2005jan29. While in Phoenix, I ended up at Bonzai, which is a Japanese 99 cent store, and I’m smacking my forehead here, because I should have thought of this a long time ago. See, in regular 99 cent stores, there are all these little plastic containers, and I need little plastic containers. But they’re always just barely functioning, and you know they’re going to break a week later. But at the Japanese 99 cent store, there are all these little plastic containers, and they seem pretty durable. I purchased a few different sizes/styles, including my favorite, the “DUAL SEPARATE BOX XC-148” ($1.69) from Izumi, which is really for fishing tackle. It’s the size of a thick paperback, clear plastic with a clip-on strap, and has eight compartments, four on each side, with two locking hinged lids – one on the front, one on the back, accessing four compartments each. Got it? Because I’m not taking a photo of it, I promised myself I would only obsess about it print-wise. Anyway, I’m using it in my motorized conveyance to hold lozenges, change, various pills, a spare tire valve stem cap, emergency first-class stamps, a lighter, a pocketknife, bandages, needles, folding ruler, and extreme hygenic outer ear swabs. Though apparently now ear doctors are saying you shouldn’t stick anything in your ears. I’m not sure how you’re supposed to clean your ears now. Ears candling?
I’m still looking for a nice cheap little plastic container for my Compact Flashcards (5) and rechargeable AA batteries (8-12) for my camera. I’d like to get something shaped sort of like an abbreviated pencil case so it could fit in my pocket along with the camera for surreptitious shooting. Not that I do that.