I like old things. Old things are comforting, sort of like old friends. I like stuff and I like to be surrounded by my things, it makes me happy. I'm not ready for Hoarders quite yet, but there are a few things I've had forever and I thought I would give you a peek into my weirdness.
When I was probably eight, my great aunt Mary gave me this little garbage can with my name on it for my birthday. I've always loved just about anything with my name on it because when you have a name with an unusual spelling, you never just find things with your name. It never happened when I was a kid. Those license plates for bikes? There was no Kerry license plate. Pencils, pens, bracelets, diaries — nothing ever had my name. Because I have a weird name. No one ever spells it right and I'll never find it on a notepad. Do you know who always found her name on everything? My sister, Kelly.
So, when my aunt gave me this garbage can, I thought it was great. This was also the aunt who gave me my first Barbie when I was six. My name is in green because the carpet in my bedroom was green at the time and everything had to match. This little garbage can held everything from crumpled up childhood drawings to ripped up teenage love letters in that bedroom. It came to Louisiana Tech with me and survived many, many moves (eight in almost 13 years, but who's counting) and now resides in my scrap office full of paper just like it was back in the day. Only now it's mainly test-run printed stuff for ScrapFest or old to-do lists.
The Kerry Weirdness continues. Every morning I use the same Maybelline eyebrow brush that I've used since I was 12. It's just exactly right, it's old. I've bought others over the years, but none of them handle like the Maybelline brush from the '80s to sweep the perfect amount of auburn onto my blond eyebrows. I have no natural color in my face save for my freckles, so the eyebrows have to get their share of makeup too.
The Kerry Weirdness and old things kind of go together. Hand and glove. Fingerless gloves.
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