June 02, 2004 - 8:09 p.m.

Thinking Inside The Box

Got a fun meme from Nadyezhda:

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 12 things would you put in the box? And a copy of your journal or a link to your LiveJournal would be the same thing as just telling them directly, yourself, so that's not allowed.

I like the question as is, but I also like her spin on it, which was to ask readers to come up with a box to represent her. I'd love to know what items any of you would put in a box about me - suggest one or two if you can't come up with twelve.

My list is below, but post your own FIRST if you are going to do so, so that my answers don't influence yours.

1. a deep purple iris

2. a copy of Possession by A.S. Byatt

3. "the food of love" the CD by my college a capella group, The Elizabethans

4. a slice of my homemade caramel apple cheesecake

5. one of my cute yet practical pink flower sandals

6. a link to the Very Secret Diaries

7. a photo of the first preschool class I taught

8. a course catalog from Williams

9. one of Percy's quills

10. photo album/scrapbook of my various travels/cruises

11. my copy of the San Diego Wild Animal Park map

12. my charm bracelet (which now has two charms since I added a little silver pinecone in honor of the trip up to Pecos Baldy Lake)

I suspect on any given day this list would vary a bit, but I think I covered most of the basics. :)

today's project: supervising and guiding various workmen at the house... joy.

Did you know? The meerkat gets its name from the Afrikaans word for mongoose.

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