“Friendship Bracelet”
http://mith.umd.edu/arguing/admin/items/show/35
From observing this bracelet it is clear that Monica is actually a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency. The old and ratty looking bracelet is just a disguise for a very advanced tracking device. Much like a young James Bond, Monica accepts dangerous missions from the C.I.A. risking her life for the sake of Justice. The danger of the missions is evident in the wear and tear on the bracelet. Upon closer inspection we can see, hidden in the knot on the string, a tracking device. The microchip electronics hidden inside the string help Monica’s C.I.A. handler monitor her heart rate and GPS coordinates. With this technology, they can determine if Monica is injured and her location. Monica claims the bracelet was a present from an old friend which I confidently deem untrue. As we can see in the picture, the bracelet is discolored at some sections and emits a dark halo. These are classic qualities of Type-C Norium, a substance created and used only by the C.I.A.. I would know this because I once was invited to work as a spy for this agency. This bracelet is a great display of modern technology and I hope Monica will post more “innocent looking” items to her archive.
“Tyreese: A New branch of my life!”
http://mith.umd.edu/arguing/admin/items/show/41
This picture may look like a perfectly innocent moment but the truth lies behind the three smiling people. I would like to argue that the basis of this photo is not joy of the arrival of a niece, but in fact an attempt to cover up a terrible accident. With an analytical eye one can clearly discover that the smiles on each face are fake and that all three subjects in the photo are conveniently hovered over the baby to hide the area behind them. The first supporting point of my theory is the red substance that is peeking out from under the man’s chest. This red substance must be blood which is clearly coming from the man. As a face reader, I can tell that behind the man’s smile is pain and anguish. He has clearly been injured. How he got injured is the main focus of the elaborate cover-up. Tyreese and the two other people in the photograph broke their Mom’s favorite antique desk. During the disastrous break the man was injured which explains the blood. As soon as Mom’s footsteps were heard, Tyreese and her partners in crime grabbed the baby and used her as a distraction. Mystery solved!
I beg to differ! Sara here has made some very interesting, far-fetched and outrageous assumptions. I can without a doubt say that her imagination ran away with this one, but it is okay because I am here to save the day and set the record straight.
So, where should I begin? Ah yes, just a little minor detail, but the baby in the photograph is a male, just as future reference, but I will not hold it against you for it is hard to tell from the image. Anyway, moving on we get to the part where the three subjects are supposedly “hiding” something when the truth of the matter is that, although the smiles may seem to come off as so called fake, the reason for this may be due to the fact that we had all been up for countless hours in the delivery room waiting on the arrival of my nephew. Secondly, the presumed blood coming from the man is in fact a t-shirt belong to the man (so the assumption that it belongs to the man was actually correct!). The outrageous objection comes in when the man’s smile is represents pain and anguish. I just don’t even know where to begin with this one, but, so as not to rant and rave on, I will simply say that those feelings were the FARTHEST from the man’s mind. I can back this up by telling you all that the little baby boy in the image is the man’s newborn child. Not only is it his newborn, but it is first child. So if he was feeling anything the feelings would be more along the lines joy, happiness, excitement, and so on. As for the breaking of the antique desk, I do not know what to say except that I am pretty sure there are no antique desks in a hospital, never mind in the maternity ward and wait, where is the so called desk in the image? Hmm….
So, now that I have cleared up any mishaps or bad interpretations, I hope that you are able to see the image for what it really is: a mother and her two kids enjoying the arrival of the son’s first child, the mother’s first grandchild and the daughter’s first nephew. Now that’s what I call a mystery solved!
Though Sara is correct in her assumption that this bracelet is not quite your every day keepsake, her assumption that it originates from a connection with the C.I.A. is a grossly inaccurate statement which falls far short of the real truth.
Look carefully at the position in which the bracelet is held. Note that its curious shape from the simple circle to the tattered upright ends is very reminiscent of the symbol for bismuth. The element is known for a gray appearance with a pinkish tinge–remarkably similar to the bracelet itself. While the alchemical symbol is known to have been acknowledged by the ancients, its uses in alchemy have been lost. Monica’s possession of it hints at a connection to this ancient practice. It is strongly suspected that she is a remnant of a secret, continuing practice–a modern day member of an ancient, enduring order far predating anything so mundane and feeble as the puny C.I.A.