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I'm a Super Snoopy Snooper!

3/2/2011

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Would you like to see what’s in someone medicine cabinet or underwear drawer if you knew you wouldn't get caught? Are you curious? When you enter someone’s home for the first time, does it look the way you pictured it to be, or is it completely different from your expectations? Ever meet that person who looks completely put together—perfect hair, designer clothes—only to find that their apartment is a disaster? Who knew?

So what does your stuff say about you? You’d be surprised. Your stuff says more than you think.

Today, Alison Pearce is holding a SUPER SNOOPER BLOGFEST. It’s a day to open up the drawers and closets of one of our characters, and give you a quick peek inside. Just by describing their belongings and nothing else, you’ll learn about the character—their likes, their dislikes, their quirks and habits.

Here’s my entry. What do you think you know about my character?:

Just a typical “NoTell Motel” with its two double beds separated by a wooden nightstand, a TV, a microwave, and a mini fridge, which contains hotdogs, yogurt and beer swiped from a unlucky neighbor. Seventies décor dots the bedding, the walls, and furniture despite the fact it is 1991. But for the price, there are no complaints.

Microwave dinner boxes overflow the metal trash can—chicken nuggets or mac and cheese with pudding on the side. A near empty ketchup bottle, turned upside down, sits near the coffee pot next to a stack of restaurant packaged saltine crackers. Nothing wasted. Dirty clothes litter the floor. Clean clothes, washed in the tub, drape across the backs of chairs and over the bathroom door to dry.

Shoved under the bed, the stupid motel issued Bible.Useless.  

On the dresser, next to the TV, where the sounds of Bugs Bunny come through the crackled speakers, a porcelain music box tinkles out a metallic tune. An old baseball mitt lays discarded on the foot of the bed, hardly used, but full of potential. A checkers game covers most of the tiny table next to the window. The music box, the baseball mitt, the checkers game, all thrift store finds. A splurge hardly afforded.

Practically brand new, a Cincinnati ‘s Red baseball cap is thrown in a corner. Inside, with the drapes closed, there’s no point in wearing it. But outside, in the open,  it’s a must.

A box of opened Tampons, in the top dresser drawer, sits in contrast to the boys jeans, boys
t-shirts, and boys underwear found along side it—the only hint a girl lives here at all.





17 Comments
Debra Elliott link
3/2/2011 12:35:24 am

Stopping by from Super-Snooper Blogfest!
I think a teenage runaway or a kidnapping victim.

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Sally Jenkins link
3/2/2011 02:39:35 am

Hi Angela,

This is a really depressing scene! Dismal surroundings, junk found and an obvious lack of money.
I think this sounds like a teenage girl who has run away with 2 younger brothers and she's putting them first. Maybe protecting them from an abusive parent?

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Alison Stevens link
3/2/2011 03:12:10 am

Definitely someone trying to hide, with very little money (could be a natural scrooge, but I doubt it). Interesting how many entries took place in rental homes or motels! Thanks for participating!

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Madeleine link
3/2/2011 03:20:41 am

Brilliant description. It sounds like a single Mum with nowhere else to live with her son except a cheap motel. Maybe a battered wife? :O)

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Francine Howarth link
3/2/2011 03:35:56 am

Hi,

I'm thinking kidnapper's moll, a female seeming less of a threat to a kid.

Probably wrong - just a runaway wife/big sis! ;)

best
F

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Tessa C link
3/2/2011 04:29:48 am

ooooh...well definately poor but proud nonetheless, a big fan of that team on the cap. Judging from the stuff lying around, the girl/woman is caring for the boy, getting his 'wants' before her own.

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Mara Nash link
3/2/2011 05:34:08 am

Hmmm. Homeless mom and kids? Runaway teenage girl and brothers? Your description definitely gave me a good picture of the room.

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Becky Wallace
3/2/2011 05:54:59 am

Teenage runaway?

P.S. If you ever get around to writing your synopsis, let me know. I'll read it for you!

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Alexis link
3/2/2011 06:25:35 am

I would have guessed teenage runaway as well, someone trying to hid and I would guess that she dresses like a boy, maybe pretends to be a boy in order to not be found. Very vivid.

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Tizzy Potts link
3/2/2011 06:52:53 am

I thought this was a boy until you mentioned the tampons! It sounds like a teenage girl who has run away from home and now living in a motel, pretending to be a boy. Life has treated her badly, and that's why she doesn't believe in God. She's had to do what she can to survive, so she steals what she can't afford. She's sad that she missed out on a proper childhood so she collects kids toys that she wishes she had.

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Michael Di Gesu link
3/2/2011 07:11:13 am

I would say teenage girl runaway as well.

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Trisha link
3/2/2011 08:39:26 am

This kind of reminds me of my house :P Apart from the baseball paraphernalia and the Bugs Bunny stuff.

It hadn't occurred to me it could be a teenaged runaway. But it does make sense.

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Elisa link
3/2/2011 10:49:50 am

Some teen who has good taste in décor ;)
She knows how to squeeze the life out of a penny AND a ketchup bottle!

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Chantele Sedgwick link
3/2/2011 11:26:09 am

Oooohh! This was so interesting! I think it's a teenage runaway as well. Such great descriptions! Loved it! :) I'm a new follower. ;)

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Elizabeth Mueller link
3/2/2011 12:19:53 pm

Oops, I posted my comment on your previous post. *ahem*
I hope you get better soon!
:)

<a href="http://elizabethmueller.blogspot.com/">♥.•*¨ Elizabeth ¨*•.♥</a>

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Donna Hole link
3/2/2011 12:33:37 pm

I'd say a mom on the run with her two kids from a domestic violence hubby. Perhaps this is a safe-house while her new identity is being set up.

Whoever she and the boys are, it is a heartbreaking scene. Vivid descriptions of the troubled life inside the walls.

.........dhole

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Angie link
3/3/2011 01:38:18 am

This is cool, I might try this on my own soon. I think everybody already covered what I would have guessed, but the story behind these characters sounds interesting and I would like to know what happens!

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