My First Apartment

For some reason the last few days I have been thinking about my first apartment.

It was a studio and furnished with hand-me-downs (in the days when you were glad to get them and didn't just go to IKEA or Dollarama and buy new stuff) and discards picked up on the street from people's garbage (amazing what a bit of paint can do).  It was on the expensive side but was in a nice building in a good neighbourhood and had an unobstructed view over the city.  And it was quiet - I never heard a sound from any neighbour.

I was very happy living there.  I left only because I decided to go to graduate school and needed to save money.

I have lived many places since then but I don't think I have ever been as happy with my residence.

 

Minimalism March 7, 2023

This morning I went to IKEA to pick up a lamp that I've looked at at least twice and this week finally decided I would buy.

As a minimalist I'm careful about what I bring into my home and this lamp was a replacement for an old one that is shabby, but still working.

But, they were out of stock.

So I've taken that as a "message" that I really don't need to replace a lamp that is still working, shabby or not.

It's not like a lot of my other furnishings are not looking a bit tired.

I remember when I was young thinking I would never be like old people who let their homes get shabby.

But here we are.

TV Viewing

So, continuing with the three free months of AppleTV+.

I really like Slow Horses.

I've tried several other things but nothing has caught my interest.  So that seems to be the end of that experience.  I'll wait until closer to the end of the three months to cancel the subscription before they start charging me for it.

I also haven't been finding much to watch on Netflix of late.

Perhaps I'm just tired of TV period.

I am tired of series that take a storyline and drag it out for 6, 8 or more episodes, which crawl along with lots of acting but very little actual plot advancement.  And then in the last episode they leave you with a hanging ending because they're hoping to get a second (or more) season.  

I may drop Netflix and give BritBox a try.  The British do such a good job with their detective type series.

The good part of that it that it leaves me more time for reading which has for a while taken a back seat to TV.