Old stuff - out the door

Gamestop actually gave me a somewhat fair trade in for the games, so five games are gone

-Jam Sessions

-Brain Age 2

-Meteos

-Red Faction

-Call of Duty, World at War

That brings me to 3 under. I also realized I didn't actually have Brain Age 1 that I listed before, so I'll have to cross that off the list (although, since I didn't ever actually have it, I'm still only 3 under).

I better go through the TV stand tonight and count up everything over there - after dinner (nachos, hmmm).

Edit: Here it is

Dr. Horribles Sing-a-long blog

Usual Suspects

Cleaning Cloth

Kill-a-Watt

Earplugs

TV Stand

Tivo <3

Xbox

Power strip x 2

Forza 2

Beatles Rock Band

Guitar Hero

Guitars x 2

Controllers x 2

Xbox remote

Box for Remotes

TV

New total: 93

Time to start getting rid of stuff

Well, I bought something else, The Beatles - Rock band, and we got an engagement present (a beautiful little clock), so now I'm 2 over. I've got to look around and find some stuff to get rid of, but I'm not sure what. See, this is where having a complete list would be great.

I'll update this later tonight with (at least) a couple things.

Edit: I looked around, and the obvious answer is old video games. I'm going to take 5 that I haven't played in a while to see if they'll give me a decent amount to trade them in, otherwise I'll sell em online. Update to follow.

Back from Colorado, didn't buy much out there except for some cutting boards, that quickly became a wedding present, that and a bunch of food - that stayed food. Also just placed an order for Scibblenauts for the DS, looks like a good game, but it'll bring me back to my limit once it shows up.

Time to list some stuff sitting on the shelves.

Books:

Darwins Dangerous Idea

The Blind Watchmaker

Fermat's Engima

Milk

Notes from a Small Island

Blink

Cesar's Way

Ever Since Darwin

Invincible Warrior

The Art of War

The Mother Tongue

A Devils Chaplin

The Botany of Desire

Neither Here nor There

A Walk in the Woods

Origami Art

Rats (just finishing this, it was great)

How to Pick a Peach

Fire on the Mountain

... This seems to have become my borrowed book shelf, with quite a few being not technically mine, but I'll count them here because I've had them for months (or years).

And some non-book things on the shelf:

A Mother's day photo

Lamb ornament

2 little xmas boxes

Peugeot Emblem

That's 74 total.

Big things, and little things

So, I just sold the desk, I'm officially at -1 things less then I started with.

Also, I bought an engagement ring on Friday, but I gave that away yesterday :)

We'll be in Colorado this next week, I don't think I'll be buying anything out there, but I'll post it when we get back if I do.

More progress

I've actually got some interest in the desk (suckers), so that might be gettin going this weekend.

And here's the things on the first two shelves of the bookcase (I'm taking it in stride now that I have to name everything)

Picture from Maine vacation

Flying dog x-mas ornament

Books:

Basic Works of Aristotle

Plato and a Platypus walks in to a bar

Cecil Adams, More of the Straight Dope

Outliers

A History of Warfare

The Prism and the Pendulum

Ten on Ten

That brings us to an even 50.

I need better pictures

So, the desk isn't selling, I'll have to get Vanessa to take some pictures of it, to make it look snazzy.

Here's the new and improved list of everything at my desk, at home:

The Desk

Lamp

PC Tower

Monitor

Speakers

Power Strip

Wireless Keyboard & Mouse

Organizing tray

Pencil holder

Scissors

Flashlight

Calculator

Xbox headset

Nintendo DS

Meteos

Jam Sessions

Brain Age

Brain Age 2

Trash Can

Paper Shredder

Air purifier

The new total is now 41, which seems fairly manageable, so far.

Making room

I put my old desk up on craigslist, it was just hanging out on the porch. If it sells that will get me to -1, meaning I'll have a little room to go out and buy something. I should do some cleaning, and bring some stuff to GoodWill too.

Also, I was thinking about how to count everything, and here are some rules I think I can stick to:

1. Only things that are worth enough to try and sell get counted. So, pensils and blank CDs are out.

2. Food is out, it's just going to get eaten anyways (plus, you couldn't sell it).

3. Soap, toothpaste and all that junk is out.

4. Anything else that I'm planning on using up is out: glue, tape, wrapping paper (if I bought wrapping paper).

5. I'm making an exception from #1 for socks (or any other clothes), I don't think I could sell a pair of socks, but they're what got the whole thing started, so they stay.

6. I have to name everything as I count it, no more "42 books", I'll make a list of all the books, that way I'll know if I've double counted something.

So, here's the start of the list (I'll put this in excel at somepoint) with everything that I have at work:


Backpack
Cell phone
Blackberry
Sunglasses
Hankerchief
Wallet
Bowl (for lunches)
Keyboard
Mouse (I bought my own, the ones here are terrible)
Adding machine (fancy calculator, again, got my own)
Umbrella
Tie
Pair of socks (in case of emergency?)
Sport coat
Fake leather portfolio
Plant, with pot
Picture of Vanessa
Picture of a bear (a Demotivational picture)
My walking shoes
Coffee Mug

That's everything, not including the clothes I'm wearing. So, starting over at 0, using the new rules, the total is: 20.