My problem isn't counting. I can count just fine. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. But, really, we all have stuff, stuff we've accumulated over the years.
Or take books at about $10 each, average. I don't even know where to begin. Hell, I don't even know how many blank Moleskine diaries I own, so I don't want to get started on actual printed books. I can tell you that the last time I moved, my books filled up about (key word there) 14 U-Haul small boxes. Holy shit, right? Right!
Take DVDs at, oh, $14 each, average. I don't know how many videos I own. I could guess, but I'd have a good chance of being wrong. I know some of them. The entire Buffy the Vampire Chosen Collection DVD box set, for example. Yeah, bet you didn't see that coming. The Alienseses box set (Alien3 was genius, you fucking haters). Some proselytizing video titled "Jesus" that I can't bring myself to throw away even though it's been sitting on various iterations of my video rack for going on 6 years now. The aggregate value is probably significant, but I couldn't give you a definite count.
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