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d_aulnoy"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most" - Ozzie Osbourne
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my pants the most" - Anonymous
An addition to the thoughts of the last post: of all the things you've lost, what do you miss the most? For the most part, I tend to be pretty insane about security issues (I am totally the girl who goes back to check if she's locked the door, periodically pats herself down to locate her keys and wallet, etc.), but occasionally, given illness or distraction or sheer bad luck ... these things happen.
Aside from The Great (Near) Laptop Disaster of '07, my categories of Stuff Gone Astray generally fall into the generic (umbrellas left in cabs and single gloves left gods-only-know-where), but there are a few exceptions ... and these always make me think of Anne Fadiman's comments on the vagrancy of objects. In particular, she has an essay about a favorite pen which, in her opinion, must have rebelled against being kept in purdah to disappear into some mysterious crack in her desk, never to be found again. One of the first rings I ever made pulled a Fadiman (Pen-iman?) on me back when I lived with my parents ... I can only assume that it will eventually re-emerge when they redo the floors, or convert to central air, or something. Other objects that have gone to live with the elves, or in The Land of Lost Things, include the last (signed!) copy of Drawing Down the Moon that I bought to replace the latest copy to have gone the way of loaned-to-a-friend-and-lost-forever (where I assume it's keeping company with the copy of Drawing Blood which I bought under the same circumstances), my corkboard and all its contents (I have faith that these are just hiding somewhere in the clutter of "just moved"), and my favorite grey cashmere hat, which disappeared for 2 years, only to turn up all warm and smug in the drawer where I'd last seen in ... right in time for my move to California.
I'm generally aiming for things like keys or earrings or whatever here, but feel free to include love, faith, etc.
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my pants the most" - Anonymous
An addition to the thoughts of the last post: of all the things you've lost, what do you miss the most? For the most part, I tend to be pretty insane about security issues (I am totally the girl who goes back to check if she's locked the door, periodically pats herself down to locate her keys and wallet, etc.), but occasionally, given illness or distraction or sheer bad luck ... these things happen.
Aside from The Great (Near) Laptop Disaster of '07, my categories of Stuff Gone Astray generally fall into the generic (umbrellas left in cabs and single gloves left gods-only-know-where), but there are a few exceptions ... and these always make me think of Anne Fadiman's comments on the vagrancy of objects. In particular, she has an essay about a favorite pen which, in her opinion, must have rebelled against being kept in purdah to disappear into some mysterious crack in her desk, never to be found again. One of the first rings I ever made pulled a Fadiman (Pen-iman?) on me back when I lived with my parents ... I can only assume that it will eventually re-emerge when they redo the floors, or convert to central air, or something. Other objects that have gone to live with the elves, or in The Land of Lost Things, include the last (signed!) copy of Drawing Down the Moon that I bought to replace the latest copy to have gone the way of loaned-to-a-friend-and-lost-forever (where I assume it's keeping company with the copy of Drawing Blood which I bought under the same circumstances), my corkboard and all its contents (I have faith that these are just hiding somewhere in the clutter of "just moved"), and my favorite grey cashmere hat, which disappeared for 2 years, only to turn up all warm and smug in the drawer where I'd last seen in ... right in time for my move to California.
I'm generally aiming for things like keys or earrings or whatever here, but feel free to include love, faith, etc.