I'm not sure if I have any sentimental pieces in my life really.
I'm trying to think of some... but nothing comes to mind.
I don't see that as a bad thing though, so I'm hardly depressed. :roll2
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I'm not sure if I have any sentimental pieces in my life really.
I'm trying to think of some... but nothing comes to mind.
I don't see that as a bad thing though, so I'm hardly depressed. :roll2
My Pandora bracelet, the watch I got from my Mum for my 21st Birthday and then the letter and card Jane sent me, I keep it because I can't have another one now and she wrote such good advice, so every time I look at it it just helps me so much.
In all honesty the only thing I'm terrified of losing is all of my writing so... I guess my computer's hard drive? :p Although even then I back everything up to Dropbox on a fairly regular basis so something would have to happen to them as well.
Hmm, I dunno. Wait: my game collection. <3
I'm a bit more paranoid with my writing. :P I have my novel backed up on three laptops, two external hard drives, Dropbox and Google Drive. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Pike
My collection of virgin blood.
I have emotional connections to several items I own. A lot of them have memories. But there's nothing that I would feel too particularly heartbroken about losing. Possessions are just that--possessions. While things my hold value to me, in the the end they're just things and can't make you happy. Even if they bring back memories, they don't replace those memories either.
The thing that would probably make me saddest to lose, however, would be my journals. While I've sort of slacked in the last year and a half, I've kept a journal since I was 12 years old. It documents so much of my life. I have a hard time reading them either from embarrassment or bad memories, but it's comforting to know they're there.
My life.
There's pictures of Michael that I've become rather fond of, so I'd part with those last before anything else. Obviously shion is rather fond of them too. :p
Obviously the next thing is my car. I've put a lot of time and personalization into it. It's not worth much more than the average car of that type to anyone else, but I've had it for 14-15 years at least.
Your SOUL
Nuttin. I'd be annoyed at losing a few but there's nothing I'd NEVER give. They're only things, you can always buy new things.
I've also never placed sentimental value on objects. That's the first sign of hoarding. Good memories are in your head fighting constantly with the bad ones. That's where they all live and where you'll find them all. Not in a cinema stub or bracelet or used condom.
With me, there are plenty of drafts of mine floating around in people's emails and for the stuff I've already published, well, I've got hard copies of that! It would really take something pretty major to wipe out most of my work.Quote:
Originally Posted by SynoptikalI'm a bit more paranoid with my writing. :P I have my novel backed up on three laptops, two external hard drives, Dropbox and Google Drive. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Pike
Wesleycat.
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Originally Posted by Pike
I need to start saving stuff to Dropbox or something of the like. I trust my hard drive way too much. I actually had a scare recently where I thought I lost a horror short story I had written for a contest between some college friends that I've been wanting to go back and do more with. I found it was on my now dead old laptop... Luckily, I found it in my email mixed between where all of my academic writing was kept.
So, I'll add my computer's hard drive and writing.
While this is true, there's something that makes a memory much more vivid when you're interacting with an object that to which a sentimentality or memory has been attached. I inherited my great grandmother's wedding rings when she died 10 years ago. I had never seen them before in my life beforehand because she'd gone long past the age of being comfortable enough to wear them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cuchulainn
Even so I know how important they were to her. She and my great-grandfather had the only stable, loving relationship I've actually ever witnessed and those rings symbolize that for me. Also photos of their 50th wedding anniversary, which happened before I was born. You can just tell that they not only loved each other, but that they worked hard to make a life together. I wear those rings on a fairly sturdy chain and it gives me comfort. I know that's in my head, but the object enhances the feeling.
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Originally Posted by Byxor
So they aren't virgins anymore :greenie: