The Essentials

[Young Val]

i know that we are much more than the things we own, the way we dress, the music we listen to, the skills we have. but a lot can be learned about a person by these small details. so, here's my question: if someone wanted to be you for a day, what are the essentials? what would they NEED to have in order to embody some facet of who you are? (this will get into a bit of self-mockery, i'm sure).


some of my essentials are as follows:

wardrobe: jeans. sandals. tank top. cardigan. fingerless gloves (in winter). leather jacket (in winter).

items: a paperback copy of Franny and Zooey
claddagh ring
nose stud
messenger bag
laptop
ipod
c.o. bigalow's mint lip gloss
small blank notebook.
pen containing blue ink
a surplus of bandaids and gauze
large cup of coffee, black no sugar.
a pack of camel lights (i know, i know, spare me).
a deck of bicycle playing cards, blue, the box held together by duct tape.
five or six metro cards, only one of which has any money on it.


with these simple items, you too can experience what it's like to be Kelly-As-She-Runs-Errands.

stay tuned for Kelly: The High School Years. The College Years. and all those other years.

[VelvetElvis]

How to be Helen as she goes to work:

Wardrobe: Royal Blue scrubs, Lift brace, Gait belt, hair in bun, Dr. Scholl's shoes two sizes too large (to accomodte swelling)

Items:

One green pen
One black pen
Computer password
Isagel
$3.10 (one for a chocolate milk at the begginning of the shift, one for a chocolate milk after supper, and $1.10 for an apple juice during supper)

[Mahatma]

how to be me, a college student...

Wardrobe:
jeans
metal belt
band t-shirt
ratty chucks

Items:
hair tie (around the right wrist when not in hair)
Led Zeppelin bookbag with hippie pins
pen from Study Abroad office
test kit, syringes and insulin
ratty notebook
laptop that doesn't move from the desk
clutter... everywhere.
student ID (yay food)
gum

Music:
must be able to set the radio to a classic rock station and name the title and artist for 4/5 songs played and year of release for 2/5.

General Knowledge:
Spanish
French
elementary Norwegian and Hindi
phonetics/phonology
syntax
Harry Potter trivia

etc.
must be able to stalk people non-maliciously, just because.
desk calendar should be at least a day behind.
AIM must be on 24/7, but less that one conversation a day is not abnormal.

[steph]

This is fun! And you know, Kelly, when you're living in America, you're what you own.

Wardrobe:
Usually jeans or a denim skirt.
A t-shirt or something more decorative, depending on how dirty my house is.
Lately footwear is slippers. In the warmer months, bare feet. If I go outside, a cute pair of heels.

Items:
Pink cell phone
Sippy cup
Cute notebook with dinner lists/shopping lists/important notes/Tyler scribbles
Hair tie
Pink Nalgene, half full of water
VS Appletini Lipgloss
Kitchen knife, cutting board, some sort of skillet or pot, wooden spoon
Pacifier hidden in pocket, only for nap time

In order to do it right, make sure you have banana smears on your jeans! Then you will be truly authentic!

[powerfulcheese04]

Kim-on-a-non-lab-school-day

wardrobe
Blue jeans that are a little too long and a little too big
T-shirt-- probably something Rice related
Jacket (Either MOB windbreaker, Rice hoodie, Carribean Cruising hoodie, Colorado hoodie or knee length black coat)
At least 2 hair ties-- one on left wrist other in hair. Sometimes, both on wrist.
Silver James Avery ring with simple cross.
NO SOCKS!
Shoes-- either black crocs or navy flip flops.

Items
Blue Jansport Backpack
Binders appropriate for the day (Either 451/321 and 301/383 or 391/311)
Spirals (Big Green and Big Blue or little Green)
Day planner
To Do List
Pens- black (2), blue, green, red, light green, light blue, pink, orange, purple
HSPCA name tag
Cell Phone
car keys
house keys/ID/money
camera

[Young Val]

This is fun! And you know, Kelly, when you're living in America, you're what you own.

Wardrobe:
Usually jeans or a denim skirt.
A t-shirt or something more decorative, depending on how dirty my house is.
Lately footwear is slippers. In the warmer months, bare feet. If I go outside, a cute pair of heels.

Items:
Pink cell phone
Sippy cup
Cute notebook with dinner lists/shopping lists/important notes/Tyler scribbles
Hair tie
Pink Nalgene, half full of water
VS Appletini Lipgloss
Kitchen knife, cutting board, some sort of skillet or pot, wooden spoon
Pacifier hidden in pocket, only for nap time

In order to do it right, make sure you have banana smears on your jeans! Then you will be truly authentic!

how could i forget the hair ties and the cell phone?!

[Luet]

Wardrobe:
Jeans/Khakis/Cords
SOMEthing modal (the softest fabric every invented!)
Birkenstocks in Summer; Earth Shoes in Winter
Fossil Watch with Date display
Stainless Steel & Black Rubber link Bracelet
Rings on 4 fingers, including wedding set (all silver or white gold)
Coat in winter, Black leather or Brown Suede


Items (there is a LOT in my purse):
Wallet, black leather bifold
Cell phone, Motorola e815
Burt's Bees Lip Balm
Bluetooth Dongle
Mints/Gum
Eye Drops
Scientific Calculator
Hand Cream
Checkbook
PDA
Ring of backup house & car keys
Miscellaneous discount/member cards for stores
Pouch with a few makeup items
Year calendar, also stores coupons
Nail set with clippers/file/etc
Bandaids
Two multifunction pens
Two large pill containers (each the size of a deck of cards)

[Bevis]

T-shirt and/or workshirt
jeans
dirty shoes
thin hair
scowl
blue pen
time card
driver's license
too many keys
folded up note to self
tablet
book i'm reading
back up book
paranoia
one pot of black coffee

[v-girl]

catherine in stressed-out-about-exams mode:

wardrobe:
comfy hoodie from high school
gray gap body sweatpants
pink slippers
hair tie

items:
burt's bees lip balm
cell phone
ipod
fleece blanket my sister made me
space heater
coffee, and lots of of it
peppermint or cinnamon apple tea
diet dr. pepper
long to-do list (that never actually gets done)
highlighters in 4 colors
various blue and black pens
orbit gum, original flavor
textbooks
lots and lots of paper
a few hundred or so index cards
knitting (for stress-relieving breaks)

[Jayelle]

Jan on her way to work at the Library (these days, being wintery):

Clothing:
jeans
turtleneck (usually blue)
necessary undergarments
black button-up coat
very long blue and white scarf
blue and white toque
blue mittens
hiking boots
Necklace with a cross and a celtic pendent

Carrying:
Blue Tracker sling backpack (which contains the following)
1-2 books (currently Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman and Everfree by Nick Sagan)
mini-calander and pen
my lunch (usually leftovers from supper)
keys
bus pass
"Staff" Badge
wallet
any books that need to go back to the library

Very Important:
One Starbucks travel mug containing my morning coffee

[Miss Abbie]

Saturday night (wild and crazy) Abbie:

wardrobe
jeans
long sleeved white shirt
short sleeved black shirt
bright green, purple, or red socks
black chucks (to cover bright socks)

items
silver spoon ring
black with painted pink flower ring
badly beaten room key on badly beaten back lanyard (in pocket)
magic tricks and/or coins/cards for magic

notes
must sing quietly and often
must pay attention to beautiful things, especially the sky

[Petra456]

What you need to be a Fred/Nicole

wardrobe~
A pair of slighty too big jeans
A t-shirt or tank top of some sort
A corderoy jacket
White tennis shoes
Two unmatching socks
Class Ring
Scarf and hat (made by me)
Gloves


Items~
Purse (comeplete with wallet, cell phone, hair tie, black pen, car keys, chap stick and usually one or two plastic army men)
A book (lately The Little Prince, does change though)
Crocheting needle and yarn
Hand lotion

[Nicholas]

To be Nick on a average school day.

Wardrobe:
Blue jeans
Belt with big country belt buckle
T-shirt (band, artist, or just regular)
K-Mart Flip flops
Hoddie (on cold days)
flip flops still worn on cold days
(it’s Florida how cold can it get?)

Items:
2 pens (one for hair one for writing)
Hair tie (just incase I loose one pen, which happens a lot)
Wallet
Cell phone
Three folders (new work to be done, finished work to turn in, graded work)

[daPyr0x]

Me...

Wardrobe:
Straight black or khaki pants
work shirt or some blue shirt, usually with stripes

Items:
My car/car key/alarm remote
Two cell phones (work and personal)
At least one pen
Usually accompanied with a paint marker, permanent marker, or china marker; or any combination...
my Karma (think iPod...)
Wristwatch
Pair of safety glasses if I'm working, along with steel toed boots
And my chain (necklace)

[Jayelle]

Whoops! I forgot one of the most important things (that is so comfortable I forget it's there):

My wedding and engagement rings.

[Gravity Defier]

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[Nova]

erin at school

clothes
ugly plaid uniform skirt
comfortable black really big sweat pants
white polo shirt
red "Holy Spirit" sweatshirt
wierd socks
plaid chucks that have writing all over them

items
purse that is different from everyone else's, containing:lots of pens, mints or gum, cell phone, comb (named stewart) chapstick, old notes from my friends in different classes and bus tickets
two books
old backpack(varies on what one)
binder with most of my notes in it
hair tie
school books

[Virlomi]

It just occured to me that I think given the new configuration of members I might just have become Pweb's most girly member.

How to live the life of Jani the art student:

Wardrobe:

-my favorite jeans
-two or three tanks, tee shirts, vintage sweaters, and/or Good Will discovery tops layered together.
-any of variety of dangly earings. Life is not right if I don't have earings on.
-Cuban Larimar ring on my right middle finger.
-hair tie on my left wrist.
-a variety of pairs of boots, heels, flats, and somewhat sneakerish things that aren't actually sneakers.

The more out of control my life happens to be at any given moment, the more complex the outfit.

Carrying:

-giant, shapeless black leather dump everything bag
-cell phone/life line
-Burt's Bees tinted lip balm
-continually lost set of keys
-journal/sketch book
-Fiber Castel sketching pen M in burnt siena
-Micron artist's pen in .03 (best pen in the WORLD)
-book of poetry of some variety, currently Dickenson
-all of the conents of my wallet taken out of my walet and stuffed into pockets.
-Pom pomegranate lyche green tea, when I can afford it (pretty bad when you go to lunch and your drink costs more than your sandwhich), bottle of water when I can't.
-copius amounts of change jingling in pockets
-fingerless gloves and hat
-puffy coat
-flashdrive/sanity
-iPod, when it's working

[Fris]

Life as a Fris in college:

Wardrobe
- pair of jeans
- t-shirt
- possible sweatshirt
- sneakers
- contacts
- Columbia coat, when outside

Items
- cell phone
- apartment key
- jump drive
- wallet
- Zebra pen
- backpack (when I have class) containing:
+ - three notebooks
+ - two folders
+ - deck of cards
+ - extra Zebra pen
+ - pencil
+ - random papers that haven't made it into a folder
+ - laptop
+ - laptop cord
- gum (occasionally)

[starlooker]

Starlooker in the Pit (the office she shares with 12 other doc students)

1. Counseling Psychology sweatshirt with hood
2. Aquafina bottled water. Dasani only if they were out of Aquafina. Absolutely no carbonated beverages
3. Empty tea or latte cup either from Starbucks or from campus coffee shop
4. Cut out paper snowflakes decorating the space beside your desk
5. Lots of paper on your desk
6. An attitude that doesn't mind if other people are bugged by your hogging the computer
7. A red backpack with a laptop compartment named "Georgette"
8. A squishy pillow to hold in times of stress
9. a comfy (non-recliner) chair you got from surplus
10. Printed out Piled Higher and Deeper comic strips
11. Empty drink tins (hot chocolate, instant coffee, Jack Daniels) filled with candy and/or office supplies
12. Junk. Just lots of junk. Your drawers should be full of it. Junk and paper.

Starlooker at Fieldwork

1. Name badge
2. Jeans on Friday/Loose comfy pants any other day
3. Books on test interpretation
4. An awesome cubiclemate as a support system
5. Change for the vending machine
6. Lunchables
7. A legal pad and a random nondescript pen
8. A nagging feeling of incompetence

[Gravity Defier]

4. Cut out paper snowflakes decorating the space beside your desk

8. A nagging feeling of incompetence

I can add your number 8 to my list, but I really just wanted to tell you how much I love you for having paper snowflakes. Seriously. I just taught a lesson (for a class I'm taking) on how to make paper snowflakes, I love them that much.

[Young Val]

paper snowflakes are the best. i've recently starteed making paper cranes and hanging them from my ceiling.

[starlooker]

Yeah, I went through a major paper snowflake phase. I had bought a big book of scrapbook paper -- and I don't scrapbook. So I'd cut them out when I had insomnia or was watching TV. Now I have about thirty of them -- very lacy, very colorful -- as kind of wallpaper by my desk. It's very psychedelic. I'm thinking of thinning them out.

I love unfolding them, especially when they're extremely lacy.

What's cool is cutting them out of magazine pictures. I have one picture of a cafeteria lady that is now a snowflake. It's kind of eerie. Or pictures of cities, masks, animals -- it's very fun.

[Miss Abbie]

I love paper cranes. I have cranes made out of magazine pages all over my walls.

[Bevis]

wedding band, duh

[ValentineNicole]

Wardrobe:
Essentials? Gah...I thought wardrobes were just for fun...
I suppose, basic tshirts of all cuts and sizes of layers, skirts, loads of dresses, and a couple pairs of awesome fitting pants. Plus boots, heels, and buttery italian leather bags.

Items:
Laptop (I hope THAT doesn't cause controversy here..)
Cell phone
Movies
My cat (which I had to give away)
Nars Orgasm lip gloss, BIG shampoo by Lush, Youki Hi bath bombs, Bare Essentials powder in fairly light and brushes, Nars blush in Orgasm, Tarte blush, Benefit lip tint, benefit eyeliner and brush, Dior Show Mascara
Music
Good friends (are those items?)

[Young Val]

*bump*


Kelly, during the work week, in Midwestern Autumn:

Wardrobe
ballet flats (black, grey, or metallic)
leggings worn to mid-calf
wrap dress
embellished cardigan
employee ID badge
thin headband
denimn jacket
pashmina/scarf
fingerless gloves
engagement ring
claddagh ring
pearl stud earrings
nose stud

Carrying
large tote bag which holds:
ipod and two sets of headphones (yes, two. I often lose/break/forget a pair somewhere)
smart phone (now broken and held together with tape)
wedding planning moleskine notebook
two black pens
alba passion fruit nectar lip balm
small tube of Origins mascara
a forest of bobby pins
three hair ties
a set of bamboo travel utensils (chopsticks, fork, spoon, knife)
scratched $10 gas station sun glasses
a paperback (titles vary)
lunch bag
klean kanteen
coffee-stained embroidered wallet from Etsy containing:
cash
checkbook
BC
MN metro card
MN drivers license
debit card
gift cards to every book store known to man with roughly $1.68 on them each
library card
business cards for: the piercing/tattoo studio up the street and my hairdresser
my healthcare cards
a New York City metro card I am too sentimental to throw out
keys

[Wind Swept]

Chris, during the work week, in Midwestern Autumn:

Wardrobe
a pair of brown Sketchers that look rather like a Converse shoe and a loafer had twins
assorted, mismatched socks
rolled up blue jeans (I should really buy some shorter pants)
v-neck undershirt
boxer briefs
short-sleeved button down shirt ranging in color from forest green to brown
OR obnoxiously bright polo
Columbia fleece
half-rimmed glasses

Carrying
iPad
pockets which hold:
Android phone
MN driver's license
debit card
other debit card
decrepit student id (a.k.a. almost-too-old-to-use-but-not-quite discount card)
healthcare card
keys

[Caspian]

To be Caspian in Grad School you would need:

Attire
There's a lot of leeway here, but you're definitely not looking for anything too nice. If you want to play it really safe you want:
T-shirt with a clever (but never objectionable) saying or logo on it, OR a button-up long sleeved shirt.
Tweed sportcoat OR black blazer.
Brown cords OR Jeans
Thick-rimmed glasses
Dessert boots
Green canvas bag

In the bag
Blue netbook with an apple sticker attached
Books. You're pretty much safe with almost anything here.
Amazon Kindle

NEVER
A pen
Anything useful to write on

In pockets
Orange ipod nano
Keys for apartment building, apartment, office, study room, grad room.
Wallet

In wallet
Various cards but never any money.

[neo-dragon]

Items for a day at work

- keys: house, car, and classrooms/office (of course)
- netbook pc (for work and recreational web browsing when I have few minutes, like right now)
- Iphone (seldom used, but I always like to have a phone when I'm out of the house. Also replaces my previously carried ipod nano)
- Kobo Touch ereader (lunch time reading)
- 8gb USB flash drive (for back-up and quick transfer of essential work related files on my netbook)
- calculator wristwatch (my 3rd of the same model I've been wearing since the 8th grade)
- wallet (of course)

[Jayelle]

Wow, my life has changed since I last posted in this thread.

Jan, going out with the kids.

Wearing:
Jeans
Some kinda bohemian-style top
Watch (very essential)
Rings (Engagement and Wedding)
Socks
Leather shoes
Various essential underthings
Ergo Carrier


Carrying:
In Pockets:
-Keys
-Wallet (cards, no cash)
-Sunglasses
Backpack Diaper Bag with:
-Cloth Diapers
-Wetbag
-Extra Outfit for Maggie
-Extra Outfit for Ginny
-Folding toilet seat
-Crayons and Paper
-Cheerios and/or Crackers
-Bib
-Soother(s)
-Kids book of some kind
-Some kind of small toy or stuffed animal
-Ginny's sunglasses

Other:
-One 3-year-old
-One 10-month-old

[Syphon the Sun]

Wearing:
Suit (brown, black, gray, or navy, all with and without pinstripes)
Button up shirt (mostly with light colors, but a few darker colors for winter months)
Tie (to match or complement the shirt/suit combo)
Oxford captoes (brown or black)
Belt (brown or black)
Tie bar
Watch
Wedding ring (duh)
Half-rimmed glasses (black or silver)

Carrying
Wallet (containing my driver's license, credit cards, some club cards, my health insurance card, and a few bucks in cash)
Business cards
Cellphone
iPod Touch
Pen(s)
Keys (I have two sets of keys: one with the keys to my car, my apartment building, my apartment, my office building, and my office; one with the keys to my wife's car and her apartment)