{"id":211,"date":"2012-12-22T20:36:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T04:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roomforapony.net\/?p=211"},"modified":"2013-01-01T17:27:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T01:27:59","slug":"packrat-motives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roomforapony.net\/?p=211","title":{"rendered":"Packrat motives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a perfect example of the kind of thing I save. \"\"<\/a>I mean look at this!<\/em> It snaps apart and back together.\"\"<\/a> It came on a carrot peeler, holding the merchandise tag onto the product. Does it not look like the most useful thing in the world? It could easily be made into a little set of wheels for a mouse that had no back legs.<\/p>\n

At this point my mind spins off into a whole story about what if I had such a mouse as a pet. Of course I have to fill in the back story about how the mouse ended up in this condition. Did it have mouse diabetes and have to have its legs amputated? Was he the test animal in some cruel lab experiment? And if so, what\u2019s the dramatic and riveting story on how I rescued him from that lab?<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019d be the story on how I ingeniously outfitted him with the set of wheels to take the place of his back legs. He would love those little wheels, and he\u2019d be so grateful. He\u2019d come to me every morning, dragging himself along by his front legs and look up at me beseechingly as I\u2019m typing away, and wait for me to put them on him. Then he\u2019d scamper off at twice the speed of all the other mice…. happier than he\u2019d ever been.<\/p>\n

Other mice? Well yes, of course I\u2019d probably have to get him some little playmates. But would friends still like me if I had mice running freely around my house? Or would they relegate me to the hoarder category and begin to pull away?<\/p>\n

Whew! There sure is a lot to consider about such a scenario! I\u2019d certainly have to be prepared to deal with the myriad issues that the simple act of saving this plastic bauble could bring up…<\/p>\n

This is how my mind works, all day long, and this is why I\u2019ll probably never accomplish anything noteworthy. This is also why I didn\u2019t take drugs in college. My goal has always been to find ways to feel like I\u2019m not\u00a0already\u00a0on drugs. And lastly, this is why I have so much junk.<\/p>\n

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