mysteries

[electricland]

Have started the monumental task that is clearing out "my" room in my parents' house from 8 1/2 years' accumulation of Stuff. I'm finding some fascinating things -- my notebook from the year I tutored pariah_ink and Dan in high school math, physics, and chemistry (tossed), my agenda from Grade 13 (kept), a bunch of tapes (put in box for Value Village, like anyone's going to want them).

I've moved on to the bottom drawer in the chest of drawers and have encountered a curious item. I know I knew what it was once. I have a feeling it dates back to high school, but who knows? Anyway, it's a film container (remember film? you know, black with a grey top, not the clear Fuji kind) with "Tools" written on the side in gold ink. It contains:

• a balloon, black


• an elastic band


• a marble


• a paper clip, pink


• a puzzle piece


• a thumbtack, white (well, maybe it's a push pin -- you know, with the flat head, not the plastic kind with a waist)


• a small piece of Plasticine, yellow


• a Lego block, yellow


• a piece of card stock, peach, with "FBO" written on one side in black and "1^STs" on the other side in silver

I now have no clue what this signifies, but am immensely curious. Anyone have any ideas?

Also, GIP.

EDIT: My theories so far: It's some kind of toolkit for sparking the writer's imagination. Or it's to amuse small children, although I'm not altogether sure how that would work. I can't really see it being any kind of survival kit. Hmm.

EDIT 2: I seem to vaguely recall being part of a group, each member of which got one. But I don't know.

Comments

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

Wow... you must be a packing goddess. ;)

(And I actually never thought that the balloon was inflated - it's just that some balloons, even deflated, are bigger than a film container. That's still a lot of stuff.)

[electricland.livejournal.com]

But I didn't pack it! It was definitely someone else. Possibly someone with better packing mojo than either of us.