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let me just give you a quick run down of what you’re seeing here:

bright yellow rectangular thingy = paddle used for changing bike tires

shiny purple thingy = quaker oatmeal brand granola bar wrapper

blackish browish gross thingy = a very “mature” banana

greyish enclosure we are peering into = my backpack (which is waterproof as advertised inside and out)

so i had been noticing a vinegary kind of smell coming from my backpack for a little over a week now.  which really didn’t alarm me because i keep my running clothes in my bag (i like to go for a jog on my lunch break instead of eating sometimes - yes, i have been in california too long)  

anyways today i was digging deep in my bag only to find it wasn’t my running clothes making my bag smell (this time) but in fact it was the other way around… and that vinegar smell - lets just say the nose knows. the banana had been down there so long it had pretty much liquified and my backpack, being so well crafted by the folks at timbukt2, kept that liquid in there long enough for it to ferment into banana vinegar (which you could probably buy at whole foods).  

i scooped what was left of the banana out with a giant wad of paper towels and washed my backpack out in the sink at work. there were lots of old cough drops that had been partially disolved stuck at the bottom too. and before i took the picture naturally i had already removed almost everything from my bag. but the prime layer above the banana was mainly letters from the dmv and you know important financial documents, they did a pretty good job of soaking up most of the banana vinegar. if i had left it any longer who knows maybe some knew fiscally responsible life form resistant to sore throats could have sprung from the bottom of my bag.  

someday i am gonna get fired for being disgusting.  but not today.