Wall Series - Day 05 Green Wall (Bathroom)

Another green one? This one's lighter.

Wall Series - Day 03 and Day 04 - Green Wall and Pink Wall

 It's green. Anything to say, really?

Day 03 - Green Wall

I know it doesn't look a bit like pink, but again, you're going to have to trust me. It's a very pale shade of pink.

Day 04 - Pink Wall

Wall Series - Day 02 - Yellow Wall (Middle room)

Considering the time, lighting, shadows and darkness of the yellow paint, this doesn't look particularly yellow. But why would I lie about the colour of a wall?

Day 02 - Yellow Wall (Middle room)

Wall Series - Day 01 - Blue Wall (My bedroom)

In commemoration of Roger Waters performances of The Wall Live coming to Australia next year (next year? Uwaaaaa!?), we here at An Object A Day (meaning me, He Who Must Not Turn Down Donations) bring to your the first of our Wall Series.

Day 01 - Blue Wall (My bedroom)

Donkey Cards and Bedside Lamp

 Some sort of party cracker quality deck of cards. 2 of certain animals and a card explaining rules. Never played with them. How do I know this? All the pairs are in order.

My bedside lamp. It isn't even plugged in because the powerpoint I used to use is occupied. Yet it stays there, hoping I'll plug it in someday. I try not to get its hopes up but it waits for me, sometimes weeping when it thinks I'm looking the other way.

Light Globe

 I used to have a recurring nightmare (one of many) where the light in my room would not work. It would feel like real life and I would walk in my room, flick the switch and the light would not come on. The rest of the dream usually of monsters appearing from the darkness in other rooms as I walked around within the last few seconds of the dream. The happenings in the dream weren't so scary, just the fact that I knew something would come to 'get' me in the end. A few years ago (years after the nightmare had finished) my lightbulb actually had fizzled out. I didn't think it was a dream because of course, in real life you know it's real life. In a dream you only think it's a dream.

Glow in the Dark Planets and Stars

 They've been on my bedroom ceiling for as long as I remember. There used to be 2 planets but one seems to be gone now. I also remember then being way brighter than they are when the lights are off these days.

I almost didn't bother adding the glowing image because the quality is so poor and they glow oh so non-brightly. But what the hell, it's the whole point of them, they might as well earn their keep.

Goggles Case

There's a story behind this goggles case. Once upon a time I had a set of goggles. They broke. I then required a new set of goggles. This is the case that contained that new set of goggles. For years they were the only pair I owned and used. Then, at the start of 2011, they were used for the last time. Not by me, but by somebody else. Physics and the natural order of the universe could not allow this, as they belonged to me, but I attempted to break this order by being generous and selfless by lending them to said other person. It would be a manner of minutes, perhaps seconds after I consented their use by the other that they had decided that they would rather destroy themselves than protect the eyes of another. Loyal to the bitter end, the goggles died that day after being returned to mine hands. The offer to have the goggles replaced was not one that I could accept, for no other goggles could be as loyal as those as brave as the ones that would rather take their own life than serve the eyes of another. The case was kept as a reminder of the bond we once had, and will remain with me until the memory of the goggles has faded. 

tl;dr?

Somebody broke my goggles, you know who you are you bastard.

PS: The goggles didn't really mean anything to me.

Prologue:

Lucas never replaced his goggles. He hasn't submerged his head in water ever since.

Juan's Sombrero and Roy the Gorilla

 When my friend Juan was about to go to New Zealand, he and I went to another friend's house to have a sort of farewell hangout. I can't remember why, but he brought his sombrero and the two of them wore theirs (I didn't have one). When Juan left the next day he left it behind, so I took it home with me. He came back soon after and I never did give it back. Juan, if you read this, remind me about the sombrero and I'll give it back to you.

I have a handful of gorillas/monkeys similar to this one. This was the second last one I got before I stopped getting them/stopped finding any.

Spongebob Squarepants Poster

A bit of background information. Back in grade 6, we used to play Blackjack and gamble with whatever we had in our pencilcases, be it pencils, pens, textas, erasers, rulers, broken bits of stationary. We had some objects that would be bet every round and would go back and forth all the time. At one point, we let somebody else play who hadn't played with us before. For some unforeseen reason, he bet this poster. Naturally, me being a Spongebob lover I had to have it. I happened to win that hand, and then of course I didn't re-bet it. It's probably the only object of any value that was ever bet that year (but it was still nice to have a large pile of broken pencils to bet, they felt like some form of currency).

Furless Tennis Ball

No, this is not a round chocolate egg (unfortunately!). It's a tennis ball without any green fur on it.No real story behind this one. I found it (as one does with tennis balls) many years ago without the fur on it.

Ball in a Cup and Russian Doll Dice

 Can't remember where I got this, but I do remember insisting on if mum bought it for me, I would use it. I would definitely use it and not get bored of it in 5 minutes. Of course, I got bored of it. How a child's mind works, a mystery to me.

I'm pretty sure this one was another show bag toy from the Royal Melbourne Show. The Gag Magic Bag if I'm not mistaken, but then again, I don't see how this is a gag, nor magic. If anything, it's just a compact storage device, despite the fact that the extra containers take up the precious space. I never use this either.

Tech Deck and Dragon Ball Z Tazos

 Remember when Tech Deck was the hottest thing around? It was so important to me and everybody else, even though I never figured out how to do any tricks with it. Yet the advertising is still engraved in my brain. 'Tech Deck Pee Wee trick boarders! Let it move in the palm of your hand!' This one is a Birdhouse deck design, which I know to be Tony Hawk's brand. Probably means nothing in terms of these little toys though.

These came out of chip packets back in the day. The ones in the middle are series one and they were huge. We would trade them at school but we never actually played with them because seemingly, nobody knew how! Just like Pokemon cards, which eventually got picked up when we were in grade 6 after Yu-Gi Oh! got a little dry. Oh, to be young again.

JB Hi-Fi Shopping Bag

In commemoration of the first JB Hi-Fi store closing its doors forever this Sunday, todays object is the bag that contained my last purchases from my #1 stop for music, games, DVD's and just a quick browse to see what was cheap, what was new and what was interesting at JB Hi-Fi, Centreway. 

My final purchase was:

Deaf Forever - The Best of Motorhead - Motorhead

I bought this despite usually disliking compilation albums, but it was cheap, and I don't see myself buying too many Motorhead albums because they're always overpriced and understocked.

TheFutureEmbrace - Billy Corgan

I spotted this on my way out for the low, low price of 5 bucks. Considering this was Billy Corgan's only solo album and it was a departure from classic Smashing Pumpkins material, I decided to go for it anyway as I have been branching out into different genres recently.

Rock In Rio - Iron Maiden

I have wanted to get this for a while now, and I am very happy with the packaging of it. Some albums come with a pissy little tray card instead of proper liner notes (compilations mostly), but this one not only came with a beefy book of notes, it contained lyrics for all the songs despite being a live album, with pictures of the show. That's what you always want.

So after spending thousands of dollars over the years at JB Hi-Fi Centreway, an era comes to a close.