After our successful shopping trip to IKEA over a week ago, I now have a nice system of bookshelves in my office. I have started unpacking boxes of things that have been in my office. Some of the boxes haven’t been opened since before we moved in 4.5 years ago. Some haven’t been opened even before that, and were packed on one of my many moves before I landed in Frisco 7 years ago.
It’s a bit like a time capsule, opening these boxes and going through things I haven’t seen or thought about in years. Some things I found:
A Sony Walkman (cassette) with a mix tape for running filled with The Tragically Hip. The batteries still worked and I listened to a bit of music. That will be donated to because I don’t need a cassette player.
My Anguillan drivers license (dated Aug ’99)
Greeting cards from birthdays and Christmases gone by. Also found cards from co-workers wishing me luck when I left State Farm.
LPs (as in, vinyl records) of some of Jimmy Buffett’s older albums. These were gifts – I’ve only ever purchased his music in CD or live concert form. Maybe I should try to get a complete set (or as complete as possible – I guess they don’t press new albums).
1998 Interstate Exit Authority – a guide to what you’ll find at every interstate exit. This was a gift when I started on the National Catastrophe Team – I think Tim Dayton or Greg Gallop must have given it to me. Tim Dayton for sure gave me a journal to write in when I travelled, I have seen that one recently.
5 pounds of Mardi Gras beads (the really cheap ones)
2 Hurricane glasses from Pat O’Briens
Yes they do!
Actually, they still do press new albums in vinyl form. Tower records has a section devoted to it. I think it is done more for the DJs. Jimmy Buffett may not be popular enough with that group to warrant vinyl records so you may be unlucky there. But they are still making records 🙂