Items (found in my desk) that I would be willing to trade for one decent-quality barrette

  • Adhesive fabric patch covered in black sequins, in the shape of a spade from a deck of cards

  • Glass vial containing a sample of Creed's Green Irish Tweed eau de parfum, 3/4-full (If it was good enough for Cary Grant, it's good enough for you!)

  • Promotional poster for the String Cheese Incident, signed by some or possibly all members of the band

  • Tiny ovoid religious medal, looks to be aluminum, saint depicted thereon unknown

  • My Filofax calendar from the year 2003, listing important birthdays and obligations (largely ignored), including an expired coupon for a complete Volvo brake service. Bonus! Also includes my secret Avis wizard number!!!

  • A picture torn out of the White Flower Farm catalog, showing a breed of coreopsis named Jethro Tull

  • Makeover in a drawer! -- Seven bottles of nail polish ranging in tone from "Crystal Clear" to "Vamp," two tubes of lip balm, and a pot of "kiss therapy" lip gloss in "Rouge Diaphane," which also appears to be scented. It smells like Christmas!

  • Two of the three decks of tarot cards

  • Empty spray bottle of Hermes Hiris eau de toilette -- the perfect gift!

  • Valentine depicting Tom Waits, Michael Dukakis, and Calexico drummer John Convertino, addressed to me, ostensibly signed by them (but actually signed by my friend Chavis)

  • Glow-in-the-dark figurine of St. Clare of Assisi, patron saint of television

  • Spill the Jackpot -- A paperback novel written by Erle Stanley Gardner (using the pen name A. A. Fair)

  • A handful of paint chips, including the colors "carrot stick," nacho cheese," "eccentric lime," "leprechaun," and "american cheese," among other favorites



Star of the day. . .Charo
posted @ 8:34 a.m. on November 10, 2006 before | after

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She lay awake all night,

zzzzzzzzzzz......