death threats and love lettersfood: my personal favorites are pre-packaged goods. like granola bars. or those little pop-top fruit cups. pop-tarts seem like they'd be a good idea but they're actually easily crumbled. and anything will rip the little foil wrapper. occasionally i'll carry something in tupperware or plastic baggies. nothing that melts (or rots) easily. as far as carrying a drink goes, sippy cups (like for toddlers) work really well. they're pretty cheap and they're made to not leak or spill. the downside is you look like an idiot drinking from it. i've actually done it on the train and it's a good thing i'm chock-full of self-esteem. otherwise i think i would have been permanently shamed.
reading material: keep it light (weight and size matter here). magazines with lots of pictures (i'm personally a fan of tattoo and fashion magazines, as if you couldn't tell), phat zines, paperbacks, lost poetry volumes. i occasionally carry a few children's books too, to brighten my mood. bonus points for reading something that gets you a date. i've found that H. P. Lovecraft usually gets me the gothy college boys, and Tattoo Savage gets me all kinds of bod mods.
arts & crafts: lots of people make bead jewelry. i personally don't recommend this as it is damn near impossible to keep everything localized after a while (if your bag is anything like mine, you'll shatter a few of those little case things and find beads everywhere you don't what them to be). always carry a sketchbook or journal of some sort. you never know when inspiration will strike. i spend a lot of time working on clothes (urr!)--sketching, altering hems by hand, slowly embroidering. your best bet is to set it up beforehand. i tend to thread a bunch of needles and then put them in the fabric (a thought i had after many wounds). i keep safety pins either in some sort of tin (either sucrets or an empty cigarette tin) or attached to an article of my clothing in case i fuck up, or if i can't finish something before i need to wear it.
stationery: shit, if worse comes to worse, write a letter! someone somewhere would love to hear from you. carry stamps in case you decide to send a postcard to the man or woman you plan to marry (regardless of that pesky restraining order) so you can mail it from wherever you are and possibly escape suspicion. i tend to pick up postcards everywhere and mail them to whosever address i come across first. you can get really good stationery for cheap at places like Target and TJ Maxx. i've never really looked at Wal-Mart because i just don't. don't forget to pick up some cheap stickers to throw in an envelope.
death threats and love letters
my
deadjournal: the thing you've been reading in the meantime...
this month's topic...
being one of those horrible vegetarian people
managing to eat at just about anyone's house (or restaurant for that matter)
people, places, and things that i adore
makeup tips that
would make Martha Stewart cry like a little bitch
and
things you'll need to maintain your rock-and-roll lifestyle
my future husbands (and wives)
a
little somethings for all the single folks...
the perils of internet dating (coming soon)
my
better half, my partner in crime
the survival series--living out of your bookbag
part one: getting through the day (you are here)
part three: minding the monsters
