Tuesday, August 26, 2008

That's the sound of me, working on the chain gang!

Hi folks,

though I know about the sad background of the song,I really love it. It's so powerful and Sam has such a great voice, just listen and enjoy:



And you know what? It really gives you the xtra push needed while working hard, which helped me a lot to survive day 1 of our annual "clearing out and cleaning up"- day(s).
Let's throw a short glance at today's accomplishments:

The point of departure:
  • our living room, about 20 m²
  • two people - the bald guy and me
  • two desks, 1 antique dresser, 3 single book shelves and 2 large storage racks, a couple of stackable boxes, endless numbers of smaller and bigger folders and stacks of paper - most of them remains of my exams
  • lots of stuff that found its way into our roomduring the last year, it's unbelievable what you can find in your own home!
The interim result so far:

  • 6 hours of work
  • 66 pounds of paper - honestly!!! - I couldn't believe it when I looked at the scale.
  • 2 big bags full with garbage
  • 1 box with different stuff, things you don't really need, but can't throw away either
  • my back hurts and the bald guy has a headache
  • it will take as at least another two days to finish this *sigh*
But still - I want to finish this! I want to start in my new life without old tasks latching onto me. And to be honest - it feels pretty good afterwards. It frees you somehow.
There's only one more thing that concerns me:

Should I get rid of my tape collection - you know those little things, we used to record music on from the radio when we were younger and couldn't use iTunes or emule. I don't know if I will ever listen to them again, but somehow thy are a part of me!

What do you think? Is it important to keep stuff like that or does it slow our moving forward in life down?

Greets Julia

3 Kommentare:

Anonymous said...

WOW.... Great song!

SO you said the song has a sad meaning so whats the sat meaning behind it? Is it about someone in jail working the rocks?

Ps.. I still have tapes and I still use them to this day in 2008 heheheh for those songs I havent downloaded to my computer yet!

Take Care,
Christopher

http://cmarlow480.blogspot.com/

Marilyn said...

I still listen to my tapes... the ones I haven't worn out. But if I knew I wouldn't ever listen to them again, I'd probably be willing to throw them out.

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