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Ohrlyeh Totenkinder
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The Labeling Compulsion by Ohrlyeh Totenkinder

April 8th, 2007 9:56 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Compulsively label things, in your home and in places of business.

So, I'm going to start by admitting that I thought of this task as just one of those throw-away tasks to knock out in between the serious completions. It turned out to be more brain racking that I would have anticipated. I've found that if I’m not into a task I tend to have a really hard time coming up with an idea I like, (perhaps If I have a really good Idea for a task I tend to get into it), but I’m still compelled to do something that I’m proud of.

Any way, I labeled stuff at work.

I started just randomly labeling my tools, but then I put myself into the mindset of a character, which always gets the creativity flowing when I have the limitations of an archetype instead of the boundless possibility of nothing in particular. I naturally fell into a character with an obsessive compulsive fear of everything. I think at that point I really hit my stride. I finished up my tools and my surrounding area and moved out into the rest of the shop. It took me about three days to think up tags for all the stuff that I did...yeah not too excited. I did hit on a few funny ones that I am rather proud of though.

I was so sucessfull at labeling compulsively that I forgot about several things I had labeled. All day the next day at work I kept finding more things with my mark. They made me giggle a little bit. It was like a gift to myself.

all the labels after "Don't try too hard" are the ones that I stumbled upon later.

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Tape dispenser
Not art.
My work clip
my tools 1
My tools 2
Voltaire
My tools 3
Picture Wire
Sterio
Monitor and Keyboard
stamp
Blade
Trash Can
My Camille Rose Garcia Doll
15.jpg
The gem
DSC00926.jpg
Broken broom
mask
box of silk pins
Numatic staple gun
Glass cleaner
measuring tape

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I asked for a Mai Thai
posted by Cthulhu Kitty on April 8th, 2007 10:34 PM

and this is clearly a pina colada. And I asked for no salt, no salt!

Stapler!
posted by Jason 7au on April 8th, 2007 11:47 PM

I didn't quite get the stapler label. Then it came to me. Har!

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posted by r0ck c4ndy on April 10th, 2007 6:47 AM

"Aviod if Depressed"
HA!

update:
posted by Ohrlyeh Totenkinder on April 11th, 2007 5:15 PM

I was so sucessfull at labeling compulsively that I forgot about several things I had labeled. All day the next day at work I kept finding more things with my mark. They made me giggle a little bit. It was like a gift to myself.

all the labels after "Don't try too hard" are the ones that I stumbled upon later.

baby storage
posted by rongo rongo on April 14th, 2007 5:01 PM

Not for baby storage is great, since so many plastic buckets and things come labelled with toddler drowning warning icons.

Points for tremendous wit!
posted by Ziggy C. on April 28th, 2007 4:29 PM

"Not for baby storage." I lawled.

Vote.
posted by Lincøln on October 22nd, 2007 12:19 PM

Vote for haystacks and Danny Glover.