So I've been borrowing my room mate's D-SLR (Cannon EOS Rebel XTi) that she may or may not be selling to me ( ) and i've been trying to get the hang of it.

I have a lot of weird things
and I love them all some are given to me from friends' travels, others I find at work usually...

anyway, the combination of wicked awesome camera plus rad objects made for quite a nice sum.

I'm posting them right here, right now.


My lucky elephant that I picked up at work.


These are my children I found them both at work.


My little buddah and one of my Chinese medicine balls. The buddah I got as a present from a friend that spent a while in Thailand. (I took this photo for SirPsycho )


My samurai man! Well, he's not mine, he belongs to my boyfriend


One out of two lanterns hanging over my bed.










Your turn. What kind of strange things do you own?
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BlueZebra said:

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REALLY COOL THREAD

I'll try to post some as soon as possible

Great pictures Sammi! I want that elephant!

My grandmother used to collect them for luck, and I like little ones because they always make me think of her

thekidsgirl said:

we get soooo many in at work!
but this one called out to me
i was told the ones with the trunk in the air means good luck

Mach said:

sammij said:

yes, and you are supposed to position them a certain way in the room, to "bring the luck in"

My granny would freak out if she came in the living room and saw her elephants were going the wrong way

thekidsgirl said:

which way should I have him???

sammij said:

I don't remember I'm sure my 3 little elephants are facing the wrong way and granny is rolling over in her grave about it!

thekidsgirl said:

i collect elephants too, i love them for some reason?

stuff

sammij said:

Okay ... just took this pic

I hand raised, from conception through helping with the birth and all the 100rds of hrs dedicated to raising and training a beautiful paint filly named Babe - I held her as they put her to sleep in her 3rd yr, results of a tragic injury that took out her weight bearing rear tendon ...



ANYWAY This was one of her back 2 yr molars and my Dad had my initals added to it and a loop so I could wear it or hang it as I pleased

Mach said:

that's a molar?
it's beautiful!

sammij said:

A young horse molar

horse molars are large and flat - for grinding up grasses and grains

That one is around 2 inches long

sammij said:

OMG I got exactly the same chinese balls!!

MarySharon said:

me 2 !

I collect little Buddha statues. I really need to get me some more of them.

Also got a whole heap of other little figurines lying around my house all over the place. They add a cool vibe to everything.

I have an empty pharmacy bottle that once contained 500 Quaaludes.

I've also got a can packed in 1963 that contains Cold War civil defense "survival biscuits." According to someone who opened another can recently, the biscuits are still edible, but not very tasty.

Oh, and somewhere here I think I have a spare backstage pass from a Milli Vanilli "concert."

I have a small collection (want more) of Fischer Price "Little People" I keep in my studio. The wood ones, like when I was a kid, not the plastic ones.

I also have some "Wonder Woman" stuff including a child's Halloween mask from the 70's.
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MarySharon said:

My daughter has the exact same Buddha.

Approximately 600 Trolls

Steadwood said:

now that is incredible!

i used to have a bunch as a little girl i don't know where they all went...

i also have a bust of Bach that my mother made back in the day before i was born, in a ceramics workshop she took

Beannie Babies...small stuffed animales.

My favorite collection is my musical clowns. I'll take a picture of both if I can get my camera to work.

This home made ass mask:

Alej said:

That's so cute!

johnart said:

Alej said:

For some reason I imagine your eyes turned in the same expression behind the mask.
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johnart said:

This is my imitation of that icon

Alej said:

Get your potassium on.