Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: quixotic
  • Music: Kelly Clarkson, "Hear Me."

Ten things to go with the aliens.

The aliens are here! And they're offering you an all-expenses paid trip to their home planet, where you will spend a mutually agreeable amount of time learning from their advanced culture before doing whatever it is you do after the aliens bring you back. Because they're friendly, they say you can bring three changes of clothing, basic toiletries (toothbrush, hairbrush, etc.), food samples for their replicators, your laptop computer (if you have one), and any pets you absolutely must have to remain essentially sane. They're also willing to let you bring ten "personal items" on your trip, since you'll be out of contact with Earth until you get back.

So what do you bring?

I'd have to take Lilly and Alice, of course, so my first two items go them. Under the "care and feeding" clauses, their food and litter box don't count; instead, I'm bringing their orange cat tree (necessary for their mental health) and Alice's squid on a stick, which both of them can play with for hours and which can be easily repaired.

That leaves me with eight. First up, my iPod. It doesn't fall under the "sanity" heading, but it definitely falls under the "keep Seanan from killing anyone" setting. Next, a copy of IT by Stephen King (ultimate comfort book), my plush velociraptor, and a bottle of Bad Luck Woman Blues from the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. I'm going to call my little pen case one item, despite it containing multiple pens, because these are generous aliens; that, and a sketchbook, will see me through a lot.

With two items remaining, I'm going to bring my planner and my turtle bag. I am now ready for an alien field trip. How about you?
Tags: meme, silliness, ten things
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beccastareyes

January 19 2010, 17:24:02 UTC 7 years ago

1. An external hard drive. My laptop doesn't hold as much as it needs to -- the external drive holds enough, and it will give me a backup in case I lose the laptop.
2. My camera. I'll be taking data, after all. I'm assuming this covers the battery charger and cables to hook it to the laptop.
3 & 4. The Nintendo DS and a copy of Rune Factory, mostly because it's the one game I own where I can do repetitive task-management stuff*, rather than just play through it over and over.
5. My Big Box of Colored Pencils.
6. My little pouch of pens, erasers and normal pencils.
7. Paper. Unlined -- both for notes and for drawings.
8. My iPod.
9. & 10. This leaves two paper books. I think I'd have to go with one of the omnibuses because that is a lot more story -- maybe The Deed of Paksenarron and Miles in Love.

(I also wonder how many ebooks and scientific journals I can fit on my laptop and that external drive -- PDFs don't take up that much space.)

* It's a combination of fantasy RPG and farming sim.

seanan_mcguire

January 21 2010, 17:40:32 UTC 7 years ago

Nice!