Comments on: Aren’t You Going to Put That Away? http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/ Figuring out what I want to be when I grow up since 2001. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:05:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jocelyn http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 jocelyn Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:39:25 +0000 http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/#comment-1279 first of all, if i had money, i'd hire you to come sort through my stuff. i SAVE everything, and intend to get it filed (i have old checks from god knows when), but i never do. it most certainly is never DONE. and i hear you about corporate america. i'd come up with new ways to do things, and NOPE. couldn't do it. the last corporate job i had, they wanted this one task done, but they wouldn't let me determine what to get rid of, and it was always waiting on the president, who was ridiculously busy. it drove me NUTS. yeah, i hear you about all of it. and i have tons of weird stuff -- one macaroni noodle comes out of the pan not with the rest of them, i'll pick it up off the floor and eat it right there so 'it doesn't feel bad.' i definitely think i have OCD tendencies, but as the doc said ... if it doesn't interfere with your life, it's okay. when it does, that's a problem. if you could never leave your house without cleaning something up and you were perpetually late, or never left at all. that sort of thing. it's interesting to see all the weird stuff people have. there was a great comment thread about this on "one good thing." first of all, if i had money, i’d hire you to come sort through my stuff. i SAVE everything, and intend to get it filed (i have old checks from god knows when), but i never do. it most certainly is never DONE.

and i hear you about corporate america. i’d come up with new ways to do things, and NOPE. couldn’t do it. the last corporate job i had, they wanted this one task done, but they wouldn’t let me determine what to get rid of, and it was always waiting on the president, who was ridiculously busy. it drove me NUTS.

yeah, i hear you about all of it. and i have tons of weird stuff — one macaroni noodle comes out of the pan not with the rest of them, i’ll pick it up off the floor and eat it right there so ‘it doesn’t feel bad.’

i definitely think i have OCD tendencies, but as the doc said … if it doesn’t interfere with your life, it’s okay. when it does, that’s a problem. if you could never leave your house without cleaning something up and you were perpetually late, or never left at all. that sort of thing.

it’s interesting to see all the weird stuff people have. there was a great comment thread about this on “one good thing.”

]]> By: Rob http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1275 Rob Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:26:25 +0000 http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/#comment-1275 Good lord. No wonder you hated coaching soccer. You're like the anal-retentive chef from SNL. Good lord. No wonder you hated coaching soccer. You’re like the anal-retentive chef from SNL.

]]> By: Caldwell http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Caldwell Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:41:02 +0000 http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/#comment-1272 I take it you've read "A Plague of Tics" by David Sedaris? I take it you’ve read “A Plague of Tics” by David Sedaris?

]]> By: Chris http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1271 Chris Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:16:52 +0000 http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/#comment-1271 I sympathize completely about the whole organizational thing. I was the same way with my collections as a kid. I'm glad that you posted this. I sympathize completely about the whole organizational thing. I was the same way with my collections as a kid.

I’m glad that you posted this.

]]> By: Kyle http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Kyle Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:52:51 +0000 http://www.wood-tang.com/2007/08/arent-you-going-to-put-that-away/#comment-1270 It was always funny to walk into the apt on Howe St. and look at the coffee table. It was obvious that Matt had been watching television on the sofa if all of the remote controls and magazines were neatly lined up and nothing was situated at an angle. It was always funny to walk into the apt on Howe St. and look at the coffee table. It was obvious that Matt had been watching television on the sofa if all of the remote controls and magazines were neatly lined up and nothing was situated at an angle.

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