taking inventory

contents of my bag, 8.19.08:

• 1 empty plastic bag
• 1 empty tupperware
  
• 1 compostable spoon
  
• 1 metal fork
• 1 digital camera
  
• 1 visa application, 3 pages
  
• 1 ipod cord
• 1 bottle cranberry supplements
• 1 medical assessment
• 3 pieces of fabric, 18"x22"
• 1 postal delivery confirmation receipt
  
• 1 elevator security wafer
  
• 2 bottles of prescription medication
• 1 stick concealer
  
• 1 bus transfer, expired
  
• 1 postal insurance receipt
  
• 1 bag of savory crackers, mostly empty
  
• 1 pack cigarettes
  
• 1 pack birth control pills
  
• 1 empty paper bag
  
• 1 post-it with written directions and map
• 1 moleskine notebook
• 1 planner
  
• 1 sheet of antacids
  
• 1 scrap piece of paper with notes to self
  
• 1 IKEA receipt
  
• 1 zipper pouch (contains 10 band-aids, 1 seam-ripper, 1 eyeliner pencil, 1 facewipe, 5 safety pins, 1 nosering in plastic bag, 2 pantiliners, 1 indentifiable white pill)
• 1 wallet (contains 1 student ID, 1 debit card, 3 credit cards, 1 driver's license, 1 insurance card, 1 international student ID card, 5 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 $1 bills, 1 $20 bill, 1 $5 bill, 16 receipts, 1 gift card, 1 coupon, 2 lecture tickets, 1 library card, 1 voter's registration card, 1 medical id card, 1 bus transfer, 1 punch card, 1 bank statement)
• 4 spools of thread (natural, candle light, black, white)
  
• 1 business card
• 1 quarter
  
• 1 nickel
• 3 cloves garlic
  
• 1 set of keys, mine
  
• 1 set of keys, not mine
  
• 1 jump drive
• 2 chapsticks (sliced peach, nectarine)
  
• 4 hairpins
  
• 1 bottle lotion
  
• 1 pillbox (8 ibuprofen, 1 multivitamin, 2 boric acid pills, 11 unidentifiable pills, 1 antacid)
  
• 1 lighter, working
• 1 lighter, non-working
• 1 gel pen
  
• 1 sharpie
  
• 1 navel orange
  
• 1 pack gum, spearmint
  
• 1 ipod
  
• 1 business card
  

some of these things are mine, and some of these things are not mine - some of these things have been given to me, some things have been forced on me, some things have been chosen by me.

all of these things apart are insignificant, though together, are a lot of weight. a lot of weight