What inanimate object(s) are you crazy about and...

[hyde]

couldn't live without?

For me it's my chucks. I have an unnatural connection to my converse.





I've had the black pair for about five years now, and the red ones for about four years. I'd be in the fetal position for days if something happened to either pair. My black ones are looking kinda rough these days, but it'll be a cold day in hell before I retire them.

I can't be the only one here obsessed with something inanimate. Give me the dish...

[LeftyMom]

1. Kitchen things mostly. Tupperware. Silicone pans. Oh, and my sewing machine.

I don't look like I'd be good at all that homemaker shit, but I am and I enjoy it.

[Redstone]

2. Sorry, but I don't have any fetishes.

Redstone

[chknltl]

3. My Schuler cue sticks and my cd collection and my photos and my camera gear and....

Ok, so I am an obsessive kinda guy. Welcome to the DU hyde, and welcome the coolest spot in the DU, namely the Lounge. Many, myself included, have this place as an obsession also. Cool addition to the sneakers btw

[Kutjara]

4. My MacBook Pro.

I love me some Macintosh.

[idgiehkt]

5. this picture

seriously, when I saw your username I got my hopes up, lol

I haven't had Chuck Taylors in years...I had red high-tops

I'm not really into objects but I think if I lost my computer I'd lose my mind

[chknltl]

10. Um...is that guy named Hyde also?

I used to know someone named Hyde who looked a lot like the guy in that photo, he is/was a seriously talented musician who lived here for a short while then moved to California.

[idgiehkt]

14. His name is Danny Masterson, he is on "That Seventies Show"

His character's name is Hyde.

[chknltl]

29. Thought he looked familiar...

oops I must be getting old... I wonder if that other Hyde gets ribbed for lookin like the TV one, they do look simular. When I saw the OP name "hyde" I was reminded of the "Hyde" I used to know a few years ago.
c

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Gah, I can't find the full-sized picture anymore...

But here's a crappy 100x100 thumbnail of it:

[Omphaloskepsis]

18. Are you attached to the trucks, or the entire board?

Are those Thunders?

[ghostsofgiants]

20. Fury, actually.

Like I said, can't find the full-sized picture. x(

[Connonym]

7. My super sucky Dyson vacuum

I've got 2 cats and 2 dogs and no other vacuum has been able to keep up with the pet hair. Without the Dyson every surface in my home would like as if it was made of angora.

[Heidi]

8. Only a couple of things, really:

My Caran d'Ache Ecridor series fountain pen, and my Moleskine journals:

[ghostsofgiants]

9. On that note, my pen showed up on Wednesday!

A pleasant surprise after a long, craptacular day. (I also got a new t-shirt in the mail that night. Good night for mail, haha.)

[Heidi]

15. Didja get some ink yet?

Nice ink makes that totally cheapola pen write like a dream, according to CMW. I'm not even using my Hero 329. I'm too addicted to my fountain pens. :evilgrin:

Enjoy! :hug:

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Haven't had a chance yet.

Been busy with school and the like. But thanks! I'm sure it'll make a scribble or two in the ol' Moleskine. :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Heebus!

You write with that or keep it hermetically sealed?

[Heidi]

16. Of course, I write with it.

It writes like a _dream_. Ask reyd reid reed. She has one, too. :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. I'd imagine it would

Just lookin' at it, you can tell it's a Precision Instrument.

It's just so cool, I'd be ascairt to touch it.

[Heidi]

24. Hahahaha!

Believe me, my pens are well cared for; it's the least I can do, given the abuse I put them through. :blush:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. Ooh, one of them fancy pens!

:hi:

[Heidi]

21. Hi, you!

It's not really an expensive pen, though it is "fancy." I have a Mont Blanc fountain pen that three or four times more than this Caran d'Ache; the Mont Blanc skips like crazy and is now relegated to my "pen drawer." I wouldn't trade my Caran d'Ache for a jillion fancier, more expensive fountain pens. I'm _converted_. :P

By the way, :hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

27. It's got a French name, so it's gotta be fancy.

BIC is not fancy. ;) :hug:

[Heidi]

28. :spraycoffee:

Don't say "French"! I have to fly to Geneva for a meeting Tuesday, and I don't speak a _word_ of French. Well, I can say "croissant," but beyond that: :yoiks:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

31. What do you do, BTW?

I don't think I ever asked you that.

[Heidi]

32. Half the time,

I'm a painter, and half the time I'm a corporate communications consult for CMW's business. So, 50 percent of my work is pleasureable, and the other 50 percent is lucrative. :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. Cool!

My job is neither pleasurable nor lucrative. :rofl:

[Heidi]

35. I thought you were a writer.

Oh, never mind. I've done enough writing to know that it isn't always a pleasurable job. :rofl:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

39. Not professionally.

At least not yet. ;)

[Heidi]

42. You'll get there.

:hug:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

44. Thanks.

:hug:

I'm actually entering a screenplay contest soon, so maybe something will happen.

[Heidi]

46. How do you learn to do that?

I mean, I understand how one learns to write story, but don't screenplays have all sorts of formatting rules? :scared:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

50. I use Final Draft software.

Everything's pre-formatted in terms of margins for dialogue, characters, etc., so you just add the words, more or less.

[Heidi]

52. Oh. I forgot about technology.

:blush:

I had a vision of you sweating over a manual typewritter, counting indents and double and triple spaces. :scared:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

53. LOL!

Although I do write in longhand before I type it up. I guess I like having an original "organic" copy laying around.

[Heidi]

57. If you're a longhand writer, you really, really need to visit this website:

www.moleskine.com

[Starbucks Anarchist]

67. Thanks for the link.

I went to the US site, though. :D

I might pick one up sometime.

[ghostsofgiants]

69. You definitely won't regret it.

I love mine.

[ghostsofgiants]

54. Good program.

It's what I use too, whenever I get an idea for a scene that might be worth working into a screenplay whenever I get around to actually writing one, haha.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

62. I think you'd come up with a cool screenplay.

Or at least a kick-ass soundtrack to someone else's script.

[ghostsofgiants]

66. Haha...

Yeah, I have a few friends who say they'd love to see me make a film. I hope to at some point. The soundtrack/score would be probably done by my my friend Nick though, his music fits the type of mood I'd probably want for anything I make.

[Omphaloskepsis]

13. I collect Apple products..

I love them all. I have about thirty Macintosh's stored. Including my first, circa 1984.

[Heidi]

23. My first computer was a Mac.

And every newsroom I ever worked in was Mac-based. :thumbsup:

[Omphaloskepsis]

33. I gave all of them names.

How can you get rid of something after you give it a name?

[Heidi]

36. Your compassion is boundless, my friend.

Funky, but still boundless. :rofl:

[Omphaloskepsis]

38. Nerdtastic....

I'm naming my next one Heidi.

[Heidi]

40. Hahahahaha!

Wait. Was that a threat? :spray: :rofl:

:hug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

55. Not at all...

The next iMac upgrade I will buy.. I will call it Heidi. You will be famous. We all win..

[Heidi]

58. I knew it wasn't a threat.

Besides, Heidi isn't my _real_ name, anyway. :rofl:

:hug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

63. I always get fucked over by facts...

Damn

[ghostsofgiants]

70. Dude, have you learned nothing from George H.W. Bush?

"I will never apologize for the United States, ever. I don't care what the facts are."

Apply the philosophy of the second sentence to every aspect of your life, and things get much easier.

[Omphaloskepsis]

72. Perfect -- I can never be wrong...

If this works I am going to have tons of sex. j/k

[ghostsofgiants]

37. The only inanimate object I've ever names is my iPod. But it asked me to name it.

[Omphaloskepsis]

41. I always name mine..

rewardIFreturned

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Tools

All kinds o' tools.

Doesn't have to be Guy Tools, either. This morning, I was jonesing for a set of needle files.

I totally anything that lets or helps me make or improve stuff.

[Heidi]

25. I have my own staple gun.

Does that count as a tool? :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. Yup

I'd like to have two or three of 'em. :7

[Heidi]

30. I bought it so that I could stratech my own canvases.

Then I found out how cheap it to just by pre-stretched canvas. So now, I just keep it around to make myself feel handy. :D

[Jamastiene]

43. My Baby Blue.

It is not actually baby blue in color. It is royal metallic blue. It is a 1988 Jackson Charvel Model 2 electric guitar.

This one:



I want it creamated with me.

[Nicole]

45. My phone

It sends dinner to my door & everything!

[u4ic]

47. No one's said the 'remote' yet?

:hide:

[Heidi]

49. I once counted the remotes in our house.

It was an embarrassingly high number. :yoiks:

[u4ic]

56. I've only got 2

...somewhere...:shrug:

[Heidi]

59. :giggle:

I know that I could locate a couple of our remotes . . . if I wanted to get up and look for 'em. :rofl:

[u4ic]

68. Oh I know where mine are...

in the chesterfield cushions...under the chesterfield cushions..by the chesterfield...on the floor...on the windowsill...on the entertainment unit...on the mantle...or like the other night when I was far too late getting to bed and trying to stack dishes...in the kitchen cupboard. :silly:

[Oeditpus Rex]

64. I've got one in my *truck,* fer chrissakes

Thought that was kinda silly when I bought the stereo, but lemmetellya — it feels safer when I'm boppin' down the highway and don't have to look for knobs and stuff.

[fizzgig]

48. my chucks for sure

i've had my black ones for about five years too and they've been on some crazy adventures with me.

the other one is my teddy bear. i'm serious. i've slept with this bear just about every night for just about my whole life and i hate to be away from it. that bear has seen as much of the world as my chucks have but not quite as much fun

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. I could NOT live without these things!

My car:


My computer:


My camera:

[Heidi]

60. I love that car, Peggy.

And if my desk were that clean, I'd be in heaven. :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

61. Thanks!

The car is wonderful......I'm so happy with it!

And actually, my desk is now cleaner......the part to the left of the computer, that is....

Of course, my bill-paying desk is a mess!

:loveya: back atcha, gf!

[Heidi]

65. You have a separate desk for bill-paying?

I probably should consider getting another desk, just to catch the overflow. :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

74. Yup, I do!

My rolltop desk, in the kitchen, is for bill-paying and what not!

I could not function at all without it!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

71. Welcome to DU, by the way!

I only just notice you're a n00b. :P

[yellowdogintexas]

73. computers, obviously and a house full of books definitely

I also confess to a huge addiction to kitchen stuff.

Although I know what I could strip down to in the kitchen ware area if necessary:
If I had my wok, my stovetop steamer and a good iron skillet I could manage for quite some time. But only if I had to.

Oh yeah CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS!!! We collect them and have souvenir ones, themed ones etc.

[YankeyMCC]

75. My vintage Terry Cloth robe

I've had it since 1991. :)

I don't think it'd be polite to post a picture of it. ;)

[hyde]

76. no...I'm not Danny Masterson. lol.

I'm a girl, and Hyde is only short for Heidi, so I guess that Mac could technically be named after me as well. :D

[YankeyMCC]

77. Ah...what now?

[ghostsofgiants]

78. I think she replied to the wrong post.

Look toward the top of the thread.

[hyde]

79. yeah...my bad

I wasn't replying to your post about the robe. Although i'm sure it's fabulous. :)