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07:13 / 01.05.02

... my pinkie ring. History, pinkie rings (especially, I think, on the left hand) were a coded signifier of sexual 'inversion'. My own doesn't have any particular personal significance: it's just a cheapo plain silver band I bought from a goth shop in Edinburgh. Other than a watch and (occasional) cuff-links, it's the only piece of jewellery I wear - and even then, I take it off at night and in the bath.

Thing is, I managed to mislay the damn thing a couple of weeks ago and even now, I can't leave the house without my left hand feeling oddly naked and exposed.

What trappings prevent you from feeling naked?

(And the first person to say 'clothes' wins a virtual punch in the neck.)

07:22 / 01.05.02

i HAVE to have my keys very close at hand, i.e. not in my rucksack. keys=freedom, independence, you see (my abusive ex was not keen on me having my keys when we were out, therefore rather shackling me to him).

my rings: all silver, one has 'joy sans fyn' (joy without end in medieval french) on the inside, a present from my parents; one is antique french, a plain band, a present from my then g/f, now my best friend; the third is a heavy band with the hallmarks on the outside, a committment ring from the woman i thought i'd spent the rest of my life with.

anybody wants to rob me of these will have to take em off my dead body.

Fengs for the Memory

07:56 / 01.05.02

My inhaler, it really is the only thing i never go anywhere without. And a ring made from old silver coins made by my grandad in about 1955.

The Return Of Rothkoid

08:46 / 01.05.02

I have to have my silver bracelet on in order to not feel naked. I bought it when I first arrived in London, and pretty much only take it off in the bath or when I go to sleep - sometimes. When I'm out and notice that I'm not wearing it (absentmindedness being a fairly large component of my life) I tend to feel really odd.

I used to feel that way about watches, but don't wear them now. My mobile seems to have taken over that particular fetish...

09:10 / 01.05.02

I understand what you mean rothkoid.I have nop jewelry at all, but I feel naked without my watch, wallet, keys,phone and sundry cards.They all belong in certain pockets of my trousers and if they're not there my balance is off.
Even now I can feel their reassuring weight.
mmmmnnn.

09:23 / 01.05.02

Hell, absolutely nothing. I've spent my life looking for a talisman, or amulet, something that I take with me everywhere and would feel naked without. Never have found one...

10:14 / 01.05.02

i wear different rings everyday, and i only ever wear one on each hand, but i do tend to feel very bare when i don't wear any at all...

10:21 / 01.05.02

Clothes.

I'm going to have to go with my wallet. The last time I left it at home, I went crazy thinking I'd lost it. I'm sure I made a very funny sight walking hunched over looking at the ground and muttering, "Where is it...it can't be lost...where oh where are you"

10:30 / 01.05.02

net connection

Apart from that, wallet, watch, phone, keys. Oh, and Swiss army knife. Phone is particularly handy because I can check my mail from it.

10:32 / 01.05.02

nothing at all.

11:09 / 01.05.02

My silver Ankh necklace which I never remove.

And my watch. I hate going anywhere without a watch!

11:17 / 01.05.02

I had this phase where everyone was giving me watches as presents. I started to feel like people were offering to get me a tattoo, as long as it was of the Grim Reaper... I won't have a clock in my room, and I won't wear a watch (I carry a keyring with a clock in it, ladybird-shaped and v. discreet) - had a real thing about it, thought that coincidence was trying to tell me something ("Hurry up, hurry up!! You've only got a short amount of time here and you're late already"). Finally, my ex's mum saved me from this watch fear when she gave me a watch pendant that had belonged to her grandmother, and said, "This is to remind you, you've got all the time in the world". Which was really nice, and made doubly lovely by the fact that I'd never mentioned my anti-watch feelings to her. But that was threadrot, rather, wasn't it...

Less searchable M0rd4nt

11:19 / 01.05.02

Biiiig ol' boots.

11:21 / 01.05.02

am wondering- where does use value end in this?

Personally I seldom leave the house without keys cos i might, you know, actually want to return there some day without breaking the windows... again

My mobile allows people to call me and serves me as a watch

wallet serves as a receptacle for money/credit cards

travel card allows me ease of transport around the city i live in.

I don't feel naked without any of these, but i seldom leave the hose without them cos they all serve a purpose.

The Natural Way

11:24 / 01.05.02

CD wallet. Very important, esp when in room full of wankers who refuse to question anything. Yeah, guys, capitalism must be THE TRUTH 'cause you're so familiar w/ it and yr lives are so comfy.

11:25 / 01.05.02

that was a nice one, cholister. gave me the morning fuzzies, I like it

moisturizer, lip balm with spf, my glasses (that would actually be quite amusing for onlookers, because Im fairly well blind without them), my id (Im sure that the day Im out without it is the day Im going to get hit by a train), and at least one ring (my favorite for about 2 years is a large, plain crown). I never take out my earrings except to clean them once in a while, and when Ive gone out without them Ive felt very strange

11:47 / 01.05.02

Earring(s), wrist watch, rings (a couple of these given to me by previous partners who are still close friends), and gold chain with a 19thC seal as pendant (I like antique jewellery).

pointless and uncalled for

11:54 / 01.05.02

Nothing. In fact I can't bear to wear any accessories. No rings, no bracelets, no necklaces, no watches. If it's not clothing then I don't wear it.

I live in this slight constant fear that on of my more spiritually oriented friends may give me some kind of jewellery (not an uncommon practice amid some of my circles of friends) and that I will offend them by not wearing it.

My camera is very important to me though and occasionally, when I am out without it, I will be overcome with a feeling of panic that I have left it somewhere until I can remember that I left it at home, so I guess that may count. It's not really nudity, more fear that I have lost something of high monetary, personal and creative value.

11:56 / 01.05.02

My wedding ring will never leave my finger.
Feel a bit self-conscious if I've left my earrings out for a day.
Gotta have my sunglasses, even if it's grey out.
I actually feel naked leaving the house if I don't have some sort of coat on, be it a winter coat or a cardigan or something. Which makes for some uncomfortable time in the summer, whether I wear one or not.

Oridinally posted by bitchiekittie: Im sure that the day Im out without it is the day Im going to get hit by a train

The solution is to stop lingering on the tracks then.

Zoom.

13:24 / 01.05.02

Wristwatch (Swiss Army analog, on its second band).

Pocketknife (Swiss Army, still have the tweezers, but the flathead screwdriver is cracked)

A string necklace with a wooden African river god on the pendant. (I can't remember the guy's name, he looks like a cross between a conch shell and a horse, and he brings prosperity. And I sleep with it on, most of the time, thank you kindly. Even though it's really sort of a touristy kitschy item. And occasionally smells funky.)

A handkerchief and a disposable lighter. (I don't have allergies and I don't smoke, but they're both so *damn* handy. But, I guess, in a different category than the others.)

13:32 / 01.05.02

Naked without...

...eyeliner. It is a rare day that Ierne leaves the house without the application of the liquid elixir that makes hir look exactly the way s/he likes to look – dark & smoldery.

...my skull rings. My maternal grandmother gave them to me so, while they don't have any real value as metal or jewelry, they do have some sentimental value to me. And they're big & scary!

13:36 / 01.05.02

"The solution is to stop lingering on the tracks then"

there are those that tempt me to loiter, and reasons, as you well know, for my delay

We're The Great Old Ones Now

13:36 / 01.05.02

A pen and some paper.

13:46 / 01.05.02

Oh, I forgot to mention my Swiss Army Tool. (Sounds naughty, I know, espcially since my wife is of Swiss descent).

But anyway, it's one of those things that folds out into pliers, has 3 or 4 knives, screwdrivers, etc. When I was working on the campground it was absolutely indispensable, and still is.

Zoom.

13:54 / 01.05.02

I do always wear a stone ring on the middle finger of my left hand - it is turquoise (the semi-precious stone, as well as being turquoise the colour), and turquoise ensures safe travel, as long as it is given as a gift. My family brought me it back from Madrid, and I wore it skydiving. I'm not strawberry jam (as far as I know?), so I guess it might work. I expect it to break at any time though, and would not feel really naked without it. I used to wear a haematite ring on the other hand, but I broke it on sfd's aforementioned very butch bunch of keys (I was trying to prove that girly girls *can* throw and catch keys. I did, but her keyring out-butched me anyway, dagnamit!). I also wore a garnet and silver ring on my right hand, and a labradorite and silver one on my left...but they both got loose. I really liked the labradorite one though, v. beautiful stone...but I am quite glad to have free fingers again.

I used to wear a cord round my neck with a piece of unakite in a metal spiral - my ex gave me it, and I wore it non-stop for over a year. He flushed the first ring he got me down the loo in a fit of pique...and I hated the second, but wore that for ages too. When I took the ring off, and the pendant, nevermind naked, I felt fucking free...

Tryphena Absent

13:59 / 01.05.02

My watch, keys, purse. I'm not a jewellery person, my watch is about as close to jewellery as I ever get.

15:05 / 01.05.02

My ankh, as well.
And mascara. I'm all about the mascara.

15:27 / 01.05.02

My top hat...

...and since I have my pockets filled, I have to have:

Left Pocket: wallet
Right pocket: keys, pens, gum.

Nice and clothed.

18:15 / 01.05.02

My pens. I usually have about 3 on me at all times, of various nib sizes. My wallet is also packed with pieces of folded paper so I usually end up drawing during a moment of boredom. Also my camera. Im naked without my coolpix.

18:36 / 01.05.02

Damn, I forgot pens. I feel naked without a fountain pen in my pocket, which is hazardous to the state of my pockets. It can be a cheap-shit one, and usually is, but it has to be there.

18:40 / 01.05.02

Frightening:

Mobile phone
PDA
Minidiscman (with at least ten assorted discs, depending on mood)
Notebooks
Pens
Wallet
Keys
At least two books (strictly non-fic)
Bible

And my recent additions:

Pen-knife
Cigar cutters (I shit you not).

I'm in real fucking trouble here, aren't I?

18:43 / 01.05.02

When I'm Working: pens

When I'm Not Working: papers

18:48 / 01.05.02

>cough cough< i've been wanting to say glass piece, but i don't always like to have it in the car.

18:49 / 01.05.02

fridgemagnet: cheap-shit fountain pens are far and away the best pens anyway. Them and yellow bics.

expressionless: consider me *gobsmacked*. Well, I reckon you get the 'best dressed man' award then, no?

18:54 / 01.05.02

I carry a frightful amount of crap around with me. Pocket watch, palm pilot, letherman, butterfly knife, keys, wallet, and a bag to hold the rest, which includes various notebooks, books, and assorted crap.

But what I can't do without is only my wedding ring, and my sidgel necklace. Those I don't take off. The rest comes and goes, except for the knife, the watch, the keys, the wallet, the bag... yi!

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