It will probably shock you to know that I'm not very good at cleaning (see that's funny because it DIDN'T shock you...). My room in Michigan was still a disaster and I had no clue where to start with sorting. That's when Reina came to the rescue... and together we decided the difference between the things that were okay to throw away and the things I definitely, absolutely, could 100% not live without.
I am now receiving box after box of these things, and I just thought I would share a few of what we decided were essentials....
1. A gameboy color. About three years ago, at the ripe age of 16, I woke up one morning and thought to myself, "I want a gameboy color." Forget the PS3's and Iphones and whatever else in technology that is infinitely more advanced... I needed a gameboy color. And so, I got on ebay that morning and bought one. I won't lie to you, I have spent many un-wasted hours playing Donkey Kong and Duck Tales 2 on that thing. Probably the best 13 bucks I have ever spent (except for the time I bought a lot of Chicken In a Biskit crackers... that was a good buy as well).
2. A ball of string. To keep in the back of my car in case I need to complete an impromptu prank. Brooke, Reina and I once spent about four weekends in a row pranking the same boy with just a ball of string. He always left his car unlocked at the end of a wooded culdesac, which we would turn into an enormous spider wed--his car being strung up in the middle of it. Yes, you never know when the urge for prank-pulling may hit. A ball of string is completely necessary.
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles boxers. Could be used for two purposes: A) also pranking... there are plenty of weird places you could leave them on someone's house that could be cause for a good laugh. B) in case I need that extra kick to my Raphael costume.
4. Romanian toilet paper. Because it is pink and stretchy and pretty much party streamer. So when people come into my room and it's hanging on the wall, I can be like "Guess what that is?" and they're like, "Party streamer..?" and I'm like, "NO! It's TOILET PAPER."
5. My Lord of the Rings ring I got in my Burger King Mighty Kids Meal when I was like, eight. Complete with elvish. I don't really think I need to explain myself on this one.
6. This thing:
That, ladies and gentlemen, is a plastic-cup-Christmas-nightlight. You can't see it very well in that picture, but it is basically a big sphere made of little plastic cups with Christmas lights protruding from each one. Don't ask me where we got it, all I know is that it has lit up my room every Christmas season probably since I was born. Obviously couldn't leave it behind. Unfortunately, upon plugging it in in Colorado, it seems that the plastic-cup-Christmas-nightlight has seen its last glow. RIP.
And there you have it, folks. 6 essentials to life that I am surprised any of you could be living without. In addition to these treasures, I also have four more boxes I have barely gone through... mind you, I only filled ONE box that I wanted sent to me. It seems that my mother, whom I love dearly, decided to also send me everything out of the crevices of the apartment... in case I wanted to keep those crumpled papers I wrote my name in cursive all over back when I was nine and it was exciting to learn cursive because the education system put us all under the illusion that it was actually necessary to know.
