Not much better

[pegkerr]

I'm still sick, and this house is driving me mad. I hate living with Agents of Chaos. I am going to start burning things.

*Goes to get flamethrower*

Comments

[jbru.livejournal.com]

I find it necessary to note that fire, being somewhat chaotic itself, is not a very discriminate method of clearing unwanted objects.

May I suggest a good sword?

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Well, that's the point. I'm not feeling discriminatory. I'm feeling DESTRUCTIVE!

[jbru.livejournal.com]

Oh, I get that. By all means, destruct away!

Being the not-cranky one in the conversation, I urge you to express your destructive nature in ways you will not later regret when the fire consumes things like hard drives that hold the beginnings of novels.

[jeanineers.livejournal.com]

You might try my mom's method for dealing with Agents of Chaos (AoC).

- Inform AoC that if they do not put their stuff away, it will disappear for (you decide how long). As I recall my mom started with a day and added days until I got up to a week. I'm a slow learner.

- AoC are responsible for explaining why they don't have the missing items. ("I'm sorry sensei, I left my gi where it doesn't belong and I won't have it for *specified time*") They also have to deal with not having their stuff.

- Gather the misplaced belongings

- Put them in a box

- Put the box away

- AoC do not get there belongs back until the specified return date.

For a while my mom had to have several boxes with different return dates on them. I remember trying to blame a missing text book on my mom's unreasonable behavior. "I would have the book, but my mom put it in a box and won't give it back". No one backs an AoC in trying to put the responsibility on mom...ever.

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Car crusher might be better -- less chance of unwanted destruction mixed with your wanted destruction, and still satisfying. And when you're through, all the Excess Stuff is in a tidy cube!

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

And you can put a sheet of glass on it and turn it into a lovely (and useful) end table!

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

And then put that box in a box, and put *that* box in *another* box, and then mail it to myself, and SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER! A HA HA HAHAHAHAHAH!

Sorry about letting out my inner Yzma. I need a vacation very badly.

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

I know that feeling. I have only one AoC in residence, but he's had nearly 50 years to perfect his technique. My signal is when I begin to fantasize about running away to a little town where no one knows me and getting a simple job, a simple AND UNCLUTTERED apartment, and never having a meaningful conversation ever again. This means it's time to declutter the house.

MKK

[callunav.livejournal.com]

I think, upon sober reflection, that it's altogether a really good thing that there's pretty much 0.0 chance of our ever living together.

I love having things neat and organized and simple. I very, very, /very/ rarely produce such conditions, however.

Aren't you glad I live about 2000 miles away from you, you'll never have to see my apartment, and my lifestyle has no effect on you at all?