Anyhow, the poll is about "holding on" to "stuff" in your life and the question is:
Were you forced to leave your current residence RIGHT NOW FOREVER and take two inanimate purely materialistic things with you - and strictly two things, (Ideally, in these kind of scenarios, you are only allowed ONE THING, but I am being slightly generous and slighly shifty here. I want to take two things, you see and this is my
I am voting:
- My rice cooker
- My newer laptop
I just want to get an idea about what kinds of (money-bought) stuff (e:strip) peeps would generally want to hold on to.
PS: I know. I know. There is no mention of being stranded on an island. That just seemed like a good cliched title for the post. Oh, and I don't want to deal with all kinds of complications and restrictions of a bona-fide island stranding. If I wanted to be *that* unrealistic, I would just have had to say, food or some such practical boring thing.
Sorry about that just found out all the left overs were eaten last night and I have to get ready for the Wednesday Card night. I pushed the wrong button.
See here. I will be honest my first impression is I have no clue. My second response is that I have answered this question daily for a week and it changes everyday. Therefore I still have no clue.
Today's response is my hospital bag: water bottle, snack, money, crochet hook, knitting needles, scissors, dad's medication list, yarn with at least two projects already started, a book, a journal, pencil (i think that's all) AND my purse which usually but is not limited too: wallet, checkbook, pen, water bottle, allergy meds, inhalers, digital camera (unless it is next to the computer to upload), holder pack of usb drivers with current computer projects, hand sanitizer, pencils, eyeliner, lipsticks, eyeliner sharpener, keys, travel pack of tissues, Stop pain, Extra Strength Tylenol bottle, Immodeum AD bottle, Vitamin C bottle, Migraine Meds, Curiously Strong Mints - Cinnamin, book, journal, toothpaste and a toothbrush.
Yesterday's response: my teddy bear and my tiger throw.
Day before yesterday's response: take my master portfolio (which is not compiled yet, but I have all the parts - i think) and my computer.
I like everyone else's responses, especially the unmentionables!
Go figure!
Lipgloss, condoms, whore-numbers, pets with strapped-on guitars, guns, phones, bikes, laptops, rice-cookers, cameras, anime-lunchboxes, mp3 players, money arcade sticks and possibly, drunk revelling.
Forget emergency camps. This reads like an exotic holiday resort packing list. Heh.
Well since My Photo Albums can't go, I'm taking this in a new direction. Condoms and Artvoice so I can get some whores to the island, woo hoo, HA.
I am *so* hanging out with (e:theecarey).
Buckley gave up his free will a long time ago. He lives only to make me happy.
damn, I was getting excited about the idea of strapping an item or two to my cats backs. I doubt they would select on their own anything I would want. Unless what I want are mousies and a catnip stuffed George Bush chew doll.
Come to think of it, I carry a smallish bag stuffed with money, current book selection, notepad, suduko puzzle book, mechanical pencil, hand sanitizer, lip gloss, tissues, a protein bar, MP3 Player, Phone, camera, laptot/netbook, moisturizer, water bottle & ragged tiny piece of my 'blankey' (good grief!), Keys with flash light and a thin sweater. Toss my cats in and I really do have my favorite 'needful' things on me at most times. However, if you see me in public, this bag is in my car and I just grab my phone and money card 8/10 times as I like to wander around without burden.
So my bag (counts as ONE! mwhahahaha) and my flat stuffed animal as it also serves a pillow- and I will appear to have many things to get me through this crazy Buffalo Hurricane in physical and psychological comfort.
See ya there! haha
I am not sure that they put you in a nudist colony when there is an evacuation emergency. Do they?
Regular everyday clothes can't possibly count as materialistic. (e:Jim) wanted to sneak in his phone - a 100% materialistic thing and that's blatant rule-violation. Maybe if you were wearing a oscar red-carpet walk-the-walk designer tuxedo, that could be counted as materialistic.
Oh and you absolutely can't impose your will on your pets! They will have feline and canine moderators. Buckley and the cats get to carry their own choice of top-two items.
(e:Janelle) needs to make a decision very very soon!
(e:theli): The island is a hypothetical emergency construct suggestive of oppression and limited means. So an anime boxset/lunch box combo is a dvd/video set in which you can store food? Honestly, you own the most bizzare things! I didn't even know there were space-age consoles all over the place that you could plug your brain into... With all this high-end paraphernalia, you might actually survive this exigency.
(e:tinypliny) So...we ARE being stranded on an island after all?
Your post is confusing. :D
And no, only one anime boxset/lunchbox combo in my collection. It's just my favorite anime.
And the arcade stick I've referring to is one that you can plug into a console to play games with.
I think I might actually have more hope in finding a good arcade on a random island than I do in finding one in Buffalo... *sighs*
(e:tiny) does that mean things on our person count? Then I will be extra slow in leaving, since I will have to eat the food, drink the beer, take off my clothes (easier after drinking all the beer) grab my bike and guitar, and then go!
Hopefully, one of Janelle's two things will be the camera. I forgot about that.
oh wait! If pets count as living things than they get to carry things out! Buckly will take the camera with him, and my other guitar (or my laptop if I took it home) I will let Janelle pick what the cats will carry.
Hopefully the red cross, or some embarrassed neighbor, will arrive quickly with some clothes.
WHOA. Since when did a simple island poll turn into a suicidal cult picnic? Besides, I am not sure (e:Paul) would cut a responsible cult figure.
I am all for sharing (especially publicly unmentionable stuff) but this is like a Saffir-Simpson category five buffalo hurricane scenario. Who knows... maybe your blankey might not make it in one piece.
(e:Jim): You WILL be frisked for a third item! You underhand non-regulation item cheating is being monitored.
And my phone will be with my automatically since it's not store 'at home', but rather in my pocket. Another useful tool ;)
Two items then, laptop and camera - the hardest to replace financially and both are useful tools.
Luckily I don't have to worry about grabbing an external hard drive thanks to offsite backups :)
Of course! ;-)
are we all being forced out of our homes at the same time and showing up together at the same exact island? maybe we can confer first? see who has what, and go from there :)
is this the making of an official (e:strip) commune? Should we all wear Converse (bought by Nike, right?) sneaks? Just gotta be careful of (e:paul)'s purple koolaid! ;)
real question though is (e:heidi) willing to share this non publicly mentionable item? hmmmmmmmm? hehe
but besides my furblobs, if only considering truly materialistic items, hmm.. again, my external hard drive, and um.. my favorite stuffed animal or my blankey. shut up. ;)
my two cats.
if they are considered "one", then I will add my external hard drive to what I grab.
@(e:drew): Logistically speaking, won't you feel sick after eating everything in the fridge and drinking the beer? Especially if you need to lug a guitar and ride your bike later?? And yeah, you can say goodbye to your laptop in that case. It's too late to save it!
@(e:metalpeter): No mercy. 2 items only. That photo album thing looks like a plural to me!
I left my laptop at work so: guitar and bike.
unless maybe there is something good in the fridge.
Can I eat the food/drink the beer and then run out with my two things?
All of my Photos Albums.
My Camera
(e:theli): You actually have enough number of anime boxset\lunchbox combos to pick a favourite out of them?! Interesting. VERY interesting. :p And is an arcade stick like a thing you insert in game slot machines to get unlimited plays or something? How do you know this island is going to have a game arcade??
(e:Jim). NO! Approximations are not allowed. This is an exercise in precision! No guns. No other thing with a working nervous system! And that's that.
My dog is very lazy. By approximation inanimate.
Favorite anime boxset/lunch box combo.
Arcade stick.
A think the loss of much of my belongings may be a blessing in disguise.
(e:Jim), you are going to get into really deep trouble right there. The specific operative words were:
- inanimate.
- money-bought.
(e:Paul). YES! you have to own it already! You can't possibly have any other new things when you don't have any money and are being oppressed. And OMG, I hope I am not in the same island as you will be.
Do you have to already own the thing? If not, I guess my phone and a gun, seeing as I was being forced from my house.
Publically unmentionable. Hmmm... ;) Now we all would like to know what that is!! Way to drive us crazy!
Wow. I didn't realize that camera of yours was this pricey! You know, after reading your comment, maybe I would still not be so shaken up if I didn't have my laptop...
I wonder if people will have a really hard time with this poll if they were to answer it most truthfully. I certainly had... It kind of tells you how much you are counting on certain things... for instance, being able to cook perfect rice in 20 minutes.
Dog and laptop. Or maybe James.
- 1 publicly unmentionable item, $20 purchase price, but it's unique and I would not be able to replace it exactly.
- my camera gear, $750 value
I really had to debate between the 1TB drive and the camera... and then I realized that most of my good pix are online already. Losing all my files would be a serious pain but I could recover. My camera is something that if I had to start over with material belongings, I couldn't justify buying soon, but it gives me so much pleasure that I'd be crushed not to have it.