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In December of 2006 and January of 2007, I kept a journal of small paper squares and here it is for you to see! Each day is represented by one square. Most of the paper displayed was created or acquired on that day.

What follows is an explanation of each square. The explanations were transcribed from notes (the image on the right). If you view the original document and not the transcription below, you’ll:

a. see my handwriting at its worst
b. witness my disregard for spelling/grammar
c. read strange little asides

Anyway, here’s the edited version:
2006.11.18 - receipt for too heavy luggage >_< (until 2006.11.22)
2006.12.02 – Starbucks bag (contained an M&M cookie)
2006.12.03 – library receipt from Jefferson & Civil Liberties: The Darker Side
2006.12.04 – from sheet explaining in-class exercise of Darfur
2006.12.05/06 – from intro drafts on libel paper
2006.12.07 – from package for color splash flash
2006.12.08 – from op-ed assignment sheet
2006.19.09 – from pocky box ^^
2006.12.10 – bought a sweater from J. Crew (it’s pink ♥)
2006.12.11 – from scrap paper
2006.12.12 – white chocolate wrapper
2006.12.13 – cut from notes on Korean wave paper
2006.12.14 – Gourmet Heaven #2 wrapper
2006.12.15 – more from K-wave paper scribbles
2006.12.17 – from scratch paper for Korean final
2006.12.18 – from bag from stationery store on Chapel
? 2006.12.31 – Starbucks
2007.1.03 – Opry Mills movie ticket – Pursuit of Happyness
2007.1.05 – directions to Social Graces, &c.
2007.1.09 – Sims 2 game purchased
2007.1.12 – Anthropologie return mail slip for Jen’s candle
2007.1.18 – from envelope labels
2007.1.20 – J. Crew receipt bag
2007.1.21 – J. Crew clothes tag
2007.1.26 – paper from Anthropologie package with peacock box
2007.1.26 – Asian idol
2007.1.31 – receipt from Labyrinth Books for [Chinese] books
2007. 2.2. Delia’s receipt
2007.2.4 – tag on Delia’s headband

*The images are thumbnails

I remember…

1. When Napster was popular. While Napster definitely had its legitimate uses, most people used it as a one-stop shop for .mp3s. But, you know, nasty netizens still haven’t given up on downloading costly music for free. They will never give up! They’re dirty little migrants. When the feds shut a particular piracy party down, netizens simply move elsewhere. After Napster, there were Morpheus and Scour. When M & S went down, Limewire, eMule, BitTorrent, &c. began to prosper. When they’re taken out (if they’re taken out) where will people go? mIRC? It’s the only thing that’s been around forever.
2. When Netscape Navigator was the IE alternative. Firefox is the it browser now. No one uses Netscape. There are people who haven’t even heard of it. I like Firefox but, part of me wants Safari to eat up its popularity. Safari displays colors properly. Firefox doesn’t. I like it best when images look their best – who wants a browser that messes around with color?
3. When netizens created websites on geocities.com. Then, blog wasn’t a word. Livejournal didn’t exist. Nothing seemed to exist. If you wanted to make your own site for free, you went to geocities. Your site address was long and had numbers in it. It resembled a street address. You could have been number 4531 in Area51 or Tokyo or the Hollywood Hills. geocities.com/tokyo/7792…
4. When <i> was used for italics, <b> was used for bold, <u> was used to underline, and when <br> didn’t contain a ridiculous /. Now, everyone is nuts about <em>, <strong>, and closing tags. <em> for italics. <strong> for bold. As for <u>, well – no one wants to replace it with anything so, use it while you still can. Underline. Underline. Underline.
5. When netizens put unstoppable .midis on their sites. Enough said. For the curious, this is an old school site with .midis.