An Inventory

It’s snowing. My shoes are salty and ruined. And my bike is in storage.

Complete contents of one (1) Supreme scatter-weave backpack in olive green, because I can:

• Nalgene bottle
• three copies of McClung’s
• wrinkled and torn A-section and crossword from the Toronto Star
• one battered reporter’s notebook
• one tattered RSU-issued agenda, with miscellaneous notes, paycheques, scribbled reminders and other assorted brain meltdowns
• Canon 5D body
• Canon 24-70 f/2.8 L lens
• Canon 550EX Speedlite
• non-descript lens cloth
• off-shoe cord for flash
• two spare camera batteries
• two memory cards, 512 MB each
• four spare NiMh AA batteries
• three pieces of protective high-density foam from camera bag liner
• grey Spruce scarf
• one pair of holey Descente biking gloves
• one black H&M toque
• two booklets of YRT bus tickets
• two Papermate pens
• one highlighter
• one tin of Burt’s Bees lip balm
• file folder with assorted research articles for upcoming Eyeopener feature
• one Hilroy notebook, teal green with notes from POL540: Third World Politics and SOC525, Media and Images of Inequality
• one essay handout for SOC525
• one Moleskine graph-lined notebook with Mike Giant sticker
• slim case of business cards
• one crumpled Tim Horton’s paper bag, remnants of a dutchie donut