Thursday, March 04, 2004
I love my backpack.
Whew! I am done with physics studying and homework. The test draws near (in one hour) so I wanted to take a break. How are you today?
I have a blue and orange Adidas backpack. I bought it because it is the Denver Broncos football team's colors. My backpack is always with me. I use it as most women use a purse. Here are some of the things that are in it...
1] pens and pencils
2] a scientific calculator
3] notebooks, folders, and assorted textbooks
4] my "brain" (a small handbook I write important stuff in... I will discuss some other day)
5] My Nintendo Gameboy SP (with Super Robot Wars Taisen D or Zelda:Link to the Past game)
6] a manga book, and whatever other book I am reading (currently Guns, Germs, and Steel)
7] Japanese kanji flashcards
8] a picture with me shaking hands with William Shatner when I was in 4th or 5th grade.
9] various post cards I have received from my friends
10] a bunch of pin backs
What are pin backs? You may know them as pins, buttons, or badges. They are 1" in diameter and have pictures on them. The back side is like a safety pin. This winter I have lost a few of my buttons, and that makes me sad. So I took them all off my bag, and put them in a ziplock baggy until I decide what to do about the loss problem. The last straw was when I noticed that my Rolling Stones lips logo pin was lost!
The pins are $1 - $2 each, but worth only about 10 cents. But to me they are priceless. I have a few that I could never replace, and the thought of losing them makes me sad. But even more sad is how my backpack looks without any pins on it. It looks so boring and lifeless. I need to reassemble it!
My backpack, and the pins on it, sort of say something about me. I use it to express my own creativity in a small way. I love my backpack, and take it everywhere I go. It seems odd that I place so much emotion into a worthless item, but I can't help it. It is my closest companion, and has been with me in tight jams as well as fun times. It has held papers critical to my future, as well as bottles of pop, Pocky, and gifts for friends. I could almost say, my backpack has become my friend!
See you next time!
PS - some pins I have: Iggy Pop (ca.1973), Marc Bolan/T-Rex, monkey from Pixies album, pictures of each member of Mindless Self Indulgence (except LynZ... I lost her!), the Ramones eagle emblem, Polyphonic Spree, Pac Man, the Comic Book Guy from Simpsons, Minor Threat's black sheep, Eraserhead, the Smith's 'meat is murder', the Van Halen logo (NOT Van Hagar), and many more! My most wanted pins would be Sifl and Olly, anything from a Kurosawa movie, the Cult "sonic temple" cover, Scaterd Few (which may not even exist), Minutemen, or Nation of Ulysses. :)
I have a blue and orange Adidas backpack. I bought it because it is the Denver Broncos football team's colors. My backpack is always with me. I use it as most women use a purse. Here are some of the things that are in it...
1] pens and pencils
2] a scientific calculator
3] notebooks, folders, and assorted textbooks
4] my "brain" (a small handbook I write important stuff in... I will discuss some other day)
5] My Nintendo Gameboy SP (with Super Robot Wars Taisen D or Zelda:Link to the Past game)
6] a manga book, and whatever other book I am reading (currently Guns, Germs, and Steel)
7] Japanese kanji flashcards
8] a picture with me shaking hands with William Shatner when I was in 4th or 5th grade.
9] various post cards I have received from my friends
10] a bunch of pin backs
What are pin backs? You may know them as pins, buttons, or badges. They are 1" in diameter and have pictures on them. The back side is like a safety pin. This winter I have lost a few of my buttons, and that makes me sad. So I took them all off my bag, and put them in a ziplock baggy until I decide what to do about the loss problem. The last straw was when I noticed that my Rolling Stones lips logo pin was lost!
The pins are $1 - $2 each, but worth only about 10 cents. But to me they are priceless. I have a few that I could never replace, and the thought of losing them makes me sad. But even more sad is how my backpack looks without any pins on it. It looks so boring and lifeless. I need to reassemble it!
My backpack, and the pins on it, sort of say something about me. I use it to express my own creativity in a small way. I love my backpack, and take it everywhere I go. It seems odd that I place so much emotion into a worthless item, but I can't help it. It is my closest companion, and has been with me in tight jams as well as fun times. It has held papers critical to my future, as well as bottles of pop, Pocky, and gifts for friends. I could almost say, my backpack has become my friend!
See you next time!
PS - some pins I have: Iggy Pop (ca.1973), Marc Bolan/T-Rex, monkey from Pixies album, pictures of each member of Mindless Self Indulgence (except LynZ... I lost her!), the Ramones eagle emblem, Polyphonic Spree, Pac Man, the Comic Book Guy from Simpsons, Minor Threat's black sheep, Eraserhead, the Smith's 'meat is murder', the Van Halen logo (NOT Van Hagar), and many more! My most wanted pins would be Sifl and Olly, anything from a Kurosawa movie, the Cult "sonic temple" cover, Scaterd Few (which may not even exist), Minutemen, or Nation of Ulysses. :)
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