Comments on: Excursions deep inside a handbag http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/ Locative Media in London Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:05:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: beckyclawson http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/#comment-5 beckyclawson Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:57:48 +0000 http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/#comment-5 To be honest, I'm not sure if we were supposed to write our own blog entry or reply to this one with the assignment, so to be safe, I'm including my response to the assignment in a comment. The contents of my bag included: -one notebook for class notes -one click pen from Texaco Express Lube -my digital camera, which I have used extensively throughout the trip thus far -a notebook with humorous quotes said by fellow Temple University study-abroaders -a receipt for the duty-free liquor Becky Bordo and I bought at the JFK airport -a neon pink bandana, for keeping my bangs in place on bad hair days -a thin black Sharpie pen -the wrapper of a tropical flavored piece of Trident gum -three used batteries -one long black nail filer -a guide to day-excursions in London -the tourist guide to the V&A museum -tampons and pantiliners -$4 -mint waxed floss -an 1/8" to 1/4" adapter for my headphones -one starburst candy wrapper, which I ate on the airplane Tada! We already discussed what these things might imply about me, so I don't feel I need to write much more about them. To be honest, I’m not sure if we were supposed to write our own blog entry or reply to this one with the assignment, so to be safe, I’m including my response to the assignment in a comment.

The contents of my bag included:
-one notebook for class notes
-one click pen from Texaco Express Lube
-my digital camera, which I have used extensively throughout the trip thus far
-a notebook with humorous quotes said by fellow Temple University study-abroaders
-a receipt for the duty-free liquor Becky Bordo and I bought at the JFK airport
-a neon pink bandana, for keeping my bangs in place on bad hair days
-a thin black Sharpie pen
-the wrapper of a tropical flavored piece of Trident gum
-three used batteries
-one long black nail filer
-a guide to day-excursions in London
-the tourist guide to the V&A museum
-tampons and pantiliners
-$4
-mint waxed floss
-an 1/8″ to 1/4″ adapter for my headphones
-one starburst candy wrapper, which I ate on the airplane

Tada! We already discussed what these things might imply about me, so I don’t feel I need to write much more about them.

]]> By: stellablue2 http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/#comment-4 stellablue2 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:59:48 +0000 http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/#comment-4 The contents of my bag included the FIE information packet, one pair of mittens, an empty packet of birth control pills, keys to my flat and one folder containing flight information that my dad put together for me. The FIE info packet was in my bag because of convenience, It was the only place I could put it when first arriving. As far as the folder, there was a note on it reminding me to call Kyle between 6 and 8. Mittens, well, I wear mittens because I am most comfortable in them and they keep my hands warmest. Keys are essential to getting into my flat and locking it up so that everything is secure. The folder of flight information is just an agenda my dad put together in case I am not so organized upstairs in my head, he did it just in case I lost it...my head that is. Empty packet of birth control pills, well they are only empty because I just finished them all. Everything in my bag was pretty essential. All information packets were to keep me organized, birth control too, keeps me regulated. Mittens are essential for warmth. Keys are important for shelter. All of these things are necessities on the surface but I guess if you are willing, you can dig deeper to understang the real meanings behind what these objects mean. To me though, they are nothing but objects that just so happened to be in my bag during that specific point in time and have no relevant meaning. I didn't pack them for any reason (except for the keys) The thing is, I don't think about what is in a bag unless I am preparing for something, which was not in this case. The contents of my bag included the FIE information packet, one pair of mittens, an empty packet of birth control pills, keys to my flat and one folder containing flight information that my dad put together for me.

The FIE info packet was in my bag because of convenience, It was the only place I could put it when first arriving. As far as the folder, there was a note on it reminding me to call Kyle between 6 and 8. Mittens, well, I wear mittens because I am most comfortable in them and they keep my hands warmest. Keys are essential to getting into my flat and locking it up so that everything is secure. The folder of flight information is just an agenda my dad put together in case I am not so organized upstairs in my head, he did it just in case I lost it…my head that is. Empty packet of birth control pills, well they are only empty because I just finished them all.

Everything in my bag was pretty essential. All information packets were to keep me organized, birth control too, keeps me regulated. Mittens are essential for warmth. Keys are important for shelter. All of these things are necessities on the surface but I guess if you are willing, you can dig deeper to understang the real meanings behind what these objects mean. To me though, they are nothing but objects that just so happened to be in my bag during that specific point in time and have no relevant meaning. I didn’t pack them for any reason (except for the keys) The thing is, I don’t think about what is in a bag unless I am preparing for something, which was not in this case.

]]> By: nnlondon http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/#comment-3 nnlondon Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:40:15 +0000 http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/#comment-3 I like this concept: that our bags include so many other signals of shared identity. I like this concept: that our bags include so many other signals of shared identity.

]]> By: beckyclawson http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/#comment-2 beckyclawson Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:59:37 +0000 http://nnlondon.wordpress.com/2007/01/12/a-bag-exposed/#comment-2 I found out the hard way that you have to be logged in <i>before</i> submitting a comment. Here goes (again). I'm assuming the bags are for picking up your dog's waste while walking him/her. If so, it's interesting that at least one of the bags was, from the start, used for carrying something <i>for</i> your dog (and eventually something <i>from</i>). I'll post my contents once I get my list from Dan today. (I don't recall what I had in my bag the day of class.) I found out the hard way that you have to be logged in before submitting a comment. Here goes (again).

I’m assuming the bags are for picking up your dog’s waste while walking him/her. If so, it’s interesting that at least one of the bags was, from the start, used for carrying something for your dog (and eventually something from).

I’ll post my contents once I get my list from Dan today. (I don’t recall what I had in my bag the day of class.)

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