Bizarre, Wizard, etc. I usually wind up regretting it because something I want to see again always winds up being in there but it needs to be done.

 

[Nut Butter]

In my world, books and CDs (including cases) are sacred. I'd scrap my washer/dryer to make space for'em if it ever came to that.
I wanna live like John Zorn, no furniture, no basic amenities, no food, just tons o'media of all shapes and sizes.

 

[mindspell]

food is more important to me than records... so that proposition is out of question.

 

[azal]

Man I can't sell any of my CDs, even the crappiest third-league Italian power metal I bought when I was 15 has sentimental value. Also really funny spelling and gramatical errors like "rhythmic guitars."

 

[xfer]

throwing away my youth: i have a whole jarful of credit cards i collected to gnaw on while rolling. many are toothmarked, but most waited vainly for the day i'd roll again. all must go.

 

[xfer]

alternate thread title:

Boston posters: does anyone want free New Yorkers or gnawed credit cards

 

[xfer]

p.s. I've also found old tapes of Through Languid Veins and Begat! sadly, no artwork. bleh!

 

[avi]

having just gone through this, here's some words to live by: WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT

I got rid of a ton of stuff and still ended up with craploads of boxes I wish I had left on the side of the highway. Clean starts are good.

As for the jewel cases or whatever else, just post in on craigslist. Someone will want it.

 

[deadair]

i can't have CD's in anything else but the jewel case.

(steph hates me)