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It's amazing how much stuff a person can have and generate throughout their life. Whilst watching Human Footprint, I learnt the average person speaks 102,000,000 words. Lives 78.5 years. Has sex 4,200 times. John Betjeman said his biggest regret was "not having enough sex".

I have a lot of CD's. A lot of vinyl. A lot of films. A lot of books. I like stuff. I see the value in these things, even if I haven't heard them for a long time. Earlier on, I dug out my copy of the original 1989 Rough Trade release of "Sit Down" by James (pictured above) and gave it a crackly spin. I've more stuff than I can really remember. I've even bought the same record twice ("State Of The Nation" by New Order). I love vinyl. Great big slabs of plastic and crackly treble. I've accumulated stuff at a great rate. I'm glad I've got it, but what you own starts to own you after a certain point. If you're not careful.

I can't think of a way to finish this now, though I did when I started writing it, I've forgotten now. Like the director of a bad movie. Time to stop. Move on. Weekend ahead.
- posted by Mark @ 8:32 pm