Lists!

I love lists. This will probably be a recurring entry theme, since I get a thrill out of making bullet points. The following lists the contents of my purse. I think this is a fun, minimally invasive way to get insight into people. It appeals to the amateur detective in me, who still dreams of starring in the Nancy Drew film franchise. 

• Keys with plastic monkey head fixed on my house key for easy identification because I love efficiency. And monkeys
• A paperclip
• An unreasonably expensive yet wonderfully luxurious Fresh Sugar lip treatment stick
• Laura Mercier lipstick in Poppy
• Three lip glosses that I took from a Borghese promotional modeling job. They were brand new and supposed to be testers. Whoopsy! They're actually really silky and awesome so everybody go out and buy one to make up for the three that I stole
• A somewhat melted Pacifica solid perfume in Lotus Garden
• Keys to my brothers’ apartment building
• Keys to my friend Chel’s apartment building
• Wallet with $3 and way too many dining and bar receipts. At a glance, the first two are from back-to-back meals at Lulu's Cafe. If you've ever eaten breakfast there, this needs no explanation 
• Iphone headphones
• Iphone charger
• Iphone
• Makeup case with Advil, Emergen-C, Benefit luminizer, Visine and other essentials one requires when one shows up to work hung-over. Also 2 tampons because I'm a girl. And ear plugs because I'm an old lady disguised as a girl
• Two tea bags because I love tea and what if the car breaks down and I have to fend for myself for days in the wilderness? A cup of Lady Grey will sooth me as I listen to the howls of approaching predators, obvs
• Wine key. If you have to ask why then you don’t know me
• A dime
• A thumb drive loaded with all my writing as well as TV and movie scripts I want to read
• Deodorant because I sweat all the time. Nervous, excited, whatever - basically anytime I'm doing anything not boring, I'm sweating
• 3 Pilot Precise V7 roller ball pens in blue. They are my favorite and I have three just to be absolutely certain I will always have one on me, because I’m obsessive like that. I also carry a cheap black ballpoint from the Tropicana Las Vegas that I offer when people ask me if they can borrow a pen
• Tiny Moleskine for jotting down funny things that happen to me. Also for ripping out pages to stick stale gum in
• 3 brain teaser puzzles, torn from a 2009 Puzzle Master desk calendar
• A roll of pink doggy poop bags
• Paper coupons held together with a giant binder clip. Coupons include: 20% off at Bed Bath and Beyond, a Living Social voucher for a facial in Santa Monica, a Groupon for $40 at Amoeba Records, a Victoria’s Secret coupon for $10 off any purchase, 25% off at World Market and $1.50 off any size bottle of Wellness Formula capsules  
• Wintergreen Altoids because the normal flavor makes me gag
• Two-month old issue of Los Angeles magazine
• A hair clip
• Prescription glasses
• Non-prescription sunglasses
• Travel-sized Neutrogena sunscreen

And there you have it. I feel so vulnerable! Meh, no I don’t. I mostly just feel like I need to clean out my purse.