Surrounded

Diamond Valnøtter, Konica, Leitz, Tine, Sony, Fujitsu Siemens, Bic, Pentel, Weetabix, Cachamai, Nora, Coop, Ricola, Santa Cristina, Dan Sukker, Osram, Lerum, Gillette, Lancaster, Rocío, Nivea, The Body Shop, Vapo, Adidas, Colgate, Idun, Mr. Lee, Royal, Hasat, Seltin, Patak's, Poppeli, Clipper, Twinings, Creative, TDK, Binaca, Johnson & Johnson, Define, Paco, ReaLime, Bialcol, Imsdal, Quechua, Scholl, Penol, Pilot, Lipa Mill, Intex, TinyDrive, Weetos, Toro, Dovre, Aceca Inc., McIlhenny Co., Nitedals, Rollerblade, Milano Uomo, Tee Jays, Tommy Hilfiger, Vitaplex, Ultimo, Fabrizzi, ICA, El Corte Inglés, Christian Dior, Marco Polo, WBÄ, Mares, Jelly Belly, Pasofirme, Thinsulate, Chiruca, Linyi, IKEA, Canon, Philips, Garrity, Duracell, Exide, Citrucel, Spar, Berocca, Glade, First Price, Albus, Bayer, Boots, Luis Trombetta, Inti, Tylenol, Collett, Iodosan, Nico-Hepatocyn, Paramed, Digestan, Roemmers, Weiga, Tarragó, Kleenex, Maxell, Calvin Klein, Ocean, Val Venosta, Santa Maria AB, Coca Cola, Artsana, El Reloj, KAI, Brossa, Wrigley's, ACO HUD AB, Kangaro, Nitedals, Stanley, Tartan, Benchtop, Mitsubishi, Plus, SHF, Post-it, Festo, Masel, Staedtler, La Iride, Tomado, You, Punto de Origen, B & C, Sportyear, Marshall Field's, Sveico, Bantex, Ralph Lauren, Janus, Mack.

All in here with me, within a 2 meter radius. Plus, those brands that sell components to the brands that have sold me the products i've bought, plus those whose brandname i can't see because they didn't put it in (i.e., the company that built the walls around me), plus books, each with their editorial house (they must count as brands), plus other brands i must have missed because no way i'm gonna spend my evening going through all my things just to check out where they're stamped.

The only non-brand things i can see around me are: a hand-made teabox that Yanina's mom gave me, my mate cup, some lychen-covered rocks i put on my windowsill after a mountain hike, my body, a moth on the ceiling, and the darkness outside the aforementioned window. Oh, and some dust on the floor, which i haven't sweeped in a while.

Of these i must probably discard the teabox and the mate cup, because some branded tools were probably employed in their crafting. My body has had so much contact with brands it probably wouldn't be where it is now if it weren't for its relationship with them (i mean, birth in a hospital, a couple of surgical interventions, glasses, reading Penguin Books, planes, blah blah). Some of the dust is also dubious in this way, so only the rocks, the darkness and the lychen are left.

Must get myself some higher-order plants to accompany the lychen, so that i can be more in touch with the un-branded world. I'll go to the forest behind the bolig and dig out a pine sapling -- with my bare fingers, of course. Then i'll chew out the center of a log and plant it there.

Oops! Forgot: can't use my fingers nor my teeth. Dang!