Let's face a fact and make a point.
I buy more books, get more music and purchase more DVD's then I can read, listen or watch at the moment.
Have you read them all? When do you have the time? Don't you never go out?*
Missing the whole point, dude. You see, I want my place to be exciting by not remembering all what I have. Is like hidding presents from myself. Some will take weeks, anothers months or even years to come up! In fact, I expect some will always be one step beyond my reach forever. The idea of keeping the mistery of that lost kingdom in my own place is what makes it so appealling to me. Books hidden among books. Stuff left by the younger me to be digged by the older one (and the first knows the taste of the second cos is one and the same). To add gold to silver, I got the stuff that i devour daily and revisit often. I'm far from rich but i've seen that I expend more then the average Joe and get more then him (just love the hunting of good prices, the cheaper I get it the smarter I feel since, I'm so bad for business, and if it's expensive then it go to the luxury section, because why not indulge me once from time to time?).
But why oh why not download it for free? Why not getting it from the library??
When it comes to passions i don't feel like cheating (and cheating feels like and it is) and prefer to go for the real "treasure" not the ugly fake. I guess if you own illegal copies of somethings they talk of your amusement preferences and taste (and I think is almost good enough) but for me collecting, having the real deal, is part of the fun as well. Besides they endure better.
Here's an old video of the stuff i have. It's more then a couple of years old (my old and smaller apartment) but it gives you the idea.
*the right answers are: Nope. Anytime. I do indeed.
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