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jonquil posted about a time capsule from 1957 that included the contents of a woman's purse from that era, and asked what unusual or interesting things were in your bag. I started listing the contents, but it got a bit long, so I'm moving it over here, and asking *you* the same question.The bag in question is basically a small messenger bag with FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST emblazoned on it. I got it before I watched the anime, actually: I liked the shape and size of the bag, and it was the least objectionable logo at the time. If I'm feeling like a giant dork when I go into places, I turn it around so the logo is facing me. :)
Contents:
-- A veritable pharmacy of non-daily meds, including Relpax, Advil, Lactaid, and Imodium (because when you need it, you need it now).
-- A box that separates out your pills by day, which I used to take my daily meds to A-Kon and haven't removed from my bag yet.
-- Currently, my passport, which I picked up from mom in anticipation of the Japan trip.
-- Two DVDs with Hogfather and various Time Teams burned on them (I have no idea why they're in there).
-- Two 1 gig flash drives, both of which I got free (one with a stupendous rebate deal, one for answering a survey on digital collections). ETA: Forgot to add they both have copies of all my art pieces for A-Kon. :) I need to burn them to disk so I can clean them off my hard drive, which is starting to wheeze under the weight of all my data.
-- The world's largest collection of irrelevant receipts.
-- Two outdated shopping lists.
-- Lottery tickets from Christmas I haven't redeemed yet, which may be out of date.
-- Five pens, one of which is normal and four of which are funky neon ink from a wedding, where they were supplied for us to write stuff on cards to tie to a tree. I will never ever use them, but they will languish in my bag until one of them explodes all over the irrelevant receipts and I kick myself for not taking them out and throwing them away.
-- A used book by Gervase Phinn I gave my mom for Christmas and stole back this weekend to read myself.
-- My iPod.
-- My phone.
-- An Office Depot membership card that goes on my keychain, but which broke. I was very strident at the clerk at Staples the other day when I went in and he tried to sell me on their free membership, because I have had it up to HERE with membership card, because I have way too many.
-- A receipt from my oil change, on which I scribbled the titles and authors of two books that were discussed on the radio on the way to Houston, since my phone wasn't able to reach Livejournal. (LJ is a great reminder list, as long as I can access the bloody thing.)
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One small spray bottle of lens cleaner
A piece of paper with information related to a work-related website
Care instructions for a lens cloth
Three unpaid bills
1 Zantac 150 pill
3 Dayquil doses
One third of a roll of Rolaids
A coaster (swag from a business conference)
Four pens - two normal, two funky glitter pens (gotten at the same wedding as
Two Sharpie paint pens - one silver and one gold
One plastic wristband, indicating admission to the Cayman Turtle Farm
One metallic Simpsons pog, acquired at Playa del Mar, Mexico
One handmade leather glasses case
One pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses (left over from when my LASIK actually gave me 20/20)
The Complete Champion, published by Wizards of the Coast (finished on the train this morning)
The Complete Scoundrel, published by Wizards of the Coast (started after lunch)
Day Planner
Bottle of Excedrin Extra Strength
2007 DART Train Schedule
One package of Raisin, Date and Walnut Instant Oatmeal
One stapleless stapler*
Four issues of Games magazine
One pocket calculator, nonfunctional
One pocket ruler (6 inches), bearing the Steve Jackson Games logo and Illuminati quips (e.g., "He who controls the ruler makes the rules.")
First Things First by Stephen Covey
A printout of how to make a PDF out of a PowerPoint document without suffering from file bloat.
Copy of fax to the local pay parking lot, discussing a nonpayment **
Letter, bracelet, and window sticker from the Banzai Institute West ***
Blank CD bearing the First Southwest logo.
Photos of my family, my girlfriend, my late grandmother, and my neice.
A packet of information on Dallas Symphony Orchestra tickets.
In other words, the possessions of a total packrat.
* This thing punches a hole and crimps the top sheets through it, fastening the paper together. It's effective for about five sheets.
** The payment went into the wrong slot.
*** Fan website. Look it up.
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