thing of things...
the impetus behind my blog name
... i am starting a blog because i can't sleep and my houseguest is sleeping, so i can't very well watch episodes of Angel..
thing of things sounds super generic, but really, all i care about are things.. the texture of stuffness that connects and divides us... monuments :) zines, highways, books, mason jars full of buttons.
when i was a kid we had an ugly brown and orange tupperware thingy called the "thing of things" we kept erasers and pencil crayons in it. There was a special drawer for our favourite pencil sharpener- it held pipe cleaners and stuff. it was a catch-all of creativity and it was very durable and portable.
also why i am blogging- i am addicted to the blogs of some girls i went to high school with who are self-defined "farmers' wives". There is this fascination with having this sense of knowing- (remembering them so well at 15) and this huge gulf.. I feel slightly withholding, not offering up my own daily musings. so, here we are.
finally, i say "welcome" as my future brother-in-law does. He's german and says Welcome instead of "you're welcome" when you say thank you. I just know you're going to thank me for clutting up the blogosphere with more thinginess... so for that- Welcome!!
