List of things to take to OSU – Fall 1978
/[Note: Fall, 1978, I went to Ohio State University, my first time away from home, where I lived in a dorm room with my friends Brad Jacobs and Dan Strayer. There are several pages of lists of things to pack and take. Please note: Brad and I combined our stereo systems, so I have only included speakers and cassette deck.]
Shoes/Boots: Old Wallabees / New Wallabees / Blue Pumas / RWB Adidas / White Adidas / New Balance / Nike / Countries / Slippers / Black Boots / Hiking Boots / New Balance (old)
Shirts (T): Red Jockey / Blue with Pocket / Yellow Adidas / White with Orange Adidas / Three V-neck T shirts / Strap Undershirts / Little Kings / Perkins Cross Country Red / Genesis / Perkins 500 / Camel GT / Supertramp / White with Green Trim
Shirts – Button Variety: French Navy Shirt / Blue and White Hawaii Shirt / Brown Levis Shirt / Blue Prison-type Levis Shirt / White Work Shirt / White Short-sleeve / Brown Short-sleeve / Sweatshirt – blue and red
Pants: White / Army / Good Jeans / Poor Jeans / DK Brown Cords / Tan Cords
Socks: 5 pair little footies / As many brown and blue socks as I have / 10 pair white tube socks / Wool socks (winter)
Coats: White Jacket / Jean Jacket / Old Man's Coat / Army Jacket / Trucker Vest (winter, maybe)
Underwear: 15 pair Jockey Underwear
Shorts: Good Levi shorts (beach) / Nylon swimsuit / Red, Light Grey, and Blue Gym-shorts / athletic supporter
Misc. Clothes: Jumpsuit / LL Beans Moose River Hat / Goodyear Hat / Watch Cap / Housecoat / Good and not quite good gloves / Thin black tie
Books and Magazines: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork / Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt / The Pill Vs. The Springhill Mine Disaster / Walden / Catch-22 / MASH / Slaughterhouse Five / Clockwork Orange / Ulysses / Mr. Boston Bar Guide / Catcher in the Rye / Don Quixote / Selected Rolling Stones / Selected National Lampoons / Red poetry books by R. S .Russell / Seven Centuries of Verse / All Richard Brautigan / All Alistair MacLean / All Sherlock Holmes / Lord of the Rings (four books) A Decade of The Who
Additional Items: Toothbrushes (2) / Cream Deodorant / Old Spice Deodorant / Bic Shavers / Shaving Cream / Electric Razor / Noxzema Cream / 2 Combs / Brush (hair) / Shampoo (Blue stuff or Head and Shoulders) / Little Screwdriver / A few Washcloths / 6 or 7 big Beach Towels / Pillows and Pillow Cases / Dental Floss / Kleenex / Fingernail Clipper / Swabs / Glasses Strap / Soap / Phisohex / Blanket / Bedspread / First Aid
Decorations: Honest Abe / Senior Pennant / E.A.P. Poster / Darth Balder and Bacchus and whatever else (Dan) / Big Notebook for drawings
Audio Equipment: Advent Loudspeakers (2) / Pioneer CTF2121 Cassette Deck / Shure Microphones (2) / 2 Album Crates / All Good Albums / All Cassette Tapes / Record Cleaner / Tape Head Cleaner / Two Grey Speaker Stands / Speaker Wire / Electronic Keyboard and Amp / Headphones
Misc.: Danny (ifin he wants to go) / Glasses (drinking variety) – Mug, Identical clear mug, 2 shot glasses, Pepe Le Pew glass, Bizarre Pina Colada glass, Silver mug, Frosted glass, Coffee cup, Suds bowl / Sunglasses: Dan's / Clip-on / Cedar Point Matches (in Cigar Box) / Herb Box (metal) with Tea (etc) inside (Licorice Root) / Eyeglasses (the ones I wear, plus Old Billy Glasses) / Pipes and Tobacco – all pipes, all tobacco, reamers and cleaners / Beer – Case of Budweiser, case of Homebrew, some Cinci, Labatt's, Stroh's, and whatever / Ashtray / Pens, pencils, paper, and notebooks / Popcorn / Padlock / Scissors / Flashlight / Sewing kit / Tape / Laundry bag / Hangers / Stopwatch (for recording) / Belt buckles (Miller, Branding Iron, Old Milwaukee) / Calendar / Chapstick / Money / Red Wristwatch / Frisbee
Food: Dandee Corn Puffs / Cheetos – fried / Hi-Hos / Cheese (Parmesan, Pepper, Smoked, Camembert or Brie, Liederkranz, Swiss, Limburger, Bleu) / Tavern Nuts / Popcorn (unpopped) / Cheese Corn / Hard Pretzels