Moving — hot or not?
For many students, it’s time to move again. And/or many students, it’s a task they hate and put off until the last second.
For others, though, moving offers some fun. Which camp do you/all in? Read onfor two sides of the same coin...
Heavy boxes and empty walls
make moving a nightmare
Moving is exciting, and it
opens many possibilities
I hate to move. Which is odd, given that I
grew up in a Volkswagen van, and ironic, given
how much I love to pack. Dealing with the ac
cumulated detritus of one’s life is an unappre
ciated joy, and it offers some Martha Stewart
like moments (on your knees before her
goddess-ship).
But still, moving is a nightmare. Carrying
heavy boxes, stacking and un-stacking, negoti
ating stairs — all count on my “most night
marish things to do” list, along with trips to the
mall. Any mall. They all are different layers of
the same hell-onion.
Once moved into a new place, there’s the
problem of why the boxes won’t all fit in their
respective rooms, and the puzzle of trying to
figure out how to put things away while stacks
of boxes stand in the way. I think the laws of
geometry cease to exist while one unpacks.
My most hated part of moving, however, is
the empty, glaring walls. Once I’m in a home
for a while, the walls get covered with my fa
vorite pieces of art (and softcore porn, I’ll ad
mit it), various cloth
hangings and the random
bits of cultural hodge
podge I refuse to throw
away. Everything is per
fectly placed, my feng
shui is flowing, and my
brain is habituated to the
colors and patterns.
Then I have a new
place, and it all has to be
done over again. My teeth
start to grind, and I get
sweaty (and no, it’s not
drugs), and I’m soon reduced to chain-smok
ing on the couch. But the walls still leer at me,
singing their songs of decorating inadequacy.
Despite all this, I look forward to moving be
cause. .. I get to pack again! I know many peo
ple hate this task, but with a little rearranging
of one’s brain, it’s sheer joy. Here’s a few tips:
• Take a nostalgia trip. There’s nothing like
Turn to Not, page 7B
MichaelJ.
Kleckner
The editors office
I absolutely love mov
ing. Just setting foot in
side an empty room gives
me a thrill. Be it a class
room, a school bus, an of
fice space or a house, the
sight of open, untouched
space fills my mind with
all sorts of possibilities.
Ridiculous, maybe.
But I thrive on change
for that very reason.
Small changes, mind
you. I’d be perfectly con
tent moving around the same town the rest
of my life — that is, until I sell everything
and roam in my Winnebago.
Jessica
Richelderfer
The Merry
Pessimist
As a child, rearranging furniture was always
one of my favorite activities (I foresee a prob
lem with this Winnebago plan). But the bonus
of moving to a new room is... it’s already
clean! I can put my bed anywhere I want, with
any view I want to see every morning (or af
temoon, as the case may be). I can arrange
shelves, crates and tapestries to create a den
for lounging or, well, nevermind — and all in
a 15-by-15 space.
This means, of course, that being a college
student has been perfect for me — this will
be the ninth time I’ve moved in five years.
So you’d think this would help keep the level
of crap I’ve collected to a minimum. Oh, no.
And it’s for this very reason that I absolutely
hate moving.
I just can’t throw anything away. Someday
I know I’ll be dying to see every magazine
clipping I ever hung on my wall, every toy I
ever got in a kid’s meal, every near-spent
candle that still has one final burn left.
That’s my other issue: I refuse to use the last
of anything. I just know that someday I’ll
just have to have that last droplet of raspber
ry-kiwi elbow exfoliant.
So here I find myself, reveling in the excite
ment of creating a new space for myself, yet
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