recently i went back to dracut (i need to stop the annoying habit of calling it 'home,' as i now live in a leased apartment which i rarely leave) to finish clearing up my old room, and a need to calm down after what proved to be a rather unsettling experience and an obsessive desire to make a list resulted in this:

a complete list of items salvaged from various quarters of the bedroom of my youth and teenage years, examined, kept, and placed into two small white copy paper boxes to live on the top of my old closet

- phantasy star online soundtrack cd.

- christmas ultimate parody 16, a collection of parody christmas songs and comedy sketches, compiled and burned by matt when we were in 8th grade, named after dragonball z: ultimate battle 22 for playstation, which i'd recently acquired a working import version of.

- polaroid joycam photos of the last day of 7th grade (loose), including george walking an invisible dog, george hanging from a light fixture, kyle and krystal screaming at each other in front of a stereo in the music room, and the entire music class re-enacting the 'bohemian rhapsody' scene from wayne's world with classroom desks in car formation.

- polariod joycam photos (in box) of the last day of 9th grade, when kyle, megan, matt, orso, justin, kaleigh and myself went to the brettcave, otherwise known as brett's basement room. jedi outcast ozma, and vanilla coke ensued.

- weezer ticket-- 21 july 2002 in mansfield: went with kyle, kaleigh, alli.

- white t-shirt written on in multicoloured marker (never washed, never worn) from the last days of 9th grade spanish, part of an assignment in which we made spanish-themed t-shirts (which went awry)-- i wrote 'crimex: el reloj mafia' (crimex: the clock mafia, spanish) in large letters, and heather wrote 'vivi, la heather' and 's'agapo [heart] heather' (i love you, love heather, greek).

- official new york-penn league baseball-- game ball from a lowell spinners game.

- who were the pharaohs?: a history of their names with a list of cartouches by stephen quirke.

- soul calibur promo poster.

- final fantasy anthology: official strategy guide.

- 'the fan': an ink drawing of kyle, wearing a tal bachman shirt, with his characteristic expression, circa grade seven. folded notebook paper, signed by the artist, matt.

- r.e.m. holiday single from 2000 (33 1/3):
1. christmas time (is here again)
2. hastings and main
3. take seven

- computer printout of a picture of sasha bell from the original promo material for the finishing school, her first solo album.

- mst3k fan club welcome pack (white folder).

- a list entitled 'fox's next fall lineup' by myself and matt, listing alternate names of popular shows for comedic effect, including 'family die: the tragic two-parter.' circa 7th grade.

- faux-stained glass window hanging of a guardian angel with two children on a bridge.

- environmental school journal - 'may 11-15, 1998'

- westboro baptist church flyer: 'englesby school is a homo-fascist regime.' printed out to show around school to gather interest for the counter-protest, which massively outnumbered said religious crazyfolk.

- graduation hat/tassels.

- notebook (blue) with only three pages written on. titles are:
1. 'what is important' (3 july 2003)
2. 'people that (who?) matter' (undated)
3. 'what is important to me' (23 august 2003)

- the phantom tollbooth

- the little webster dictionary, bought from courtney for three dollars, grade 4.

- small icelandic tabloid magazine.

- salem state college orientation button (my name in red).

- small green camouflage pouch (empty).

- silver mini-maglite (broken).

- extra key to blue trunk.

- illin' mathematicians '04 sticker.

- mrs. mccabe's card, with her e-mail address written on it.

- derrick thomas football card, from phil.

- democratic socialists of america membership card (expired december 2005). card arrived initially with the '5' handwritten over a 4, since they evidently had cards left over from the previous year.

- small yellow umbrella, as for cocktails. this has something to do with monica.

- high school student identification cards (4). kaleigh was collecting everyone's old ones and i guess i never got around to giving her mine.

- photograph dated 30 january 2002, taken by rosette. her brother's wild squirrel on top of her refrigerator.

- amnesty international sticker.

- galaxie 500 copenhagen cd insert, 'come ride the fiery breeze of galaxie 500.'

- lipton green tea with citrus bottle from quebec-- 'thé vert aux agrumes.'

- ms-07 gouf sd action figure.

- weezer bboard name tags (laminated) from aforementioned show, with my forum name (enjoy jojo), used by virtual users to identify each other at the concert. we ran into a small group and had an awkward conversation. kaleigh thought she saw one other person (recognised her from her picture) a few rows up from us during the show.

- homer simpson church key.

- greek bracelet from an elementary school era birthday party at cassie's.

- seating tag from the prom i attended (25 may 2006).

- hush records sticker.

- fake love letter from me to bethany by katie, with bethany's name spelled incorrectly.

- invitation to nickie's 16th birthday party, 23 june 2003.

- women who rock magazine, september/october 2003-- meg white on cover.

- 'vote alli for class of 2005 vice president' stickers.

- imitation beanie baby frog.

- collection of 'super dog' comics (a hot dog who battles other, more criminal foods) i drew in 2nd grade in a folder with a hot rod on the cover ($1.00, school store).

- elementary school yearbooks. each year there was a theme:
1994 - golden apple
1995 - fish for knowledge
1996 - fly into memories
1997 - through the doors
1998 - going out in style
1999 - unlock the mystery of "99"

- plastic musket pistol (black).

- 'maple the bear' beanie baby (complete with canadian flag).

- great illustrated classics: the prince and the pauper and the time machine.

- 8th grade class picture in small poster tube.

- english leather wallet (brown).

- yoda action figure.

- the telegraph company distribution sampler number 1 cd.

- junior high yearbook: there had been a page of pictures missing, so they were handed out on the other side of the building on the last day. next, the building was locked and we were left outside to gather signatures, wait for the bus to come, or run away.

- final fantasy vii original soundtrack.

- thesaurus musicarum: the pitchfork year in music, 2003.

- 'ace bandit records' bumper sticker concept design.

- high school yearbook with separate autograph insert including messages like 'stay deep, brother' (kaleigh) and many others, some now illegible. i started reading monica's, cried, and stopped. i know why i saved this for last.