Who wear what when why how?

[azurelunatic]

Tuesday: the Dean had kid obligations and could not make the planned marshmallow festivities, so we rescheduled.
Wednesday: a very quiet day at work. Purple took the day off, the lucky actually kind of overworked bastard. Poodlesitting.
Thursday: Thanksgiving, poodlesitting.
Friday: Post-Thanksgiving party, poodlesitting, catching up with norabombay.
Saturday: catching up on administrivia, poodlesitting.
Sunday: catching up on administrivia, poodlesitting.

Monday, we were all back at work and I was very glad to see Purple again. Mr. Quiltbag was very glad that I was still there; he'd heard rumors about what he thought was my department (it was an adjacent department) and feared that I'd left. He pitched the budget proposition to the holders of the purse-strings, who were glad to hear from us early.

There is a conversation I've started having in the past few weeks. "What is that thing?"

The answer is: "This is what happens when you start running out of body parts for your wearables."

Right now my complement of always-on accessories includes:
* Smartwatch, left wrist. Hooked to my phone via Bluetooth.
* Douchebag headphones, around my neck (while out and about, not at work usually): hooked to my phone and my iPod via Bluetooth. Occupies zero to two ears, depending on how much I need to hear.
* Glasses: on my face, unless I'm in the shower or in bed. Connected to my face.
* Work badge: lanyard is looped around my bra strap so that the badge hangs at my waist. Includes: keycard, Clipper card, pocket knife, work keys.
* Fitbit: day mode, mounted on a silk cord necklace. night mode: mounted on an elastic strap wristband.
* Narrative Clip camera: mounted on a tit-resistant wedge shim, dangling from a silk cord necklace.
* tit-resistant wedge shim: holding both the narrative clip and fitbit, this is a binder clamp with an ikea allen wrench hotglued to it. The angle means that the camera is taking pictures straight up and down, more or less, instead of up my nose.

I am running out of body parts, and deeply deeply envy Darkside Knightmares' Mithi, who is a glasshole and her microdrones launch off her hair clip.

(The star that Darkside gave me so many years ago is lying on my keyboard, waiting for me to figure out a way to wear it that doesn't give my neck a rash and is compatible with all the other random things attached to my body.)

Comments

[vass]

I didn't know Fitbits worked on a necklace. I would have thought that was too much motion for them. But then, mine works when clipped to the collar of a t-shirt, and that's not perfectly stable either.

Re the star, could you cover the back with sugru or something to protect your neck from it? Or, less permanently, have a little cloth patch on a necklace behind it, maybe with a few stitches where the star attaches to its chain, so it stays on top of the patch?

[azurelunatic]

The star itself gives me no trouble. The problem is finding a necklace...

[sithjawa]

So there's a thing in CRPGs where magic items are the most exciting wearables (since they can protect you against special types of damage, allow you to fly, or even in some cases avert death). You get a limited number of magic item slots (normally two rings and one amulet, though there may be more). Once you get to a high enough level, you might start finding super-rare items that have magic item type effects, but instead of taking up a magic item slot they use up one of your armor slots (gloves, helmet, etc).

But that's not real life. It's just fantasy... right?

[azurelunatic]

My phone is tit armor.

[elanya]

I bet you could turn the camera into a hair fascinating with some experimentation...

What's it for, jooc? Just playing with tech or does it have a specific purpose?

Also I am reminded of magic item slots in D&D... >.>

[elanya]

Ha, I missed the comment above :p

[azurelunatic]

It seems like it might go best mounted on a fairly sturdy tiara, but would be harder to double-click there, and should be good for daily wear.

Mostly I'm playing, but I particularly want: * Daily self-portraits * environment pictures (fantastic leaves and sky at work, snapshots of my work desk and cube) * a photo narrative to help me remember my day when I'm recapping * quick snapshots of things I wouldn't think to pull out my phone for, like lunch * ability to turn it dark for visually private moments (sensitive work area, camera averse friend, etc.)