HOARDERS
Watching 5 minutes of A&E’s show Hoarders sent Lars into a panic. He immediately jumped off the couch; cleaned the cat box, washed the dishes and started tackling the clutter of our “junk room.”
I’ve posted pictures of our hardly never-used back room before, so I’ll spare you again – but, it’s safe to say that despite several attempts, it has remained “that room” since 2007. You know the room of which I speak – the room where all of your mystifyingly sentimental, but useless belongings go.
In our case we’re talking:
comic books
music equipment
books
games
weird plastic barbie heads
toys
toys in boxes
boxes of toys
fabric
old blankets and sheets
baskets
and…most of all ——
the haul of long-collected VHS tapes by 2 extremely geek-tastic former movie nerds.
Over the summer, while Lars was away I actually threw out an entire garbage bag full of my tapes, in my first and last unsuccessful attempt to “spring clean” over the summer. So you can only imagine my surprise at the mass of shit we still have left.
You probably don’t think it’s normal to get misty at the thought of getting rid of Ice Cream Man or Stepfather or Hospital Massacre…. but, here we sit, debating over each boxed and battered treasure.
Back to School, Total Recall, Carnival of Souls, Slaughter High, New Kids on the Block: Hangin’ Tough Live, Rock n’ Roll High School, Candyman, Zombie High, Be Somebody or Be Somebody’s Fool, Crippled Masters…. We solute you.
Lars: Well, I found a jump rope.
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If you guys got rid of the NKOTB tape….you may be uninvited to Thanksgiving dinner.
Just saying….
whatever you do, don’t get rid of ice cream man. i love that toothy little bald guy….