What a Dork.

I spent a good portion of the day cleaning out my piles of leftover school papers and junk. I now am sniffling and sneezing all over the place due to airborne dust particles. I should have worn a surgical mask.

Sifting through personal things is always difficult...how does one decide what is valuable enough to keep, and what needs to be thrown away? I never knew cleaning would be such an emotional journey. I found a note my friend wrote me before going for Hajj. I found birthday postcards from my grandfather, old notebooks filled with complicated emotional times, and more.

But I won't bore you with those. Here are some of my more entertaining finds:

Exhibit A: Hideous Earrings


To this day I don't know what possessed me to purchase these. In my defense, they're from Egypt, and my judgment is always clouded when I'm there.


Exhibit B: Adhesive Mustache


I probably don't need to elucidate my obsession with facial hair. But I still own this article, and it makes me quite happy.


Exhibit C: Various Doodles Drawn while in Social Work Student Orientation Session at Sick Kids






Exhibit D: My Photocopied Hand from High School


I remember we snuck into the teachers' lounge and photocopied our hands and faces. And that seemed to be very mischievous at the time. I really don't know why I still have this photocopied hand.


Exhibit E: Ryerson Clipboard that I used all throughout my U of T Years


I've had this clipboard since the 9th grade. Back when Ryerson was still called "Ryerson Polytechnic University." I used it at U of T and people thought I was disloyal to my own university. But I didn't care. It's completely ripped up now but I am definitely keeping it.


And last but definitely not least...

Exhibit F: My Old Glasses


These glasses must date back to the 4th or 5th grade - look at the elegance, the style! Aw man, these definitely go in the "keep forever" pile. I know for a fact that I've always been such a dork.

Thus ends my venture into the past. *ACHOO*