Sometimes the back doors of the buses in Portland randomly decide to open and close, open and close, open and close. This happened to my bus today. I couldn’t help but laugh—it reminded me of that scene in Mary Poppins where the little kid finally figures out how to snap, causing the messy nursery to become possessed and the drawers and doors to open and shut by themselves.
I wish my room would do that—not become possessed, but clean itself up with nothing more than a snap of my fingers. It sure could use it. We managed to clean up the living room, bathroom, spare room (once occupied by the Roommate—we finally asked him to leave) and kitchen, but the bedroom remains, um, disasterous.
The bus driver ended up having to shut the bus off and restart it. It would have been funnier if she had yelled at the bus, “WILL YOU QUITE FINISH?! Thank you.” In a prim and proper British accent, of course.
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1 corbow // May 24, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I could use some finger snapping help, too. I’d like to snap my fingers and have a garage where I can hide my car so those arsonists can’t find it. I read that they’ve been caught now–thank goodness!
2 Boo // May 24, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Here is a tip I have used to clean and organize a crazy messy disorganized room
1. Get alcohol or weed (I haven’t done this in some time but something to slow you down and relax you is good.) and put it in a clean room or space for breaks.
2. Get your boxes and bags together before you start and put them somewhere where they cannot be lost in the mire.
3. (The big one.) Make piles outside of room of everything in the room and while it is outside do the deep in the room (vacuum, baseboards, dust, wash walls etc if necessary). Make sure to have a pile for things of sentimental value.
4. Put stuff in bags or in room the way you want it.
5. Take “toss” pile to dump and “maybe” pile too. Go through sentimental stuff and find as much to give away as possible and send it off quickly with no worries about presentation.
6. Change the position of things a bit o put something newish in the space.
*Take nips and or hits between steps, spoonful of sugar and all. Go slow and have good music.
This method has been known to be fun, easy and sometimes life changing.
You know, if it has to be done anyway, might as well have some fun and get something out of it eh?
Sorry! you probably have your own plan. Forgive!
3 Laura // May 24, 2007 at 9:38 pm
finicky electrical circuit or possessed computer? i can’t beleive that turning it off and on actually helps.
i wish my room would clean itself too.
4 rubyblue123 // May 25, 2007 at 3:31 am
Something about the fact that few people, other than those who sleep there on a regular basis, see the bedroom tend to make it the last bastion against all that is clean and orderly.
I always wonder how people who have those pristine well organized bedrooms do it. I was born without that gene.
5 TimsHead // May 25, 2007 at 4:50 am
Greetings from the WiFi of Syracuse airport …
Oh the adventures of mass transit! Gotta love it.
6 michael5000 // May 25, 2007 at 9:26 am
Try chanting this at your stuff:
“Hockety pockety wockety wack
odds and ends and bric a brac
Higitus Figitus migitus mum,
pres-ti-dig-i-ton-i-um. ”
It was incredibly effective for Merlin in “Sword in the Stone,” but I’ve never been able to get it to work.
7 Kathryn // May 27, 2007 at 7:52 pm
there have been many occasions where I have wanted that finger-snapping trick
oh, and being able to go into chalk drawings and fly while laughing would be cool, too
8 Nick // Jun 4, 2007 at 5:02 am
wow, thank you for that last bit, i needed that in this ridiculously early hour of the morning =P