Loyal readers, Taking the time to clean my sty of a room today, I have come to the realization that there are a number of items still missing, even after sorting the entire contents of the numerous "treasure piles" which have accumulated over the last four or five months of madness.

Many of these things can probably be explained by sheer majestic disappearance. It's a common occurrance around here, and is not limited to the realm of socks and keys as it is with many other people. Some things however, I know I lent to someone. I just can't recall who it was.

And so, I extend to you, my readers, a challenge: Do you know where my stuff is?

Firstly, in the Borrowed, but not Returned category:

- 1 compact disc by Ugly Casanova. Lent to Elise T. Not yet returned
- 1 Pentax KM camera, with 50mm lens. Lent to Someone, identity forgotten. Not yet returned.

Secondly, in the Stolen category:

- my brown BMX. (my 'small brown bike')
- numerous compact discs, all stolen at once, last summer during a yard sale, including:
- Sunny Day Real Estate, Diary
- The Beatles, Revolver
- The Clash, Combat Rock
- A/V, There is a God in A/V Heaven
- AC/DC, Back in Black
- The Van Pelt, Stealing From Our Favourite Thieves
- Sweep The Leg Johnny, Sto Cazzo!
- Paul Simon, Graceland
- Piebald, If It Weren't For Venetian Blinds, It Would Be Curtains For Us All
- Weezer, ST
- Sonic Youth, Washing Machine
- The Delta 72, The Soul of a New Machine
- Joan of Arc, How Memory Works

Thirdly, in the Just Plain Lost category:
- The Cure, Galore!
- The Cure, Greatest Hits, disc one

Ok, so I guess that most of those things were just stuff that was stolen from me last year.. But if any of you are mulling over in your heads, "What could I get Paul for his birthday?" or if you happen to just have any extra copies lying around, any of the cd's in those lists would be greeted with a shout of pure, unfiltered joy! Honestly though:

do you know where my f***ing camera is?