HOW I STARTED COLLECTING
I then took them down and bought my first box of 100 push-pins in a multi-color pack. I started outlining a 4' by 6' cork bulletin board on the wall of my bedroom. My next goal was to outline the entire bulletin board. This took about a year and I ended up with about 100 or so at that time. Then terror struck. One night while resting peacefully, I awoke suddenly to the multiple eyes staring at me in the dark. After screaming and waking up my family, I realized that it was the dozen or so glow-in-the-dark keychains that I had scattered amongst all the others. At this point, categorizing and organizing them became the next task. All glow-in-the-dark keychains were organized into one area.
Soon after organizing them and accumulating multitudes of them - okay around 300 at the time - I went off to college at Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO. Now for modern day graduates that would be Truman State University - but since they did not listen to alumni for the proper change of name - it shall remain on this website - NMSU. (Pause while Mark leaves his soapbox.) In college and several moves around various dorm rooms and apartments, the collection did not surface for display except for a couple of speeches/presentations here and there.
I now have the keychains displayed in my garage taking up most of one wall. Eventually one of the vehicles may be in danger of losing its place inside. Through college friends and my travels I have slowly collected and had many people send me various keychains. I continue to build my collection each day if possible. I love stopping at roadside flea markets and picking one up for a dime or quarter. When my family goes on vacations, it is an inexpensive and small item to accumulate and not take up much room in the suitcases. It has become a family adventure to spot the keychains in amongst all of the other tourist items.
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