what's in your backpack?

This is my backpack and my water bottle.

Note: The text says The Graduate Programs At GW. It was free.

This is how my backpack looks when I open it up. It's very, very heavy.

These are the things inside my backpack. The big blue book is very, very, very thick and full of early modern travel writing and criticism. Good times.

Note: The books vary, of course, but this is a fairly representative sample.

Second note: I took a ridiculously long time on Preview annotating this picture (twice), but both times Preview crashed when I hit save. Sorry for the lack of labeling.

Conclusion: I need to carry less stuff.