{"id":7980,"date":"2008-04-19T09:42:33","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T13:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7980"},"modified":"2022-10-15T07:59:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T11:59:52","slug":"i-have-this-thing-about-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7980","title":{"rendered":"I Have This Thing About Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

I get all weird and obsessive about them. I am not materialistic. In fact, I’m kind of a cheapskate. Money makes me nervous. I like having it, but I prefer hoarding it. And then I spend hundreds of dollars on books when I’m in a fugue state at 2 in the morning. But then sometimes I get so into<\/i> things – like this table I bought that is arriving today. I literally cannot wait for its arrival so I can gloat over it for a couple of hours. And yesterday I drove to Pier 1 and bought a chair for the table – an absolutely gorgeous<\/i> chair which was basically part of a dining room set, but I ripped it away from its siblings and it will stand alone. I also went to Target and bought two towels that are so fluffy and beautiful (deep brown on one side, and a pale pale blue on the other side) that I feel I might weep. I bought a little lamp for my table – which has a colored glass shade, and the thought of it makes me feel almost nervous<\/i> it is so beautiful. And I also bought 2 coffee mugs (like, Sheila: do you need any more coffee mugs<\/a>?) But these I couldn’t pass up. They’re kind of square – and they have brown interiors and a soft blue exterior with a painting of a butterfly on it. It sounds ugly but they just called to me from the shelf.<\/p>\n

And so I sit and gloat over my things.<\/p>\n

And I realize (weird) that I guess it’s a theme. It’s everywhere<\/a>. I mean, I knew that – that’s the whole point of the book I wrote – but it’s really striking me now. I was unaware of the fact that I was writing about myself, even though that writing is MY creation, I did that, I made that up. But there’s something about things<\/em>. And I always knew that – which is one of the reasons why I wrote that novel that sits in my drawer. I wanted to write about things (meaning: objects). There’s something potent there – more to do, more to do. Much to think upon. And the next time I write about it, I’ll be sitting AT MY TABLE WHICH IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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