i'm not really a pack rat, but i do tend to hold on to things that have sentimental value. or things that i find amusing. for example, i just ran across a little comic strip i drew one day while i was at work...15 years ago. hahaha...
i worked at Walden Books, and was assigned to man the middle of the mall calendar kiosk most days. there was a rather large, ugly sign that read, "DAY BY DAY CALENDAR COMPANY" i basically stood there and people watched for most of the day-or chatted with the elderly gentlepeople who worked at Hickory Farms. (they gave me lots of delicious cheese & crackers.)
anyway, i enjoyed this job for the most part, except for the fact that people-mostly middle aged to older people-constantly asked if the items (which mostly had the upcoming year emblazoned on the front) were records. i heard a lot of, "RECORDS!? who even has a record player anymore???" (this was obviously before having a record player was fashionable again.) or "what are these things, LP's?" or, "do you have any Chicago?" and, "$12.89 for a RECORD??? that's INCREDIBLE!!" often, when i would explain that it was a calendar kiosk, and all we sold were calendars, i got this response, "well they look like records." sooo....the continuous comments and questions about the calendars being records got on my nerves. a lot.
