The Ten Day Meme - Day Six
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elrhiarhodanDay 1 - Ten random facts about yourself
Day 2 - Nine things you do everyday
Day 3 - Eight things that annoy you
Day 4 - Seven fears/phobias
Day 5 - Six songs that you’re addicted to
Day 6 - Five things you can’t live without
Day 7 - Four memories you won’t forget
Day 8 - Three words you can’t go a day without
Day 9 - Two things you wish you could do
Day 10 - One person you can trust
In no particular order, because these are all things I can't live without, equally. Health (including medication) and family are a given and don't need to be enumerated.
1 – My friends – who keep me happy, sane, grounded. And even when they aggravate the snot out of me, they remind me that I'm better off with them than without them.
2 – Technology – the Internet, my phone, my tablet, my computers, plus all of the data stored and accessible on them. Dropbox deserves a special shout out.
3 – House Wonderful – how could there be any doubt?
4 – White Collar and the White Collar Fandom. In every form – from the original aired episodes to the brilliant fan fiction, to the glorious fan art. I don't want to imagine what my life would be like without it.
5 – A pair of Channellock flat-nosed jeweler's pliers. Which may seem a strangely specific thing to include on this list. But I'm talking about a very specific pair of pliers:
My father bought them for me at the U.S. General hardware store at the Mid-Island Mall when I was in seventh grade and a budding jeweler, partly because I kept flitching his pliers for my bench work and mostly because he loved encouraging my creativity. He taught me to take care of them and of all my tools, which is why – almost forty years later, they are still indispensable and a permanent fixture on my desk (there's also a pair of bent-nose pliers which are equally treasured, but not used quite as much these days). I can't use them for fine work anymore – forty years of continuous use has taken their toll. The jaws are no longer perfectly flush and there are grooves and divots that leave their mark on soft metal, but they are perfect for pulling needles through tight spaces and flatting the edge of the thread I use. And they feel just right in my hands. The way a good tool should feel.
Day 2 - Nine things you do everyday
Day 3 - Eight things that annoy you
Day 4 - Seven fears/phobias
Day 5 - Six songs that you’re addicted to
Day 6 - Five things you can’t live without
Day 7 - Four memories you won’t forget
Day 8 - Three words you can’t go a day without
Day 9 - Two things you wish you could do
Day 10 - One person you can trust
In no particular order, because these are all things I can't live without, equally. Health (including medication) and family are a given and don't need to be enumerated.
1 – My friends – who keep me happy, sane, grounded. And even when they aggravate the snot out of me, they remind me that I'm better off with them than without them.
2 – Technology – the Internet, my phone, my tablet, my computers, plus all of the data stored and accessible on them. Dropbox deserves a special shout out.
3 – House Wonderful – how could there be any doubt?
4 – White Collar and the White Collar Fandom. In every form – from the original aired episodes to the brilliant fan fiction, to the glorious fan art. I don't want to imagine what my life would be like without it.
5 – A pair of Channellock flat-nosed jeweler's pliers. Which may seem a strangely specific thing to include on this list. But I'm talking about a very specific pair of pliers:
My father bought them for me at the U.S. General hardware store at the Mid-Island Mall when I was in seventh grade and a budding jeweler, partly because I kept flitching his pliers for my bench work and mostly because he loved encouraging my creativity. He taught me to take care of them and of all my tools, which is why – almost forty years later, they are still indispensable and a permanent fixture on my desk (there's also a pair of bent-nose pliers which are equally treasured, but not used quite as much these days). I can't use them for fine work anymore – forty years of continuous use has taken their toll. The jaws are no longer perfectly flush and there are grooves and divots that leave their mark on soft metal, but they are perfect for pulling needles through tight spaces and flatting the edge of the thread I use. And they feel just right in my hands. The way a good tool should feel.
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Date: 2015-02-06 02:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-02-06 02:12 pm (UTC)That's exactly it. Every time I use them, I feel my dad at my shoulder, encouraging me.
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Date: 2015-02-06 03:25 pm (UTC)The pliers remind me of the screwdriver that belonged to my grandfather. I never knew him but I feel him whenever I use it.
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Date: 2015-02-06 03:38 pm (UTC)And isn't it amazing how simple objects become invested with such memories?
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Date: 2015-02-06 06:20 pm (UTC)Even when you write about small stuff...your writing is amazing. That part about your dad....Sighs.
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Date: 2015-02-06 06:39 pm (UTC)I still miss him.
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Date: 2015-02-06 10:47 pm (UTC)And fandom. Fandom (of any sort) can have its drawbacks, but it also brings together some of the very best people on the planet, and I seriously wouldn't know what to do with myself without the friends I've made via fandom(s) over the years. <3
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Date: 2015-02-07 12:26 pm (UTC)Love the story behind the pliers. :)
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Date: 2015-02-09 03:22 pm (UTC)I guess I'd then go with 4. music/dancing and 5. nature
How literature didn't make it in there... I really needed six.
I loooove that picture of HW btw! Wow!