> I've been here too short a time to know what some of those things refer to (although amazingly, I have a pretty good idea for all but one), but I can think of one thing I would add the the time capsule.
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> DOG!
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> Don "The Monkey'DOG!'man" Jackson


That goes for me, too. However, were I to place some things in a time capsule to represent myself, it would include the following:

-Jelly Belly jelly beans...both cuz I like them and because my nickname in 7th grade was Jelly Bean.

-A piece of Swiss cheese because, for some reason, I'm fascinated by it. Who cares how furry it would grow over the years? Age beautifies cheese, and whoever found it sure would be in luck! (kinda)

-One of those little plastic hands that wave back and forth when you "suction-cup" them to the rear window of a vehicle.

-a notebook of my writings.

-my (broken) Discman

-This little thunderegg rock I got for free at a yard sale once. Just because it's ugly on the outside, and beautiful on the inside.

-My diary from 8th grade and the most recent one I'd have at the time so people could see how I changed so much in so short of a time.

-Photos of my family, friends, my dog (she's a 2 year old beagle named Penny), and a picture of me holding a flying chinchilla.

-hopefully something from someone very special.

-Cool Whip and Cheez Whiz

-a metaphorical list of how I feel in different situations...that kinda goes along with the poetry thing, though.

-a copy of all the newspapers I've worked on in Journalism.

-a copy of my first two [and so far only] paychecks (I wrote little sports articles with a friend for a local paper before it went out of business).

-a little vial of my tears...just because.

-my Chemistry book with a huge red "X" on the front of it.

-my first Bible (a little 3rd grade reading level one).

-the tactball from my mouse because the Internet would be impossible to put in there.

-one of those stupid cylinder-shaped objects that "mooooooo" when you turn them upside down.

-an MRI of my brain and a print-out of what my brain's doing while I'm asleep.

-a warm, fuzzy sweatshirt that says, "HUG ME!" on the front because I never get enough hugs and it would at least let people know I liked them.

-(not that it'd fit, buuuuut...) one of those spherical-shaped objects where, when you touch them, a little bolt of electricity follows your finger around...umm, I forget what they're called.

Woo, got carried away. If I had to narrow it down to one thing I'd put a notebook full of my writings in there because you can say a lot with words. Maybe not enough sometimes, but they could get a basic depiction of who I was and what made life great for me.

~Den-"Oh, and I'd cram the bulletin board from Journalism into there, too"Kara