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09 January 2008
What have you got on you and with you, right now, GO!
Bottom-up: White socks, blue jeans, wallet, pen, five bucks, pack of gum, belt, cell phone, white hanes t-shirt, garmin heartrate monitor strap (watch isn't on yet), glasses.
Satchel:
Gap Adventures tote bag in a tote bag tote (a smaller bag that holds the bag)
umbrella
printout of the ukelele chords for Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
empty Book City plastic bag
half a packet of tissues
35mm film canister full of change
35mm film canister full of "No Buttons" buttons
iPod, headphones, remote, handmade moleskine notebook ipod case
Swiss army knife
sewing kit from a Christmas cracker
first aid kit
some pens
Pelican flashlight
a couple of plastic things what I don't know what they are
Altoids tin containing duct tape and an empty subway token holder
asics gel kayanos, white
dress socks, black (because all other socks are dirty)
levis 555's, blue
haines cotton boxers, blue paisley
black belt w/silver buckle
grey t shirt
blue "Becker Surf Shop" hoodie (waves at s_r)
my usual bte hearing aids
reading glasses
black hair-tie around pony tail
house and work keys
$12.84 in cash
aluminum card case w/drivers license and other cards
On: black frilly (hard to explain. Think tiers. Think Mexican Gothic wedding.) just below knee length skirt, black tights, black short motorcycle boots, black camisole, gray mens wool sweater with hole in elbow, one emerald earring, big chunky amber necklace, amber ring, amethyst ring, hematite ring, stone bracelet, black watch, glasses. Oh and underwear, the boring weekday kind.
With: purse containing camera, notebook, kleenex, pens, chapstick, cigarettes, lighter, lipsticks, tampax, altoids, aspirin, ibuprofen, sudafed, 1/2 a clonopin, coughdrops, boyfriends old resume, checkbook, W-2, notes, deposit slips, wallet, keys, change, sunglasses and god only knows what else besides an infinity of tobacco and kleenex flakes. And my lunch is with me too, Greek yogurt and leftover spaghetti squash/mushroom thing.
Ha! Fooled you! Now I'm wearing khakis and a white button-down and a turquoise wool cable-knit sweater and yes, I do look like an ad for J. Crew, but ah well. Some very nice 40s-style turquoise and diamond earrings, though.
With me: Lipstick that I will continue to hold until I can locate my bag...
Grey sweats
Black socks
Lilac house slippers
Bra
White panties
Red t-shirt with white trim
Grey zippered hoodie
Two rings (One emerald-cut solitaire diamond, one three-stone Victorian diamond ring, both yellow gold)
Earrings - leverback yellow gold with tiny diamonds - I always wear these, never take them out
One gold chain with AA circle/triangle pendant
Jai Kudo glasses
As I am working from home I have with me almost everything I need.
On me - black trousers, patterned black socks, black dress shoes, black t-shirt, rust sweater, glasses, three rings, chili-pepper patterned satin boxers.
Attached to me - work badge, iPod Nano, cell phone.
On: Black sneakers, multicolored striped sox, cuffed jeans (and a Dalek button on the left front pocket), black tee shirt with olive American Apparel hoodie
With: backpack containing wallet, cell phone, lip balms, hand lotion, gi, sparring gear; bike helmet; jacket; gloves
On me: black clogs, gray wool socks, brown cargo pants, black boxers, black t-shirt, dark gray button-down shirt, brown glasses, piercing jewelry (brown glass plugs, stainless flesh tunnel, 2 stainless captive-bead rings, 3 stainless barbells).
In my pockets: glassses-cleaning cloth, flash drive, multitool, two sets of keys (work keyring includes a couple badges and a couple work keys; other keyring includes house and car keys and a bottle opener), cellphone, ID, bank card, tiny notebook, two Sharpies, $39.81.
on - platinum wedding band, work badge (on lanyard) brown dress shirt, blue boxer shorts w/grey waistband, jeans (containing wallet, car keys and hairbrush), belt (holding up said jeans), socks, pair of solid black running shoes.
with - backpack containing laptop (w/power supply & mouse), pcmcia sound card, cell phone, silver ipod mini, digital camera, digital audio recorder, a few small bungee cords (don't ask), an "intro to php programming" textbook, a blister pack of antihistamine tablets, a few packets of alka-seltzer plus cold medicine, a bag of ricolas, a steve reich boxed set that i forgot i put in there a couple of days ago (probably because i thought it would be fun to annoy the piss out of my cube neighbors by blasting "come out"), a 2gb usb flash drive, 3-subject spiral notebook, a handful of pens and pencils.
on - lightish blue jeans (empty pockets), brown ragg socks, black danskos, undies (black I think) & bra, black v neck long sleeve rib knit, green quarter zip pullover sweater, wedding band & watch, small silver hoop earrings.
On: Fushcia top, long beaded cobalt necklace, glasses, jeans, beloved watch, black mismatched socks
With me: Agenda book, 3 drafts of my play, big notebook for aforementioned play, little notebook for crap, pencil case, lined stickies, chequebook, auto membership card, wallet, knapsack, gazillion other plays I have to read, ibook, scarf
On my way out the door, but my car battery's dead. Wah!
Big ass black headphones
Olive green hoodie with silver studs and a giant silver skull on the back. Tee that reads front: Schrödinger's cat is dead. Back: Schrödinger's cat is not dead.
grey and red hot pant undies with silk screened tattoo roses on hip.
Coogi jeans not these, mine have a rainbow thing going down the leg but you get the idea all crazy color seams, like.
Black suede tall converse.
I just realized listing that, that I really really need to grow the hell up.
On : brown tank top, orange sweater, two skirts - one tan and one embroidered deer print skirt over, corduroy jacket with felt flowers, black stockings, red shoes, 1893 columbian expo coin necklace.
With: big ass sketch kit with watercolors, sketchbook, wallet, paper, cigarettes, makeup and lots of pennies jangling about my purse.
On me: taupe silk shirt, black sweater vest, olive drab kaki slacks, black socks, cheta print flats, plain undies, new (comfortable!) bra, wedding band, glass bead braclet, gold/tortie wire rim glasses, plain gold earrings, necklace with diamond pendant, another necklace with hubby’s wedding band.
With me: It’s more like what’s not with me – my watch went missing at the jobsite today!
With: my phone, keys, and new pen that I love: a Pilot Precise V5 RT retractable rollerball, with smooth feel, dark narrow lines, and no smudgies despite my crabclaw grasp.
Wearing: Grey slacks, black round-toe heels, paisley patterned grey/black/maroon/white cowl neck top that I love because it makes me look skinny yet busty, black cardigan sweater, engagement ring.
On: red slippers (new from xmas), dark grey sweat pants, red panties, no bra, pinkish-greyish long sleeved tshirt, glasses, white scrunchy holding hair in a pony tail, two little silver hoop earrings (the other two holes are empty), silver MedicAlert bracelet.
ON: red chunky wool sweater, charcoal knee-length skirt, black bra, black panties, black thigh-high fishnets, leather boots, three silver rings stacked on one finger, silver bangle bracelet, tiny silver hoop earrings, red bead dangly earrings hung from the silver hoops (too lazy to change earrings this orning), brownish hair clip.
on me: lowslung black pants and a blue cotton scoopneck. No shoes, no jewelry, no nothin' extra: my sister and I returned from an all-day outing and immediately --- even before I offered her a cappuccino, before we sat down, before anything --- I went into my bedroom and stripped off my boots, earrings, necklace, brassiere, trousers, everything but the skivvies, then tossed on cozy clothes.
with me: I think there's a quarter in the zipper pocket of these trousers; it's stayed put through several rounds of laundry. Also, the smallest clementine ever, on a blue pottery plate.
Well, it was a clementine when I started reading the thread: now it's just a fragrant spiral of peel on a blue pottery plate.
bra that is already a bit too big
gigantic panties growing bigger all the time
velvety tempurpedic slippers of unknown origins
black pants and modified/mutilated joke greek sweatshirt of mysterious provenance, both on the floor by where i was when i changed
tea
cat
it's a kitty cat
and she'll dance dance dance and she'll dance dance dance
On me: black Docs, white socks, black trousers (cuffed and pleated), black belt, white boxers with red stripes (if memory serves), black T-shirt, green-gray button-down shirt, black-framed reading glasses.
With me: bookbag, containing the following:
Checkbook
Old pay stubs
3 CD Springsteen bootleg (songs from Nebraska, recorded from various tours), that a co-worker burned for me The Rick Johnson Reader: Tin Cans, Squeems, and Thudpies
The new Marah CD, Angels of Destruction! (somehow I’m still on the Yep Roc mailing list) Uncut magazine Mojo magazine
A couple of freebie CDs that came with the magazines
Notebook & pen
Some financial paperwork that I really need to deal with
Dental floss
Ricola
Blistex
Old inhaler of rhinocort (I should probably refill the script)
Corkscrew
Keys
Glasses case
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