i have to take several momii (that there's my brand-new plural of "moment"...LIKE IT?!) and sing the praises of FREECYCLE. if you're new to freecycle, think craigslist, only everything's free. so you post things you want to get rid of to the freecycle website. a brief description, maybe a photo. you present your things as "gifts." then, people email you and tell you why you should pick them as the recipient of your gift. you pick the person you want (often, this is based on nothing more than "this person sounds nice" or "this person lives close by" or "this person can spell words properly"). then you arrange a meeting time and give your gift to the good speller man, et voila! your stuff has a new home.
i've been using freecycle a lot in the few weeks since we moved. i've acquired a litter box, given away a table. given away a CD player, acquired a poster frame. it's really an amazing little community built on simple eco-conscious principles and just plain good karma.
what i love most about freecycle is the notion that everything you need already exists. someone in this city of three million has got whatever it is you're after. sure, it's a bit of extra work to find that person, but it's oddly satisfying if and when you do. much like life itself. WHAAAT!! BAM. NAILED IT.
the other day we were trying to get rid of an old coffee table. i suppose we could have made $25 off it, but in the end, it went to a woman on freecycle who sounded like she really needed it. and that just felt better.
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