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25 THINGS
6.14.2004
 
oh boy, guess what today is... and here's a hint... it's NOT flag day. (okay, fine, it is flag day, but we're ignoring that.) today is the day of the 25th list of 25! w00t! i have debated which list to post for the occasion, and i narrowed it down to one particular list. it's a big one, and there was so much more i could have put on the list, but didnt. (and trust me, there will be plenty of sequels to this list.)

short story behind this list... i have a wall in my room, on which i hang everything random and hangable. the wall has everything from receipts, to comic strips, to sean connery. the wall grew from a bunch of name tags and stickers, to over 18 square feet of pure random. (okay, i'm just guessing 18. it sounds right, though.) over time, i officially declared it "random wall", a national monument.

yeah, right.

but anyway, here it is, for your viewing pleasure...

25 things on random wall
as of 5/26

1. a picture of my youth pastor holding up the leaning tower of pisa... well, sorta. he needed a picture to do a really bad photoshopping job. i took one picture for him with his digital camera, then yanked out my own camera.
2. a total of four name tags with my name on them.
3. another name tag, with the name "lite d00d" on it. i didnt plan it, but when i put on the tag and looked down, it read "p00p".
4. a newspaper clipping from when warren county broke the record for the most people wearing groucho glasses in one place... shows how desperate we are for attention. but anyway, if you were there, you got to play a game of "where's waldo" with yourself in the paper the next day.
5. the original paco note... well, technically, the second paco note. the first one was eaten. but that's a whole 'nother story.
6. a picture of a girl reading "charlotte's website". it was an ad in the "usa weekend" around the end of the year, i think for girl scouting and technology.
7. from the same page of the same "usa weekend", the best and worst of 2003's article on how turkey and gravy jones ranked as the worst soft drink of the year.
8. a picture of a ham and cheese omelot on a bagel... fine, i was bored, and needed to waste a couple pictures.
9. a gumball... i might have already told this story back in the nyc lists, but it won me a free eight-piece chicken at kfc. two problems... (1) i wanted a superball instead. (2) it's not really all that possible to hold a small round gumball on a wall with just thumbtacks.
10. a picture of me and beth in our band uniforms... but only her head was in the picture. oh well.
11. sean connery... seriously. beth made a print for art class of him... i wake up each morning to him staring at me. good fun.
12. a furry mustache, tacked into place under mr. connery's nose.
13. a package of lifesavers... last summer, on the mexico mission trip, someone in our van had a ton of lifesavers, and was giving them away. i took one, but never ate it. the good news is, it's a ton easier to put on the wall than the gomball.
14. a small paper bag... seriously, it's about 2"x5"x7". it's actually kinda cute.
15. two photos which i have cleverly edited myself out of... just by covering myself with something else. i seriously have a limit of only two pictures of myself clearly visible.
16. a note that says "the squirrel king will eat your soul and steal your tuba mouthpiece! (heart) --your mom", and a picture of a squirrel with it. i opened my locker door, there it was, and i said... "...what?..."
17. a birthday card from a friend in the shape of a taco shell... it reads "dont think of this as a mere birthday card!" and inside "when filled with meat, cheese, and salsa, you've got yourself a paper taco!" best card evar.
18. a few receipts from buying jones soda, but one in particular from when i got a couple bottles at the empire state building in new york. i can't believe i actually paid the deposit for the first time in my life!
19. two more receipts from the rest stop in angola new york... best place ever. i went to the mcdonalds twice during one day. i was order numbers 474 and 543. i guess that means 68 people were there between my two visits.
20. a black piano key... long story behind this one, involving a piano, a sledge hammer, a church, and a group of amish people. don't ask.
21. a picture of my replication of the paco note on my sister's dry erase board... one of the many things i love to do while visiting sibs at college.
22. three flowers used as table decor at a banquet... i guess i technically wasnt supposed to take them... oh well. it was a fun chase through town anyway.
23. a variety of tickets from nyc, including aida, the lion king, and the nbc studio tour.
24. also from nyc, the bus self portrait gallery... six of us drew ourselves in a little notebook i had. they're all hanging there. and they look weird. but funny.
25. finally... if my calculations (read: counting) are correct, there are exactly 128 thumbtacks, 7 pieces of tape, and three labels saying i'm an extra large.



questions? comments? insults? ideas for lists? happy 25th anniversary cards with 25 bucks inside? send them all to twentyfivethings@hotmail.com!
 
wanna know why? i'll give you 25 good reasons.

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