scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues

[gyzym]

Ugh, you guys, my work schedule is SO WEIRD THIS WEEK. So weird.

But here is that bag meme everyone is doing, mostly because wheres_walnut has like, incepted me into doing it, I think. Possibly not even on purpose, it's hard to tell, she is a nefarious Nut.





Right, so, this is a BLURRY AS FUCK SORRY photo of my laptop bag/briefcase, and oh man, bag, when I bought you you were much less ugly. It has served me well, and I take it pretty much everywhere with me, but oh, oh, it needs to be retired/replaced SO HARD. It has seen better days and no mistake. Pretend it's this bag, as it may well be in a few days, depending on whether or not I can squash the impulse to buy that one.

And now, for the shit inside it!



1) Notebook of random scribblings/recipes/articles I yanked from magazines/fortunes from fortune cookies/usually at least one envelope I need to mail/shit my family says. It's a Moleskine, yeah, I know, I'm such a hipster, WHATEVER DON'T CARE LOVE IT MOVING ON.

2) iPhone case in lieu of actual iPhone, which is otherwise occupied with taking the photo

3) iPod that, seriously, I do not ever use because I just use my iPhone, I don't think it's even charged, WHY AM I CARRYING IT

4) Wallet. It's almost nice enough out to switch from Boring and Black Because It's Winter to OH MY GOD SO YELLOW SUMMERTIME HOORAY, but not quite.

5) Keys :D

6) Makeup! My brush bag isn't pictured because it's in my car right now and I couldn't be fucked to go get it, sorry guys.

7) Okay, Walnut, this is for you. The white pair of headphones is the main pair I'm using right now; the pink ones are backup pair number one, but the sound cuts in and out a little on the right earbud. The grey ones are backup two, and actualfax BROKEN--the left earbud produces no sound at all and the right one is hit or miss--but they are STILL BETTER THAN BEING TRAPPED IN A STARBUCKS FORCED TO LISTEN TO WHATEVER THEY'RE PLAYING INSTEAD OF MY OWN MUSIC. There's also a fourth pair in my car, which work perfectly but went through the washing machine by mistake one time, and are as such uncomfortable.

...what, you guys, I never said I wasn't neurotic, I never said that.

8) That's...a Ziploc baggie...full of Advil. Er. I almost didn't include this because it's so not classy, but basically I don't like throwing a whole bottle in there because I only buy it in the giant bottles at CostCo and it takes up too much space, but I also refuse to be without Advil in immediate reach ever. Thus: Ziploc baggie full of Advil.

9) My boss got me this on a vacation she went on a few months ago; it's a bookmark made out of wood, and it's really light, and that deer thing is carved out of the middle. I'm a tactile thinker, so I play with this sometimes when I'm trying to work through something--flip it and catch it, trace the inside, spin it on the rounded corners, etc etc. It's just the current incarnation of "oh, that's in my bag so I can fuck around with it for no reason at all." One time it was one of those rubber erasers, even though I can't draw. One time it was a rock. *shrug*

10) I THOUGHT I HAD MORE PENS IN MY BAG THAN THIS, WHERE HAVE ALL MY PENS GONE

11) My primo awesome brand-new super fab primary pair of sunglasses

12) My laptop. That sticker over the Apple icon is actually a reference to the Grateful Dead song "Scarlet Begonias"--the line is "the sky was yellow and the sun was blue"--and I picked it up at a show in Columbus this summer. AND YOU GUYS THOUGHT I WAS KIDDING ABOUT THE DEADHEAD THING.

13) My shitty backup sunglasses. I hate them, but they are better than no sunglasses. There may or may not be, um, three more pairs of sunglasses in my car just in case.


Not pictured:
-The mystery box of mysteries that really just contains tampons (in my car, can't be fucked)
-All of my chargers, because...you guys know what chargers look like...
-Burrito's extra pair of drumsticks, that I keep in my bag because I take him to drum lessons most weeks and he generally forgets them
-That bag of Triscuit crackers I always keep with me, because I was totally going to put them in the picture but then they were right there so I ate them
-All the crazy shit I keep in my car, which, actually, this meme makes me look saner than I am, because seriously my car is a pit of WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS ON YOU. Backup shoes, okay, and food and water and blankets and I think there's a suitcase in there right now and and and (etc). But the thing is, that time this winter when I was stuck in that gridlock for five hours? I was really glad I was crazy. Even if I still didn't use the backup shoes.
-ALL OF THE TRASH.

OKAY NOW YOU GUYS DO IT :D

Comments

[hermette.livejournal.com]

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THOSE KINDS OF PENS YOU HAVE. THEY GOOP INK EVERYWHERE.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Which ones, the G2 black one or the colored ones? Because neither of them do, actually, because I buy them with like RIDICULOUSLY FINE POINTS, but oh my god the thicker incarnations of both of them are impossible to use, THE WHOLE PAGE BECOMES AN INKY MESS.

[wheres-walnut.livejournal.com]

AHAHHAAHAA YES. THE PAIR OF BROKEN HEADPHONES. DUDE. DUDE I AM FAIRLY SURE YOU HAVE HAD THOSE SINCE LAST AUGUST. THROW THEM AAWAAAYYY.

That is some weird ass Advil and might I say, 1 less pair of sunglasses than expected :high five:

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I HAVE TOTALLY HAD THEM SINCE LAST AUGUST

BUT WALNUT, I MIGHT NEED THEM

...THIS IS HOW PEOPLE END UP BECOMING HOARDERS, ISN'T IT.

That Advil is the liquid-gel shit, which doesn't actually work faster than regular Advil, but I TOTALLY THINK IT DOES, so whatever. And the rest of the sunglasses are just out in the car so it's not really a victory but I WILL TAKE THE HIGH-FIVE ANYWAY :D

[sorrynotsorry.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo, new sunglasses!!

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are thrilling :D

[zolac-no-miko.livejournal.com]

You have nice things! :D

Ahahahaha the headphones... brings back memories~! You have such drama in your life.

I love that you were going to include the Triscuits but then you ATE THEM. XD And that your car is full of crazy weirdo shit. YAY FOR BEING PREPARED FOR ANYTHING! I'm not that prepared, but I don't have a car, so I have to limit myself to things I can carry upon my actual person. I have, like, a Swiss army knife and a tape measure, among other things.

Fffff, every now and then I think about doing this meme, but it just seems like SO MUCH EFFORT. (Translation: taking photographs and then actualfax UPLOADING THEM OMG seems like so much effort.) Maybe one day when I'm really really bored.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I have very little drama, really! I'm just...crazy.

ALSO THE TRISCUITS WERE SO DELICIOUS THAT NOW I MIGHT HAVE TO GO BUY MORE.

*Also*, you should totally do this meme, it is fascinating.

[fic-kitty.livejournal.com]

Well sure, the sunglasses all the time make sense now, because you're a secret druggie, right? RIGHT? Yeah, you better hid those bloodshot eyes you stoner.

In all seriousness possibly the least cluttery bag I've seen in this meme thusfar. I also love that your notey journal is bright orange.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Lmfao, that's only because I threw out all the clutter before I took the photo :D

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

I have your moleskine in black, with a dragon sticker on it. :D and when I did the meme I forgot to include the drugs, because for some reason THERE ARE NONE IN MY BAG at the moment, which is nearly unheard of! Yes, Advil IS necessary.

You clearly need a new pair of back-up earphones, and then you can finally throw away the broken ones.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Hooray for Moleskines and drugs! And yeah, that is totally what I should do. But I probably won't for another couple of weeks, lmao :D

[chaoticallyclev.livejournal.com]

I have those pens. I love those pens. They are my second favorite type to write with. They do bleed a little bit, but not usually with the type of notebooks I use. (I mainly use these pens for editing, though.The red ones. And i would let it bleed all over, as it would represent my feelings of "WHY THE FUCK DO YOU THINK THERE IS A COMMA HERE? COME TO THINK OF IT, WHY DO YOU THINK ITS' IS CORRECT IN ANYWAY? ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU SHOULD BE SAYING "IT" RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT THE "S". WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" <--- this is why i am not actually going into teaching anymore. But, regardless, people still ask me to edit their papers all the time. I really don't know why, since sometimes i come very close to telling them that they should just burn this and start all over again because nothing can salvage the grammar shithole that they have dug.)

I totallu do the ziploc back of advil, except my family decided to buy me a weird little pill box. they thought I would keep jewelry in it? I don't know why. Because i use it for pills. since it is a pill box. and also it's tiny and kind of cute, and it doesn't make a lot of noise so I don't feel like a drug addict when i need to take advil during class.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

jfdsfhdhgjsdkg YOU MADE YOUR DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR CAREER BASED ON PENS YOU ARE MY HERO :D :D :D

[jibrailis.livejournal.com]

Your many earphones makes so much sense to me. Mine break down ALL THE TIME. I have the Touch of Earphones Death. ;___;

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I ALSO HAVE THE TOUCH OF EARPHONE DEATH. Woe is us, Nance. Woe is us.

[fireblooms.livejournal.com]

Extremely random query: What flavor were the Triscuits?

Also I love your iphone case. This meme, it's wonderful and voyeurific!

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Rosemary and olive oil :D

And that iPhone case is wildly out of character for me, as I am generally Not A Pink Girl, but I just fell in love with it and had to have it last year :D

[iambickilometer.livejournal.com]

MY BAG IS FULL OF RECEIPTS AND CONVERSATION HEARTS
but you'll just have to take my word for it because I don't have a camera.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Your bag is full of HEARTS AND RAINBOWS OF GLORY, I AM SURE :D :D :D

[99-mg-of-hate.livejournal.com]

First off, thank you. I have now ordered that bag in teal. I've been looking for one like it and can't seem to find one that costs less than $150 that I like that's big enough to hold my laptop and textbooks.

Second, I always have at least a fist full of pens on my purse and can somewhat justify every single one. It reminds me of a thing by Taylor Mali about girls borrowing pens.

I have at least 2 pairs if not three pairs of headphones on my person at all times. It's a 15 minute walk from where I park on campus to the building where all my classes are and I will not make that walk without music. I have gone too many weeks where I have forgotten my one pair on headphones at home and thus have gone without music for a week at a time that I now just have a few pairs and if I forget one it's not a big deal.

My bag has soooo many things in it I can't even imagine being able to spread it all out. I might just have to try this now just to see what's inside.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

I am so glad to have shown you the joy of that bag! I covet it so hard. THE OUTSIDE POCKETS, OMG, SO MANY OUTSIDE POCKETS SDJFHJDSKF.

[seeingrightly.livejournal.com]

Oh, the headphones, usually I don't even remember to put headphones into my bag. But I have an awesome Spongebob pair, except the left earbud starting hissing, so I've been using my emergency ugly pink pair.

I definitely used to have those pink and white ones you've got but they broke SO QUICKLY.

Oh dear, if I do this meme I'll have to take a picture of both my Small Bag for when I don't have to carry books and my Large Bage for when I do. Except they... share the same contents except for the addition or subtraction of said books... er. I may do this later, if my roommate isn't here all night, so I don't look crazier than usual.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

YOU SHOULD TOTALLY DO IT. I am fascinated by it.

[winslow-arizona.livejournal.com]

Your bag is a lot less ridiculously cluttered than mine...but I'm the one who keeps forgetting that I still have my umbrella in my purse even though it hasn't rained in days.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

Lmfao, there's only so much I can fit in there, so it doesn't get tooooo bad.

When it stops being winter I always carry an umbrella, because...Cleveland...but it's still more likely to snow than rain, so.

[lmeden.livejournal.com]

I like, I like. (You have so many headphones.) And you have so little in your purse. Not like me...
Haha, the list of my shit. :)

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

When I carry a real purse in addition to a laptop bag shit gets crazy, which is why I try not to, lmfao.

[two-if-by-sea.livejournal.com]

a;slkdfj you know i'm remembering that one of the first conversations we ever had over gchat was like, I NEED TO BUY A PURSE.

[gyzym.livejournal.com]

SJFHSDJF CATHY I BOUGHT THAT PURSE, USED IT IN ADDITION TO THIS BAG FOR THREE WEEKS, AND THEN WAS LIKE, EH, FUCK IT

[thespatz.livejournal.com]

I only buy it in the giant bottles at CostCo and it takes up too much space, but I also refuse to be without Advil in immediate reach ever./i>

So much word. I solved that dilemma by using an old prescription bottle - until it broke at SXSW, at which point I bought a travel size bottle at a corner store and periodically refill it from the enormous bottle when I run low. Only it says Advil and I use ibuprofen, which occasionally bothers me until I remember the awesome utility of it. I should find some stickers and redecorate that shit....

[foes-of-reality.livejournal.com]

So, I take it headphones and sunglasses are extremely important to you, huh? ;D

Also, I KNOW WHERE YOUR PENS HAVE GONE. They, uh, teleported themselves into my own bag. OUT OF THEIR OWN VOLITION, I SWEAR. Trufax. Because, seriously, you cannot possibly imagine how many pens/pencils I have in my purse.

And Advil? Not weird at all. I have a pretty pillbox I bought from Walgreens. What. Don't look at me like that. >.>

Last, but not least, YOU HAVE A MACBOOK. I have been relentlessly questioning mistyzeo about her Macbook Pro, so I'll spare you the third-degree. But could you possibly humor me with your opinion on the Mac vs. PC debate (if you have one, that is)? =D