Clearly, I’m insane. This is nothing new to the people who know me well. The following inventory should be used as documentable proof of my dementia. Use it responsibly… I hear insanity is contagious.
List of things that I currently carry in my pockets at all times:
1. Keys
2. Mini Mag-Lite (attached to keys)
3. Leatherman SideClip
4. Pilot Precise V7 Rolling Ball Pen (red)
5. Burt’s Bees, Beeswax Lip Balm (.30 oz.tin)
6. Sony Ericsson T-610 bluetooth camera fone
7. Wallet with all the appropriate accouterments (thanks Sarah)
8. Collapsable travel toothbrush
Total Current Weight = 1.24 lbs. (according to the FedEx scale at work)
In addition to the above, I often carry the following:
9. Palm Tungsten E with 64mb expansion card
10. 20gb Second generation iPod
11. Sharpie Fine Point Marker (black)
Total Additional Weight = 1.16 lbs.
Total Weight = 2.4 lbs.
Why do I carry so much crud around with me? I have no idea. How do my pants stay up? I have even less of an idea. What I do know however, is that I couldn’t imagine facing the day without all of that stuff. What about you? How much gear do you carry around?
“Then suddenly out of the gloom came a sharp hiss. ‘What has it got in its pocketses?'” – Gollum
Why don’t you use that little red man-purse you made? Maybe you could sew sub-sacs on the outside of it.
I have the same problem. I use my jacket as storage. Or my computer bag, which has never once held a computer. And sometimes I clip my pen at the collar of my tee-shirt. I really dislike my wallet too. It’s huge, and as you’ve seen, holds more bank statements than money.
Good post though.
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currently residing in my pants:
wallet
fist-full of change
3 dollar bills
small tub of chap stick
the gaunlet
watch
crumpled reciepts and scrap paper
lighter
cigarettes
pocket knife
More crud than you!
Backpack (on at all times, except when sitting):
– umbrella
-power cord
-pencil case (10 highliters, 5 pens, 1 chapstick and 1 data key, three pencils)
-Civil Procedure book
-Civil Procedure supplement
-Constitutional Law book
-Constitutional Law Supplement
-Uniform Commercial Code
-two gloves
-one hat
-handbag (lots of receipts, two card cases, change purse, 3 lipsticks, pack of gum, address book, check book, “little black” book, pill case, pen, hair elastics, part of a roll of quarters
In arms:
Contracts text
Contracts commercial outline
Laptop case:
Two file folders with paper in it
laptop
In pockets:
Keys
extra gloves
Ya know what I keep in my pockets? Nothing but lint!!! And my wallet…my wallet and lint, oh yeah and my palm, and my cell phone and various hall passes that I accumulate throughout the day, and of course the obligatory gum wrapper or treasure map…but mostly LINT!!!