Rushing in Where Those With Depth Fear to Tread
What I _am_ currently obsessed with is purses (see preceding post). I’ve even sunk so low as to spend countless hours reading…please pity me…blogs devoted exclusively to them.* Yes, there are blogs devoted entirely to purses. Here’s one, here’s another one, and this one is probably my favorite.** I’m sure there’s some deep psychological explanation for this recent phenomenon though. There has to be. I refuse to believe it’s just because I’m shallow. I may need to become a vegetarian or save the world or something to make myself feel better. Or, better yet, maybe I’ll just buy another purse.
Speaking of which, the newest one I ordered from ebay arrived yesterday. It’s a beautiful deep red. It’s not designer, it’s not expensive, and it’s not even real leather (the horror!), but I absolutely love it. I love it so much that I had to scramble to find an appropriate outfit to complement the purse this morning. Unfortunately I hadn’t picked up my dry cleaning yet and was left with very few options. Even more unfortunately, the outfit I ended up wearing made me look a bit like a sailor (white slacks and a black top with some white piping), but it was worth it to sport the new purse. All the way to the office. Where is sat in my desk drawer. All day. Moldering. And I sat at my desk. All day. Moldering. Mired in a seemingly endless, tedious, overwhelming, frustrating and complicated document review project.
Um, I really need to go buy a purse now.
*And yet I wonder why I’m still only half-way through the five books I’ve been reading for the last several months!
**I would never actually _spend_ that much on a purse. I’m entirely too thrifty (read “cheap”). Many of the purses which are highlighted actually elicit a great deal of confusion on my end. However, I’m absolutely fascinated by people’s preferences. Especially when they’re very pronounced. What makes an object desired by one person and disdained by another? Why do people have such diverse opinions on beauty? (Although perhaps this applies primarily to objects. Haven’t there been some studies that have found there are certain social/cultural norms universally defining attractiveness in humans?)^
^Apologies for the long (and boring) post. I’ll try harder next time. =) Also, those of you who actually enjoy the interplay between texts and footnotes should read this book.
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