{"id":4813,"date":"2015-07-24T05:32:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T05:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=4813"},"modified":"2015-07-18T05:33:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T05:33:29","slug":"linked-the-story-of-my-20s-as-told-in-amazon-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/07\/24\/linked-the-story-of-my-20s-as-told-in-amazon-purchases\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “The Story of My 20s, as Told in Amazon Purchases”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Weird<\/a><\/p>\n

via Gawker<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I first started using Amazon when I was 22, in 2003. I don\u2019t have many specific memories from this awkward transition into adulthood; in a pre-Facebook world, it was much easier to forget life\u2019s little moments, especially the painful ones I had no interest in remembering.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ve been wanting to do this for a very long time. I linked to a piece a few months ago breaking down Amazon purchases and I started going through mine. Unlike the writer, my first Amazon purchase was only in 2004 but I was also 16 then.<\/p>\n

My first purchase was\u00a0Aikido and the Harmony of Nature<\/a>\u00a0and the second was\u00a0The O.C. – The Complete First Season<\/a>. It would be fun to go through all of these but would take a day of work copying and pasting and explaining every purchase. I buy everything on Amazon.<\/p>\n

Some purchases are embarrassing like the fact I paid $52 for a 2 gigabyte memory card in 2005 but most of it is normal purchases. I\u2019ll get around to doing that one-day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Gawker: I first started using Amazon when I was 22, in 2003. 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