daily things

Very few things are made in America these days and recently I've been paying closer attention to where my stuff is coming from. Here's a few things that I use at least on a weekly basis. From left to right:

1) One of millions of journals that I own. This one is from France and I write my thoughts in Italian in it.

2) A Swiss army knife given to me about a year ago by a friend. I use it to do some gardening and art projects. It'll come handy when I'm lost in the wilderness someday.

3) My roommates and I drink a lot of Port, a wine named after the city Porto in Portugal.

4) All our computer components are from Korea. This old ram/memory thing is from my mac.

5) My point-and-shoot Canon camera from Japan.

6) Besides China, clothes are also being made in India.

7) My SLR digital camera made surprisingly in Thailand but I'm sure it was designed in Japan.

8) The Bible. This one is printed in Italy.

9) A Nalgene bottle. Probably one of a few things actually made in America.

10) My Google roommate John. Sometimes he's better than Google itself!

11) My wonderful pencil sharpener from Germany. It somehow keeps itself sharpened no matter how long I've had it. It's probably the Germany engineering that went into it.

12) It's funny that my I-pod is made in China but it's nice that they emphasize the design coming from California.

13) My favorite mechanical pencil which is 0.3 mm and churns out Chinese characters like no other. The Japanese make the best pencils.

14) Shirt made in China of course.

15) Cheap but good red wine from northern California.

16) The eraser from Germany that I take with me everywhere. I like my writings and notes to be neat and orderly. It would never be without this wonderful piece of rubber.