This is Ol Mick’s bag. As you know he is very much an alcoholic, so the tequila in his bag is a must. The blender and blending cup is just in case he gets sick of plain tequila and wants to make a mixed drink.

He has  his  black folder which is a journal for  crime investigations and his green journal which is a day to day/event to event kind of deal. Last he has his wallet and keys. The wallet is an essential artifact in his bag because it has his ID and money to purchase more alcohol. The keys he rarely gets to use because he is usually to drunk to drive.

My noir character would not realistically carry a bag around so instead I am going to describe what one could expect to find in his desk on a normal day.

Top of the desk can usually be expected to be covered in scattered newspapers. A typewriter sits next to a leather bound book in which Jack keeps his financial logs in. An ashtray sits on the right side of the desk next to the typewriter where Jack can easily ash his cigarette while he sits and sips his scotch. The room has no windows and only a dimly lit light that sits on the left corner of the table just next to the rotary phone. Inside the top drawer sits a loaded .38 snub nose revolver and some rarely used stationary and a pair of reading glasses. In the lower drawer, Jack keeps a bottle of scotch and a few dusty glasses in case he ever wants a drink and doesn’t want to break concentration long enough to walk downstairs.

Layla doesn’t have much in her purse. She’s not the kind of person to have one of those giant sack bags filled with everything in existence. She has candy because she has a very sensitive sweet tooth, choosing to eat anything from cake to chocolate. She has a compact and lipstick for those on the go touch ups and her reading glasses for when she needs to skim something or look through her ever eventful planner. Her wallet holds all of her money (too much in fact) and her credit cards that allow her to splurge and buy whatever she wants. Finally, she has hand sanitizer because, while not many people know this, she is a slight germaphobe. But you didn’t hear that from me.

Here is the what’s in your bag? assignment for three points. This assignment we were supposed to image what are characters would carry in their bags on a daily basis. In this, he carries eight items. The list includes a cellphone, an iPod with headphones, a Swiss army knife, a notebook with a pen attached, a water bottle, a wallet, Malboro cigarettes and a roll of toilet paper. All items are inside a brown messenger bag.

This assignment was a required assignment on the character we made up and it was worth 3 points. Here is the link to the assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/whats-in-your-bag/

In Lena’s bag there are only a few things. She’s a simple person and only carries the essentials with her!

1. Blistix – This is something that Lena has to have on her at all times, whether it’s in her purse or just in her pocket. Especially at this time of year in New York, it’s very easy for her to get chapped lips. The bitter winds will beat on you up there and going from the outside to inside is always a drastic temperature change.

2. Key Ring – Another item in Lena’s bag is her key ring that has her keys to her apartment and to her car. Although this seems like a pretty common item for anyone, Lena always uses it for safety. When walking home from classes or from anywhere at night, she gets a sense of protection by holding the keys between her fingers if someone were to come at her.

3. Mace – This is another item that Lena uses for a sense of protection. This is the little black tube that’s in the middle front of the picture. Her dad bought this for her before she went away to college so he would have a little bit of piece of mind too. As we’ll learn later on… Lena has a reason for having all these walls up and having two different ways to protect herself.

4. RayBans – The next item that’s in Lena’s bag is her RayBans. They’re the tortoise shell wayfarers with Lilly Pulitzer croakies. Since Lena walks everywhere, she always needs to protect her sensitive blues eyes while also looking fashionable.

5. Dark Lipstick – This is one of Lena’s favorite things. It’s a deep berry colored lipstick that she always has on her. She doesn’t wear it everyday but she keeps it on her just in case she needs to spice up her outfit or look a little different under her RayBans and floppy hat.

6. Wallet – This is kind of an obvious thing to have in a purse, but it is essential to include. In here, Lena has her credit card, gift cards, and just a little bit of cash. She doesn’t carry a ton just in case she were to lose it. You can cancel a credit card, but you can’t make your cash come back.

7. Headband – Since Lena is in Veterinarian school, she always needs to be able to get her hair out of her face. When working with any animal, her shoulder-length hair will swing right in front of her face and distract her. The headband pictured is her favorite one that her family had sent her when they went on a mission trip to Guatemala. Now that her family is in Scotland, they travel more and more to places all over the world and send Lena a souvenir from each place they go to.

8. Advil – Another item in Lena’s bag is a small bottle of Advil. Lena gets headaches all the time from neck and back problems that she’s had for years. There’s nothing she can really do about it besides try to relax her muscle with heated pillows and massages. So, she always carries some Advil around for the small pains that nag her throughout the day.

9. Small Moleskin & Pen – This last item is Lena’s favorite thing that she carries around with her. She uses the pages as a place to write any thoughts or ideas that enter her mind. She writes them all down before she even has the chance to forgot them. So if she happens to leave it at home during the day, her entire day is thrown off.

This assignment is called what’s in your bag and it is worth 3 stars. Caleb is a sheriff that prides himself in being able to not need that much to survive each day. I carries very little with him everyday in his bag.

To start he carries a coffee cup so that he can stay awake after his night the night before. Everyone knows not to bother him if he does not have his coffee. The next thing he has is a shot glass because he never knows when he is going to need a drink. He will drink at any moment so he needs to be ready for when he feels like it. Next in his bag we find a pen. He carries on just because he knows that he should for the job. The set of keys that are in his bag have a key to his farm, the office, and the car. Another thing he always has is cash. He always likes to have a good amount of cash on him because he never knows what he will need. He also always has a knife with him. It is just something he always has. The phone is his but the case he found and the bar and decided to keep it so that his phone could have a case. The last thing is the laptop. He is only supposed to use it for work but he uses it as if it is his personal one.