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auntblabby
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17 Jan 2013, 1:30 am

i collect rubber bands. my sister threw out my last collection. :x



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17 Jan 2013, 3:11 am

Mirror21 wrote:
I think in the end it all depends on what you classify as unusual. Is it beyond the normal scope within the society you belong to? Unusually genetically, for your age? For your community? For your gender?

Too many variables need to be put into consideration when we wish to categorize the word "unuual"within the context of individualistic tastes and preferences.

In the end it doesn't matter because this is a very interesting thread anyway.

I like watching how mechanical things work. I have a collection of old cameras from the 50's and I love opening them up and watching the apertures open and close at different adjustments.
When I was a kid I was in a museum with my family and there was a display of gears that took up a whole wall. It was one of those contraptions where one gear started turning which started other gears turning and all kinds of mechanical chain reactions. I was mesmerized by it. I couldn't stop looking at it. My dad had to drag me out of the museum when it was time to leave.



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17 Jan 2013, 1:53 pm

I know this sounds silly, but I used to collect all sorts of pens-which you use to write though at this moment I'm not collecting such items in fact, I'm not collecting anything except knowledge..



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17 Jan 2013, 6:15 pm

i have boxes of weird pens.



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17 Jan 2013, 9:53 pm

YES. I totally get this.

I absolutely crave and love certain kinds of sounds, visuals, and styles. I also like to play certain music videos over and over again because I love the rhythms, colors, style and movements.


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17 Jan 2013, 10:35 pm

FishStickNick wrote:
Sauceball wrote:
I find company logos rather interesting, and often try to find ones that look alike.

You might enjoy this blog:
http://underconsideration.com/brandnew/

I'll make sure to bookmark that page. Thanks