Apparently, it also sends a signal to your parents that you are ready to make decisions about all of the things they have been holding for you since you left home to attend college! Some, in totally obvious ways (such as the guitar amp you built that is too big to fit in your car), to others that just boggle the mind (miscellaneous junior high school supplies that have not been used since the late 90's???).
I mean, yeah, it is on me to clean this stuff out over time... But at some point someone had to make the decision to put my Star Wars Episode 1 pencil case into storage. Just sayin.
Somewhere in the middle, lies the considerably (tongue in cheek) existential mind block of OLD CD'S
How do you break it off with your one time (eg 8 years ago) tried and true?
Perhaps I should preface this by letting on that I have collected ~700+ cd's in the past 12 years? (the explanation of this can be found in the section on "MISSING THE POINT") So parting ways with a few would be beneficial, not psychologically, but spatially.
So come with me, as I bid permanent adieu to some old cds!!!
(Broken down into three categories)
The CD's That I Honestly Can't Remember Purchasing:
Nothing against these cd's, but if you put me up to it, I honestly could not name a single track off of any of them, much less a lyric. At one time I deemed them worthy of purchase, and now, 8-12 years later, I have no idea why.
I mean some were clearly grandfathered in via interest in previous work of an artist (eg Eve 6, who recently played a free show at the Hard Rock Cherokee Casino in Catoosa, OK!!!), but frikken Ours... I can't believe the COVER of that wasn't enough to keep me away!
CD's that I cannot recall ever being that srsly into:
I can name some songs, remember at least doing something basic such as putting disc into a player of one variety or another. I just can't recall, or am in serious denial that I ever saw eye to eye with these.Most crucial point to note here is evidence of adolescent identity crisis; that is owning a cd on account of it being deemed culturally significant (Disraeli Gears and Physical Graffiti would go here if I could find them!). I did this to gain exposure to the past... Or at least that is what I tell myself now.
It says a lot about 16 year olds in the aughts that their idea of "exposure to the past" is Razorblade Suitcase
CD's that it would really hurt to let go... If I were still 16
This is the only part of this list that makes me feel weird. I would never say that any of these cd's are "good", but Hybrid Theory occupied my single disc car player for the majority of my sophomore year of high school! I had my first real deal girlfriend that year! These two things are OBVIOUSLY RELATED!!!!
Also weird to realize that the first thing that came to mind upon looking at The Guest while doing this sort was "Hey! There's Jason Schwartzman!", and back in the day of listening to that cd I had no idea who he was.
Feel like that last paragraph can be summed up as "the passage of time is WEIRD"
Which screams the point that the clever reader will not need to be pointed toward: losing the cd's doesn't hurt, coming to terms with the memories they are associated with does! The "what will I think of current fave xyz in 10 years" game is hella trite, but Blink-182 used to be my jam, and now... Mark Hoppus has a show that is advertised non-stop on Pandora, which didn't exist 10 years ago????? No one wins going down this rabbit hole!!!
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