Tuesday | May 11, 2010 | 12:04 am
Ten on Ten # 9 Things I have kept and why I’ve kept them, and how you’re probably surprised (Brooke.) 1)  The pine-cone.  This was given to me by my friend Liz’s son, Oliver.  I went up to Ithaca with my roommate and his girlfriend to visit Liz.  We stayed for a few days.  While I was outside alone with Liz, we were walking around with Ollie and talking.  He came running from a patch of trees toward me and handed me this pine cone.  He said, “here, for you.” I kept it at work for awhile.  Now it’s here.  I get sentimental about things like this.  I wonder what he was thinking when he handed it over.  To throw it out would feel like guiltily dismissing the memory of the moment and what it was like to be so mentally free at that age. 2) The scuba man.  I was dating this girl awhile ago.  It didn’t work out, etc.  But during our time together, she showed up one day with a plastic bag with a goldfish and this little scuba man.  The goldfish was to keep Tony company.  We jokingly named the fish Sacajawea.  Precisely because it was ridiculous.  I promptly plopped that little fish in the tank with Tony.  They seemed okay together.  Then I put in scuba man.  Mr. Scuba was way too big for the tank.  A few days later, Sacajawea died. I kept seeing the girl for awhile.  Then she stopped coming over as much (the death knell.)  I sat there, as it ended, and looked at scuba man.  That little plastic shit head kept breaking my heart all over again.  I took him out, regretfully (because of guilt) for me and thankfully for Tony.  I can’t bear to get rid of it.  It reminds me of her.  Everyone thought she was an asshole and sometimes she was, but she had a good heart. 3) The perfect pears!  Brooke knows what this is from.  These were favors (is that the right word) from Brooke and Travis’s wedding.  I’ve kept them this whole time.  I usually keep them on top of my computer.  I haven’t lit them or anything.  I wish they smelled like pears, but I keep them around because they remind me of reconcilable situations and the benefits massive catastrophe sow for the future.  I ruined a lot of shit a long time ago, but these pears are a reminder that if it weren’t for that shit - I’d not be where I am right now, and Travis and Brooke would not be where they are, together, right now either. Love,

Ten on Ten # 9

Things I have kept and why I’ve kept them, and how you’re probably surprised (Brooke.)

1)  The pine-cone.  This was given to me by my friend Liz’s son, Oliver.  I went up to Ithaca with my roommate and his girlfriend to visit Liz.  We stayed for a few days.  While I was outside alone with Liz, we were walking around with Ollie and talking.  He came running from a patch of trees toward me and handed me this pine cone.  He said, “here, for you.”

I kept it at work for awhile.  Now it’s here.  I get sentimental about things like this.  I wonder what he was thinking when he handed it over.  To throw it out would feel like guiltily dismissing the memory of the moment and what it was like to be so mentally free at that age.

2) The scuba man.  I was dating this girl awhile ago.  It didn’t work out, etc.  But during our time together, she showed up one day with a plastic bag with a goldfish and this little scuba man.  The goldfish was to keep Tony company.  We jokingly named the fish Sacajawea.  Precisely because it was ridiculous.  I promptly plopped that little fish in the tank with Tony.  They seemed okay together.  Then I put in scuba man.  Mr. Scuba was way too big for the tank.  A few days later, Sacajawea died.

I kept seeing the girl for awhile.  Then she stopped coming over as much (the death knell.)  I sat there, as it ended, and looked at scuba man.  That little plastic shit head kept breaking my heart all over again.  I took him out, regretfully (because of guilt) for me and thankfully for Tony.  I can’t bear to get rid of it.  It reminds me of her.  Everyone thought she was an asshole and sometimes she was, but she had a good heart.

3) The perfect pears!  Brooke knows what this is from.  These were favors (is that the right word) from Brooke and Travis’s wedding.  I’ve kept them this whole time.  I usually keep them on top of my computer.  I haven’t lit them or anything.  I wish they smelled like pears, but I keep them around because they remind me of reconcilable situations and the benefits massive catastrophe sow for the future.  I ruined a lot of shit a long time ago, but these pears are a reminder that if it weren’t for that shit - I’d not be where I am right now, and Travis and Brooke would not be where they are, together, right now either.

Love,

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