what things are essential to your lifestyle, things that you 'need' or just make it easier for you to to carry out your functions in the world, or just things you have a vice for.
for myself i love shoes, people laugh because i have so many pairs, i buy them everywhere i go, and often leave them places, i think i have shoes in 4 different countries, probably 40 pairs, maybe more if i really tried counting, in this room alone i have 9 pairs, ha ha ha.
i also love good luggage and have way too much of that too, i am trying to find a piece of cabin sized luggage that i can live out of for a month without feeling like i haven't got enough shoes, samsonite have some good new stuff out this year, for people who love real working luggage.
and... i like to have the most portable fully featured laptop available, otherwise i start to twitch.
i probably sound like a totally materialistic individial, but for me these items are mission critical, bad shoes are terrible, there's nothing worse than having to walk miles in shoes that look good but hurt, it's a nightmare, have you ever seen anything that looks more ridiculous than a person trying to look good in shoes that are killing them? well if you haven't, here is number 2. you're using a piece of luggage that you got cheap, it looks great, but just as you are performing a vital manouvre, like lifting it over a rail or up some stairs, the handle breaks, why does it break? because you overloaded it, aggh, you overloaded it why? because you're smarter than the manufacturer and thought you could fit a little more in! the luggage leaves you looking like even more of an idiot than the shoes because it always happens when you are surrounded by people who are rushing, and you wind up missing the train or flight, or worse, running to try to catch it with luggage in hand... have you ever tried picking up and running with a piece of luggage that is meant to be pulled on wheels? not to mention the bits of broken handle stabbing you while you try in vane to get to gate 357... and last but not least... the portable computer, this is a must for any neurotic net junkie or person who pretends to need it for work, however it can't be just any lame laptop, no it has to have everything, yes everything, if it hasn't got everything it's because they didn't make it right, and that was the easy part, next it has to be small, tiny in fact, or at least small enough to not look like a compromise... why does it have to be so small? duh, to fit in with the shoes!
i have no idea why i posted this.
dh'
(edited because)