Ok, so I got home and looked in my drawer. I decided that this necessitated a rare "from home" appearance. (Usually I read or play games when I get home, and don't go online.)
But there's no way I could remember all this stuff tomorrow.
A swatch of bubble wrap. (Probably from a computer part.)
A 2-pin / 3-pin plug adaptor.
A large matchbox of the type of firecracker that you strike like a match to light.
A box of 5000 staples.
3 pairs of scissors.
2 white shoelaces.
2 Fischer space pen boxes.
A book of matches (2 left) from a night club a friend used to DJ at...15 years ago.
A photo of a model tank.
A photo of me, aged 2, that my father sent to my girlfriend.
A photo of my girlfriend, aged about 10.
A zip-lock bank bag filled with other bank bags.
Some random small zip-locks filled with seeds.
A small ceramic mime mask, about the size of 2 thumbs next to each other.
A stainless steel letter opener, in a sheath that I've been looking for for ages, but for which I now cannot find the knife to which it belongs.
A wooden letter opener...maybe North African.
A small name plate with my name on it.
A couple of notes from the GF.
A small note from my high school English teacher on the occasion of my graduation.
My old favourite pair of sunglasses, that now only come out when I break a current pair.
A small French prayer book,
Heures Chretiennes, a daily liturgy I think...it starts with Matins, has the prayer for confession, for the dead, etc. Must have been my great grandmothers. Little paper badge inside of the sacred heart, (blood, flames, thorns) with the motto and a little message below...something about 100 days and Pius IX. It has the date 1877 on it.)
A small perspex square on which is written, "In order to save the world, we must perform acts of random kindness, and senseless beauty."
My 12 year dead grandmothers address book.
A bunch of small iron badges from my GF's fathers annual bike and tattoo show. (Various years.)
A 5-year old invoice from my storage place.
Some 2 year old bank printouts.
A small blue glass "stone" that's chipped. (A cast-off from my Go board.)
A roll of rolling papers. (Like a small thin toilet roll of Rizla.)
A packet of emergency (horrible red) Rizla's.
My 6 year dead mothers old Minolta Pocket Automatic.
A halogen globe for my desk lamp.
A tiny shoe polishing thing from Mauritius Air. (I haven't polished a shoe in more than 10 years.)
A cue ball.
10 smallish safety pins.
A keyring that says "Canada" and has a maple leaf and a picture of a rabbit in blue and white checked shorts.
A silver cigarette case, (once upon a time my snorting kit), that now contains a thin purple braid of my GF's hair, and a small dreadlock from an old friend.
A single screw of the type attached to your computer plugs to keep them in.
A metal tab you break off your tower to make space for a new port.
And that is my top drawer. I wasn't brave enough to open the second one.
At least I threw the old bank printouts away.
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