The Junk Drawer

A junkie runs on junk time. When his junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. [William Burroughs, Junkie]

A Word on the Categories

Filed under: Emergency Numbers — dawn at 3:03 pm on Monday, January 30, 2006

First, these categories were fun to make up, trying to think of things that might actually be in a junk drawer and what might correspond to them.  Todd was frustrating to work with, however, having little grasp of the concrete.  He kept suggesting really abstract categories like “Everyone Must Get Stoned,” and I would have to ask, “so how is that something that could be in a junk drawer??”, but eventually we got it done, and he did have some good ideas ;)

Here’s what we had in mind for content within the various categories, but really, it’s all pretty loose:

  • Cat Treats, Dog Leashes, and Fish Food:  Pet/animal stuff
  • Emergency Numbers:  Requests for help, blogging advice, that sort of thing.  Anything other brooders can answer or help each other out with.
  • Lint and Toenail Clippers:  The odd junk that doesn’t fit anywhere else
  • Newspaper Clippings:  Speaks for itself, I think.  Links, comments, etc. on news items.
  • Passports and Postcards:  Travel
  • Sixth-Grade Snapshots:  Pictures, not necessarily of you in sixth-grade, but that would be ok too
  • Yo-Yos and Uno Decks:  Fun stuff–weird websites, jokes, outrageous but truth things, etc.

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Comment by dreams

January 30, 2006 @ 3:46 pm

Geeze. First there are no limits and now there are categories that are not intuitive. I kinda like picking one at random for amusement purposes. It’s like telling me there’s no Santa Claus … I feel disillusioned, to know that I must now confrom. Sigh.

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Comment by Matthew

January 30, 2006 @ 8:35 pm

I really like this theme, by the way. It’s got some potential. I hope we stick with it. Just gotta come up with some relevant sites for those blank links in the header image.

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Comment by dhalgren

January 31, 2006 @ 2:26 pm

No need to conform–use as you will :)–Dawn

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Comment by dhalgren

February 1, 2006 @ 3:01 pm

I’ve added a few more categories that Matt suggested

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