{"id":2648,"date":"2011-06-29T11:10:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T11:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/treasures_from_\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:48:21","slug":"treasures_from_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/29\/treasures_from_\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasures from the attic"},"content":{"rendered":"

About five years ago,<\/strong> when I was getting ready to move to England and take another crack at grad school, I was starting to worry about what to do with all my stuff. I’d surrendered many treasures as I downsized and moved from one place to another, but emigrating \u2014 even if it would only be for a year \u2014 would require me to pare down to the essentials once and for all, and even then I’d probably need to give preference to relevant books for my course.<\/p>\n

Luckily, my brother generously agreed to let me use the attic of his large house to store all the boxes of things that I couldn’t take, but wasn’t quite prepared to throw away or sell. In the years since, as I’ve adjusted to the idea that I may be living here for quite a while, I’ve emptied out a box or two when possible, throwing away things that don’t seem quite so precious anymore and bringing some of the treasure back to the UK.<\/p>\n

Last week I sorted through the stack of boxes again, grabbing a few essential books I’d been missing and rescuing a small stack of ephemera I’ve been collecting for the past thirty years or so. Looking through the pile is like finding old friends again, and unleashing a flood of memories. I suspect many of the the tidbits will make their way into Pink Mince eventually, but here’s a selection of other things with less editorial potential.<\/p>\n

\"cyclone.jpg\"<\/p>\n

Ticket stub from the Cyclone at Coney Island<\/p>\n

\"Divorce<\/p>\n

Flyer for a divorce sale \u2014 “Everything is cheap but HIS stuff is cheaper”<\/p>\n

\"Loch<\/p>\n

Flyer for a “Scottish” gay bar in Rio de Janeiro<\/p>\n

\"Strapped\"<\/p>\n

Note given to me by a 15-year-old deaf boy when I was working the front desk at Waterstone\u2019s in Boston<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

A couple of John Waters autographs from 1989 or so.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

Much more beloved Waters memorabilia: copies of various scripts from films of his.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About five years ago, when I was getting ready to move to England and take another crack at grad school, I was starting to worry about what to do with all my stuff. I’d surrendered many treasures as I downsized and moved from one place to another, but emigrating \u2014 even if it would only … Continue reading “Treasures from the attic”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ultrapersonal","category-ultrascrapbook","category-ultratypographic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2838,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2648\/revisions\/2838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}