commodity fetishism

[lapsedmodernist]

yesterday sharon, ilka and i went to a moving sale a few streets away, and bought a bunch of random crap. i bought one of those vintage suitcases, little and funky-colored (dark green) that i totally imagine 1950s anthropologists having. and now i have one of my own, which will probably make the baggage claim process at the airports easier. they were also selling one vintage light blue suitcase that was super-cute but too heavy. also i considered a gray overcoat, kind of soviet-stern-40s style, but i tried it on and stood in front of the mirror in this coat, the blue suitcase in hand, and it was all way too doctor zhivago, so i passed.