Just kidding Jayson... to some extend. One must understand the way I live, I normally seek out practically and individual need/style first. To me, anything can be a treasure as long as it has a meaning to me. (This also explains why I can easily throw out something when it's no longer in use.)
However, this normally makes things I treasure less valuable than what one would recognize as actual treasure such as gold or other rare finds. I normally end up valuing memories and written words more than precious metals. By written words I mean anything for a letter to textbooks (ie science and math) to poetry to lit. In the end, the reason I consider these treasures is because I believe when we truly enjoyed a book, we end up making it a part of ourselves, that we fused the ideals and ideas we gained into our souls.
Nevertheless, there's items I treasure as well. However, for different reasons. First off, all the clothes I wear are treasures by default since they fit me, in size and lifestyle. I guess it's kind of like how in a video game, a character's personalized gear at times is considered a legendary item.
My legendary items are of course my iPhone, all my carbiners (or crap-binders), fitted jeans, collared shirts, and boots. You will always find them on my person, but why? Well, I think what makes them treasures is what I believe they are to me and what they stand for:
1. iPhone - a device that makes people envy or pity you basically. I personally gotten the device out of all the technological advancements, but as I soon learn there's a few flaws as well. Moreover, I got the iPhone not to impressed people, but to annoy people, since a lot of my friends were anti-iPhone/Mac (YES! THEY DESERVE TO DIE! AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL, just kidding of course *supporter of Mac and Linux*). In the end, all of this made me design my iPhone to be a part of me. On it are all the applications I would ever need everyday, moreover, to many of my friends amusement, I found ways to convert it to an e-reader, a notepad, a flashlight, a video camera, a weapon at times, and other things. MY iPhone is a treasure to me not because it's an iPhone, but its become a symbol of resistance and multitasking-- unbreakable, has its pros and its cons, rebellious, and just damn right unbelievable at times-- sounds like anyone we know?
2. Carbiners/crap-binders - carbiners are those clips that were made for mountain climbing, being converted to use as a key holder for people whom need to carry a lot of keys, and recently became a sort of rebel fashion. The first time I really seen carbiners outside of my house (my father is a custodian, so he had many carbiners for work, and he gave me my first ones) was on a friend who was an emo punk. However, I used it less of a fashion statement... at least I think I did... and more for practicality. Nevertheless, that impression of working/rebel/failure-in-life that these pieces of metal seem to carry also attracted me to the heavy usage of them. The funny part is I call them crap-binders since I use them to hold basically what I consider crap to my person e.g. keys, wallet, papers, flashdrives, canteens, computer hardware, etc. This on top of my overall "I hate how I'm attached to the waist to crap" reflects my own philosophy of that we must work and carry a burden for our worth, that life is full of crap, but the more crap we can deal with, the better.
3. Fitted jeans - finding jeans that fit me is awesome, okay! That and they are boot-cut jeans too! What's more awesome than that? Skinny jeans that don't make you look preppy or emo, but like a working man.
4. Collared shirts - Collared shirts have existed for a long time. The collar itself always seemed to have a sense of mystery. It's used to hide faces, to reflect status, and most of all protect the neck. Now why I wear only collared shirts?! The answer is out of burden. As I mentioned, the collar is used to hide one's face at times and protect their neck, those are two reasons I always wear a collar, but also a collared shirt is the shirt of a uniform. Since senior year, I made this uniformed look ( think of like Steve Jobs), that I wore only collared shirts, the reason was I was always having to go to interviews, meetings, and other crap that required a sense of professionalism. Soon, I just started wearing collared shirts on days where there's no scheduled crap. In the end, this helped gave my "working appearance", that I am always working and that I will never rest till the job is done-- even if the job is hobby or pleasure. [On a side note: yes, even my night/sleeping clothes have collared shirts, this is however only for when I know I will be doing an all-nighter or working in my bedroom.]
5. Boots - I started wearing boots after high school; I actually brought my boots when I decided to go to UC Santa Cruz. The reason why now I wear only boots, not only because of the terrain, but because boots stand for something. Boots are the shoes of the fleeting, the charging, the young and adventurous-- and I really needed these qualities over the years to come... and I wished I had them before!
In closing, there you go guys, those are just a few of my treasures. I leave you with this though:
so put your faith in more than steel
don't store your treasures up, with moth and rust
where thieves break in and steal
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