"The Box"
I keep stuff. I keep lots of stuff. I keep my favorite stuff in a big Rubbermaid box. The Box has been in the back of my Blazer for the longest time (while talking to Melissa today I remembered why it was in there... which... was a funny reason in itself). My car broke down this week and had to be towed to a garage. I took The Box out of the car before leaving it @ the garage for fear that someone might get nosey. Not that there's anything THAT important (or incriminating) in there... but yeahhhhhh. Someone might think I'm a bit special. And by "special"... I mean SHORT BUS. So what's in the box? Let's see...

1 sheet music booklet for Bon Jovi "Always" (FYI: I can't even read music. I LOVE that song though. I guess at some point, I just HAD to have it.)

1 Revolutionary Comics, Inc. Rock'n'Roll Poison comic book

1 Vic Firth "Mike Fasano - Warrant" drumstick - used

1 Vater Bottle Rockett "Rikki Rockett" drumstick - used

1 Johnny Rabb Bottleneck "Rikki Rockett" drumstick - used

3 other drumsticks, 1 broken, all used. All of unknown origin.

1 1998 Samantha Fox "I Wanna Have Some Fun" vinyl 45

1 1975 Sweet "Fox on the Run" vinyl 45

1 1987 Samantha Fox "Naughty Girls" vinyl 45

3 capsule package of Yellow Jackets Dietary Supplements wrapped in a photocopied All Access Quiet Riot pass. (Part of the White Trash Dream Date winnings. Don't ask. I don't know either.)

1 Trojan Ultra Pleasure Condom still in it's package. Expiration Date: June 2001 (Also part of the White Trash Dream Date winnings which ... happened in AUGUST of 2001. Yeah. Expired. Haha.)

79 Poison collectors/trading cards with 2 hollographic Poison stickers from the packages they came in.

1 plastic pink rose

2 purple Club Rockett lanyards

1 red and blue 1-800-USA-ARMY lanyard. (Courtesy of the White Trash Dream Date)

1 black string lanyard

1 brown leopard print lanyard

1 pink leopard print lanyard

1 February 2001 Metal Maniacs magazine (I've looked through it 5 times. I don't know why I had to have THIS ONE.)

1 Posin "Appearing Live..." ad (ganked from I don't even KNOW where)

1 set finger-sized handcuffs

1 white Warrant Street Team Tshirt with "Band" on one sleeve (White Trash Dream Date)

1 green John Deere Tshirt signed by Rikki Rockett, Mike Fasano, and Zeek (White Trash Dream Date)

THE Dry Erase Board

1 black Metal Sludge bucket hat (www.metalsludge.tv)

A pinstriped toilet seat/lid painted by Rikki Rockett that reads "To Queen Tina with love... Rikki Rockett '02"

1 Posin Show ticket dated October 8th, 2005 (although I didn't get to go because of a wedding I attended)

1 Posin set list (from??)

1 photo CD titled "Girls Night Out" from February 12, 2005. There are pics of every set of breasts on my bowling team on there as well as dancing and karaoke pics.

1 black wrist band (ganked from Mike Fasano @ a Rockfest stop in West Plains, MO.)

1 Total Poser Tshirt (www.totalposer.com - also from Mikey in West Plains.)

1 black YLS sockhat

1 large plastic Zildjian cymbal bag adorned with a "Cockstar" sticker and a "Needleworks, 583-4044, Saratogo, NY" sticker (White Trash Dream Date)

1 Metal Sludge "Sludgin' in Vegas 2004" laminate (www.metalsludge.tv)

1 Metalfest III Springfest band laminate

1 Metalfest IV Summerfest band laminate

2 Emaciation "Sophia Siren" All Access laminates (www.myspace.com/emaciation)

1 Bret Michaels 2001 Glam Slam Metal Jam Fan Club/Aftershow Pass (I was trying to be a good lil' girlfriend and do something fun for my now ex. Just so ya know... he never appreciated anything. The gesture didn't earn me any points, lol)

1 Club Rockett laminate labeled "Tina"

1 Poison Glam Slam Metal Jam 2001 Limited Access laminate labeled "Tina Lu White Trash Dream Date Winner"

1 Poison Hollyweird All Access laminate labeled "Queen Tina"

1 Posin 2005 Loud and Snotty All Access laminate

1 Pablo Cruise "Backstage Pass" (tee hee!)

1 black Motley Priest tiny Tshirt

1 green John Deere wristband

1 oversized novelty "diamond" ring

3 signed Poison tickets, "Rikki Rockett"

1 signed Rockfest ticket, "Mike Fasano"

1 signed Poison ticket, "Bret Michaels"

2 Posin business cards

1 Poison/Lori Seidenberg business card

1 Talk Dirty/Jett Michaels business card

1 Strub DVD labeled #3 of 50 (www.myspace.com/strub)

1 card key to rm 3524 of the Riviera Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV. 3/18/05 to 3/21/05 (Sludge'n in Vegas)

An airline luggage tag (not mine, lol)

1 baggie of tickets and sticky passes that survived shows. Most are Poison except for one KISS VIP (non-used, still on the backing), and one Bad Medicine/HOB Artist

1 Metal Shop CD (recently signed by Ralph and Russ after an Atomic Punks show here in MO.)

1 Rock City News Vol. 20, No. 19, October 24, 2002 containing pics of the MSE I co-hosted in L.A. (Also recently signed by Ralph and Russ)

1 Stratford Bar and Grill List of Upcoming Events. (I wondered why I'd kept this until I turned it over to find, "Where the hell is Frangadakis?!?")

Jizzy Pearl's "Just a Boy" CD signed, "Thanks, Tina! Jizzy Pearl"

Rikki Rockett's "Glitter 4 Your Soul" CD signed, "I am TinaLu's Bitch! Rikki Rockett"

Bret Michaels' "Songs of Life" signed, "TinaLu finally! Bret Michaels"

1 plastic "gold" medal with red/white/blue ribbon stolen from O'Charlies during an outing with Those Girls in Indiana.

January 2003 Black Belt Magazine

1 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store "Summer in America 2001" publication. (White Trash Dream Date winnings. *shrugging*)

1 newspaper clipping from the FRONT PAGE of my hometown's newspaper from March 18th, 200? (a few years ago) 3 friends and myself were pictured wearing green feather boas while smoking and drinking during a St. Patrick's Day Pub Crawl. Mom was so proud.

1 gift certificate for a 15min. Thumb Massage by Ricky Parent authorized by Dr. Rockett. (WTDD)

1 "Cockstar" sticker. (WTDD)

1 - 8" crystal/glass with fairies inside.

1 Posin show poster stolen from the wall of a bar due to the fact that it read, "Friends of TinaLu.com"

1 neon green piece of paper stolen from a dressing room door that reads, "DO NOT ENTER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES - Interview in progress! Big John"

1 set Metal Sludge guitar picks

1 Rachel Bolan guitar pick

1 white Christy Calabro/American Anthem guitar pick (the font seems oddly familiar)

2 red Bret Michaels Songs of Life guitar picks

2 Ernie Ball guitar picks - "Skid Row" & "Thickskin August 5th 2003"

1 white Posin guitar pick (that oddly enough... has the drummer's name on it)

1 green Posin www.posinweb.com guitar pick

1 white Steve Frangadakis www.onelightburning.com guitar pic

1 green Vince Neil/Jason Hook www.jasonhook.net guitar pic

5 guitar picks of unknown origin

1 Michael Jackson "Thriller" vinyl LP (complete with the puffy stickers I added to the inside of the sleeve in third grade.)

1 Guns n Roses "Appetite for Destruction" vinyl picture LP

1 Motley Crue "Girls Girls Girls" vinyl picture LP

2 Poison single vinyl picture albums

1 HUGE bag of cassettes and cassette singles I can't bear to throw away even though I never play them and they sound like shit.

1 "Queen Bitch" plaque

Random greeting cards from Those Girls and other friends

1 crown Christmas ornament that reads, "Queen of Everything" - a gift from Klaudia.

1 chrome lazerlight cigarette lighter

Note card from a friend referencing naps and koolaid.

1 blonde bobblehead doll wearing a camo skirt and boots. The base reads, "Rock Goddess.

Something NOT in the box because I use it all the time, although it's earned its place in there: 1 red oversized coffee mug that reads, "It's good to be QUEEN." - A gift from Mel.

Those Girls quote/memory book - containing gems such as, "I think I have my underwear on backwards." - Melissa "It's all fun and games until somebody pukes." - Holly And... my personal favorite, "Game on, motherfucker!"

PHOTOS, PHOTOS, and more PHOTOS.