2.9.02 – what’s right in front of me

i have the following talismans on my desk:

-the wind-up nun who spits blue-green sparks as she glides across the table, ruler and bible in hand.

-the pipe-cleaner gnome thingy that my dad brought me from sweden. apparently it’s good luck to clip them on your desk lamp, or something like that.

-dedo the benevolent gargoyle figurine that valerie gave me. dedo is my favorite gargoyle.

-yoda figure from the original star wars collection. my brothers and i once had the millennium falcon and all the major characters, but eventually everything except yoda disappeared into the depths of the sandbox.

-a buttercup (the dark-haired powerpuff girl) key chain. when you push the button on her head, she says, “i think they’re asking for a heiny whoopin’!” and then makes some karate chop sounds. she used to live on my key chain but the loop on her head broke off. it’s a memento of lauren, since since she’s buttercup and i’m blossom, the red-haired one (see 3.29.01).

-my golden plastic tiara, because there are days when you just need to feel like the Princess of Everything.

-my deeleeboppers (headband with pipe-cleaner antennae with gold sparkly balls on the ends). they’re actually my coding antennae, so these days i don’t have to don them too often. which is probably a good thing, because they’re so comfortable that i often forget i’m wearing them until i leave the house and wonder why everyone is looking at me funny.