Explanation of existence

However bizarre it may be, I feel an obligation to explain my real inspiration for this blog. I saw this clip on 'Funny or Die' a few weeks ago, and apart from my confused laughter, I started to wonder about all of the things that currently inhabit my room. There are candles, vases, photographs, gifts, books, and so on and so on. I started to think about the stories behind my things; who gave them to me or how I found them. And then, I slowly realized that each item means something more than what it means to me. My decorations from Anthropologie don't just represent my design taste, they say something about materialism in America. My room would be incomplete without my proudly displayed Harry Potter books, which truly represent an important part of my childhood. But in 2011, paper books are disappearing and "eBooks" are taking over. Are these books I display going to have the same appeal as cassette players in ten years? Outdated and unnecessary? I wonder.
So really, if I think about it enough, all of these items say something about my life, and the world I live in. And besides being a reflective process for me, that's the point of this blog. We are all enmeshed with our culture and our things. It is all connected. Things in my Room will be the guinea pig for exploring this hypothesis.