memetic heretic

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Via rdiamond.

So, say you were meeting a new person--blind date, new friend, who knows. And you wanted them to have some idea of what kind of person you are, and who you are. But you can't actually tell them in so many words. Instead, you have to give them a box, with a dozen things in it for them to look at/read/listen to/taste/whatever. "What would you put in the box? And a copy of your journal or a link to your LJ would be the same thing as just telling them directly, yourself, so that's not allowed.

Items 1-4 would be four CDs: King Crimson's Discipline, Duke Ellington's The Far East Suite-Special Mix, Juan Luis Guerra 4.40's Areito, and Throwing Muses' untitled album.

5) A jar of Nutella.

6) A bag of lentils.

7) A half-pound of Atlantic scallops (the big ones, not the puny bay scallops).

8) The D&D 3.5 player's handbook.

9) A soccer ball.

10) A Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito T-shirt.

11) A bottle of Inniskillin Vidal icewine.

12) My cracked aluminum baseball bat, Opie.