alas, no camera. so no pictures for you. as a bonus, you get to read the contents of three other people's multipuspose bags (you know, the ones they carry with them everywhere). i had them narrate teh contents as we excavated and have recorded their descriptions of the contents.

urban archeaology.....

fascinating.
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contents of lucid's bag
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1 jar homemade raw hummus, mildly fermented (...woops!)
book: the noblest invention: an illustrated history if the bicycle
book: paulo friere in ann arbor, vol 2
2 emergen-c packets, tangerine flavor
1 dr. burt's res-q ointment, 0.6 oz tin
1 burt's bees hand salve, 0.3 oz tin
1 checkbook
1 ann arbor school of yoga schedule
1 yoga class flyer
directions to xpedx
directions to the boston train station
1 scrap of paper with phone numbers written on it
1 scrap fabric
1 camping stove, made from an aluminum can
1 pen, red, pilot precise V
3 receipts: atwater brewery, usps, atm
3 halls defense cough drops
1 small square dark schocolate (eaten shortly after this happy discovery...)
2 envelopes
1 business card-- rosemary sxxxxxx
2 co-op pins
1 quarter
1 nickle
1 penny

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contents of whitenoise's bag
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2(?!) spoons
1 zine: cellular, by christina steurer
1 book: ishmael, by daniel quinn
1 book: the structure of scientific revolutions by thomas kuhn
1 quarter
1 penny
4 black ink pens
2 blue ink pens
2 pencils
1 combo black and white paint pen
1 small white paper bag
1 napkin
1 rental form for west lounge of royal victoria college (left by lucid)
1 email address
1 sugar packet, granulated white. made in toronto
1 flyer: suoni per 11 popolp festival
1 flyer: ypsilanti youth empowered to act
1 flyer: 1508 jewitt
1 pay stub
4 receipts: 2 library, jack's hardware, angelo's
1 business card: jesse a. hxxxxxxxxx
1 michigan voter registration application stub

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contents of cara's bag (non-sfo participant)
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1 pack american spirits
1 map of downtown ann arbor
2 lighters: 1 blue, 1 celestial pattern
1 pouch with:
- 2 UMASS id cards
- 2 coffee cards
- 2 library cards
- 5 uncashed checks
- 1 hidden $20 bill (boy, was she happy!)
-1 list of names
- 10 plastic cards
- 1 temporary license
- 1 expired license
- 1 legitimate license (whew...)
1 notebook of random lists and thoughts
1 pay sheet
1 receipt
1 orange
1 pack gum, half eaten
1 pouch with:
- $40, belonging to her work (she didn't steal it, for better and worse)
- midol
- chapstick
- 3 keys on a ring
- 2 loose keys
1 scrap cigarette paper
1 tin carmex
1 contact case
1 pack matches
1 case "lip venom"
1 cellular telephone, old school style
1 nickle
2 ob tampons
1 handfulk wrappers and "shit"

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contents of alicia's bag (non-sf0 participant)
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1 vanilla charleston chew
1 ban deoderant
1 mini tape dispenser, with tape
1 mini stapler with 9 staples
1 mini staple remover
1 case for stapler, staple remover, and tape (empty)
1 TI83+ graphing calculator
1 128 megabyte flashdrive
1 set of keys
1 satin lips lip balm
1 starbucks coffee hat
1 starbucks training binder
1 starbucks apron
1 class of 2006 pencil (she didn't graduate this year)
1 old pay stub
1 class of 2006 charm pin
1 graduation photo frame
1 piece tissue paper, green
1 graduation bag
planner
1 laptop power adaptor
1 anti-bush pamphlet
digital camera with paul frank case
wallet, contents not inventoried (this could have taken anothe rhour or so)
5 pastel sharpies
3(!) nail files: small, medium, large
checkbook
1 "peace is patriotic" pen
1 spoon
cell phone
1 pack trident gum, 4 pieces left
1 headband
2 blue e-gel pens
5 mechanical pencils
1 green highlighter
2 target nametags
3 fruit-by-the-foot wrappers
1 fruit-by-the-foot peel
8 gum wrappers
1 piece gum
2 receipts (1 target, 1 pilot)
1 $1 bill
3 quarters
4 dimes
1 nickle
15 pennies

(can you imagine carrying all this around with you daily?!?)


as for what you can tell about us... well, i don't know what what you all think, as i am not any of you. you can tell me-- what are these people's passions? what are their interests? how old are they? what kind of jobs do they have/not have? which one would you most want to meet?

if i could add one thing to my bag to describe me more: a rubber band. definitely.

i hope you found this half as entertaining as i did...