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[vanillafluffy]

After being up til OMG AM getting a cd burned so I could do a PowerPoint presentation with my talk, I got *maybe* four hours of sleep. Practically beat my snooze alarm to death for twenty minutes or so just tryinng to summon the get up and go to get up and go.

Realized I hadn't put together a reading. Couldn't find the quote I wanted to use. Found something else and printed it. Grabbed the craft supplies I needed for CUUPs. Dashed out the door at 10 til, got there in a state.

*takes deep breaths*

I was introduced to applause by AI. Got up and talked about how clutter and hoarding are hot topics at the moment, and what defines hoarding, the symptons, the levels of severity---all the technical stuff. Talked about the Collyer brothers (Check Wikipedia if you've never heard of the Collyers---they're fascinating.) at length, and the Japanese phenomenon of "lonely death" and concluded with a list of resources. Got more applause and a lengthy comments-from-the-audience ensued.

Everyone complimented me, which was gratifying. I was told that I speak well, that I have good delivery, and that I'm good at organizing my thoughts. To which my response is, I can always run my mouth, I got my delivery from watching old-fashioned sit-coms with laugh tracks, and hahahaha, me, organized? ONLY on paper!

CUUPs followed hospitality. Today we made brooms. I'll get pix later. I'll answer wmail later. Right now, it's thundering and excellent weather for a nap, which I could really use right now.

Thanks, everyone, for your good wishes---I'm sure they helped.

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Comments

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Yah! Fluffy! I had not heard about "lonely death" and need to go look that up.

A good bit of today was spent in the garage pricing stuff for our de-junking yard sale next weekend, so I was constantly sending you good thoughts on the topic. :D

I have just a couple more things to take out there, and Corgiguy needs to go through his tools/gardening stuff, and then we'll be ready.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

If you Googled "lonely death japan" you probably found the same Time article I saw. That kind of hit home for me. But all things considered, there are worse ways to go.

I envy you having someone to share the load with. I'd make a deal with Crowley for that.

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

I did find that article, and it's really terribly sad that no one found some of those folks for years. At least in the U.S. people are often found by their friendly mailman, but apparently that's not the case in Japan.

The guys really have yet to be a help with the de-junking. I've had to nag and cajole the boy and I have a bad feeling Corgiguy will wait until the last minute to go through his stuff, if then. The stuff is priced very low, so I'm hoping to send it all off to happy new homes and possibly make around $100. We'll see! :D

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Years, yeah. I have a feeling they were having the rent direct-withdrawn, and nobody noticed until the account zeroed and eviction proceedings commenced.

Still...the main reason I donate my crap instead of trying to yard sale it is, no one to help.

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a lot of work so I usually donate unless there are several pieces of furniture we have to get rid of, which we do this time. The local thrifts are very picky about furniture, whereas people will pay five bucks at a yard sale for an old armchair that's pretty clean.