Comments on: things I don’t need http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/2008/11/27/things-i-dont-need/ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:54:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Zornhau http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/2008/11/27/things-i-dont-need/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Zornhau Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:54:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/?p=97#comment-1218 Swords and books - can never get rid of any of them! Swords and books – can never get rid of any of them!

]]> By: Jessipoo http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/2008/11/27/things-i-dont-need/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Jessipoo Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:47:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/?p=97#comment-446 I remember talking about this with you. I couldn't agree more, although I go through vascillations. At times I rid myself of baggage; at times I nest. I'm in a nesting period right now, but when Mom sent me a bunch of little crap for Christmas, while I enjoyed her love (she lives out in the Cape, you know, not far from you), I don't NEED all these things to prove it. I expressed it to her--that I'm not terribly materialistic and it made me feel like a spoiled American--and she said I should be spoiled. Well. I have to admit, too, that I'd miss my vinyl albums. Everything else just makes my life beautiful while I'm inside, or gives me freedom. I remember talking about this with you. I couldn’t agree more, although I go through vascillations. At times I rid myself of baggage; at times I nest. I’m in a nesting period right now, but when Mom sent me a bunch of little crap for Christmas, while I enjoyed her love (she lives out in the Cape, you know, not far from you), I don’t NEED all these things to prove it. I expressed it to her–that I’m not terribly materialistic and it made me feel like a spoiled American–and she said I should be spoiled. Well. I have to admit, too, that I’d miss my vinyl albums. Everything else just makes my life beautiful while I’m inside, or gives me freedom.

]]> By: sw http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/2008/11/27/things-i-dont-need/comment-page-1/#comment-388 sw Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:24:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/?p=97#comment-388 Does your Mom and Dad throw things out? Does your Mom and Dad throw things out?

]]> By: theorique http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/2008/11/27/things-i-dont-need/comment-page-1/#comment-376 theorique Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:42:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/?p=97#comment-376 'the things you own, end up owning you' it's a good decision and an important process, although I do sometimes regret leaving certain books behind. (good to meet you, briefly, at the IS2 event last evening) ‘the things you own, end up owning you’

it’s a good decision and an important process, although I do sometimes regret leaving certain books behind.

(good to meet you, briefly, at the IS2 event last evening)

]]> By: Ayelet http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/2008/11/27/things-i-dont-need/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Ayelet Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:22:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/seth/?p=97#comment-370 no wonder Trinny and Susannah throw away people's entire closet on any episode of What not to Wear. It's a matter of spiritual progress. :) I miss the worldly possessions I left behind, I must admit. Ever since I worked my ass off when I was 16 to get myself a queen-size bed (my parents wouldn't buy me one until I was 25...:P), I get attached to stuff I own. I miss my books, my half-broken incredibly-ugly coach, my 80s stuffed ALF and most of all my lovely old Rover (which made me think that Woolf should have named her book "A Car of One's Own". Nothing empowers women more than the option to get their car and drive away for hours). These are the props of my life, for good and bad. It doesn't feel the same without them. no wonder Trinny and Susannah throw away people’s entire closet on any episode of What not to Wear. It’s a matter of spiritual progress. :)

I miss the worldly possessions I left behind, I must admit. Ever since I worked my ass off when I was 16 to get myself a queen-size bed (my parents wouldn’t buy me one until I was 25…:P), I get attached to stuff I own. I miss my books, my half-broken incredibly-ugly coach, my 80s stuffed ALF and most of all my lovely old Rover (which made me think that Woolf should have named her book “A Car of One’s Own”. Nothing empowers women more than the option to get their car and drive away for hours). These are the props of my life, for good and bad. It doesn’t feel the same without them.

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