using it upAn inventory, not a haul
read 14 SEP 2026The letter
94 entries73 published21 in the queue292 spoken lines21 with no lines72 photographs9 objects18 the longest run5 columns8.5 a weekread 14 SEP 2026

using it up/All entries/Still works/042

my blender is loud and ugly and has never once failed to make the smoothie

21 JUL 2026Still works4 spoken lines, 58 wordsthe kitchen, 10 of 18

Filed under

Still works. Kept, mended, and quietly older than anything that replaced it would have been.

Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.
The caption it went out with

nobody's ever asked me what brand it is

The object
the kitchen, entry 10 of 18
Filed under
Still works
Went out
21 JUL 2026
The lines
4 lines, 58 words
It counts
once
Also the kitchen
10 still works, 4 became someone, 2 noticed, 1 finished it, 1 didn't buy it
02

It sounds like a small engine starting up. The whole kitchen knows when I use it.

03

It matches absolutely nothing else in the room. It never has.

04

And nobody has ever asked me what brand it is. Not once, in all these years.

The rest of the shelf

18 entries are the kitchen. This is 10. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

Open the kitchen