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shoebox of life

March 06, 2004

I plagiarized this from Stumble Bee or as she likes to be called, �Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock�

So, say you were meeting a new person--blind date, new friend, who knows--and you wanted them to have some idea of what kind of person you are, and who you are. But you can't actually tell them in so many words. Instead, you have to give them a box, with a dozen things in it for them to look at/read/listen to/taste/whatever. What would you put in the box? And a copy of your journal or a link to your journal would be the same thing as just telling them directly, yourself, so that's not allowed.

1. A Macintosh iBook with an iTunes play list of my favorite Barenaked Ladies songs cued
2. The �see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil� picture of my fifth grade
3. Chop sticks and a wok
4. Mark Twain
5. A stuffed rhinoceros
6. Fancy Adidas shoes
7. Bible, the Book of Concord and a Jesus action figure
8. Theodore Roosevelt and John McCain
9. A copy of Flannery O�Connor�s Good Country People
10. A sharpie pen
11. A camera equipped cellular phone
12. An Urban Outfitters and J Crew Catalogs

Oddly enough, when I first read this �Shoebox� by Barenaked Ladies was on my MP3 Player.

For the comments section � what would YOU put in MY box?

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