The Saddest Thing I Own

The Saddest Thing I Own

A collection of life's saddest objects, their sad stories, and our reasons for holding onto these sad things.


Tags

Here you can browse our archive of sad things by Tag. Tags are keywords that summarize a particular sad thing. Each sad thing is generally tagged by the contributor with multiple keywords. Tags that are common among several sad things appear larger in the list below. If you find this list overwhelming you might consider browsing sad things by Category.

2006, 9/11, abortion, absence, abuse, abusive, accessories, accident, action, ad, addiction, adopted, adoption, advertising, affair, afraid, africa, alcohol, alcoholic, alcoholism, alone, alram, als, alzheimer's, alzheimers, anger, angry, animal, anorexia, apartment, arabian, arbys, arcade, art, article, ashes, assault, autism, avon, awful, baby, bags, basket, basketball, bass, bdsm, beach, bear, beattles, beetle, behavior, beloved, belt, best, best-friend, betrayal, bible, birds, birthday, birthmother, blanket, blankie, blog, blogging, blossoms, body, bone, book, bookcase, books, bosnia, bottle, bouquets, boy, boyfriend, bracelet, brain, break, breakup, breast, bride, broken, brooklyn, brush, buckle, bully, bunny, burned, bury, bus, business, button, campaign, cancer, car, carabiner, card, cards, care, careless, carnations, carpet, cars, casket, cassette, cat, cats, cd, cds, cemetery, certificates, change, chaos, charm, cheating, chemotherapy, cherry, chewtoy, child, childhood, children, chinook,, chow, christmas, class, claustrophobia, clipping, clock, clothes, clothes,, clown, cobble, coffee, colic, collar, collars, coma, comforted, comics, compulsion, confusion, construction, cotton-candy, cousin, crane, cremated, cremation, cries, cringe, cruising, crush, crying, customs, dad, daddy, daffodils, dangerous, daughter, day, dead, death, death,baby,loss, depressing, depression, destruction, dialysis, diary, dictaphone, die, died, disabled, disasters, disease, disorder, divorce, doctor, dog, dog,, dogs, doll, dollar, dolls, dope, downs, downsizing, drawing, dread, dream, dress, dried, drink, drinking, driver, drugs, drunk, ducts, dying, earth, eating, eating-disorder, egg, emotions, engagement, environment, escape, espresso, ex-boyfriend, exploring, eyes, faith, familty, family, fast, father, fatherhood, faucet, fear, feathered, federal, feel, feelings, feline, felix, fiance, fight, figures, fiji, file, fireman, first, flix, flower, flowers, food, footprints, forced, forgiving, forgotten, fork, frame, frankenstein, french, fridge, friend, friends, friendship, frog, frost..., funeral, furniture, garage, garbage, garden, gardens, gas, gin, ginardi, girl, girlfriend, giving, globe, god, golf, gone, goodbye, graduation, grammy, grandfather, grandma, grandmother, grandmother,, grandmothers, grandpa, grandparents, grave, gravestone, great-grandmother, greenwood, grief, guilt, guitar, guns, hair, hamburg, handmade, handprints, handyman, harsh, hate, hatred, headstone, health, heart, heartache, heartbreak, heartbroken, hegdehog, high, highway, history, holocaust, home, homeless, honeymoon, hoodie, hope, horoscope, horse, hospital, hour, house, housing, humpback, hunger, hurricane, hurt, husband, hydrocephalus, i, ideas, ignored, illness, impatient, incubator, infant, infertility, innocence, insecurity, internet, ironic, irony, irreplaceable, israel, it, jack, jacket, jealous, jealousy, jehovah, jersey, jewelery, jewelry, jewelrybox, jingle, journal, journels, judy, junkie, katrina, kayla, kc, kennedy, kidneys, kids, killed, kissing, kitten, kitties, kitty, korea, lake, leningrad, lesbians, lessons, letter, letters, leukemia, librarian, licence, lie, lies, life, lillies-of-the-valley, lipstick, little, london, loneliness, lonely, loss, lost, love, lover, lyon, lyrics, mad, maggot, maker, man, marine, marriage, maternity, maturity, mean, medication, medicine, memories, memory, mental, message, messages, metal, mexico, mind, miscarrage, miscarriage, miserable, missed,, missing, misunderstandings, mom, mother, mother's, movies, mp3s, muguets, mum, mummy, murder, music, my, myself, myspace, nature, neglect, neighbor, neighbors, nephew, net, netflix, new, news, newspaper, nocturnalism, note, notes, nothing, obituary, obsession, officer, online, onlychild, opal, optimisim, origami, orleans, pain, painkillers, painting, paper, parent, parents, paris, paws, peaceful, people, perfect, personals, pet, pets, ph.d., philosphy, phone, photo, photograph, photos, pics, picture, pictureframe, pie, pills, pink, plane, planet, plants, playlist, pocket, poland, police, pond, poodle, pooh, portrait, pot, poverty, precious, pregnancy, pregnant, pressure, prisoner, professional, prom, promised, psychologist, puppy, purse, rain, rat, reconciliation, recording, red, regret, regrets, relationship, relationships, relic, remember, rental, repetition, replacement, rescue, reunion, ring, rings, ripped, rita, rose, roses, roxy, russle, sad, saddest, sadness, safety, sailboat, sale, saved, scale, scars, schizophrenia, school, scooter, search, self, self-absorbed, self-esteem, self-injury, sense, serving, sex, sexual, shame, shirt, shirts, shoe, shoes, shot, sidewalk, signs, silence, silverware, single, sink, sinking, sister, sisters, site, sketch, slavery, small, smells,, smile, snakeskin, sociopath, son, song, sonogram, sorrow, sound, spirit, split, spoon, spouse, stallion, star, statistic, step, stillbirth, stillborn, stone, stones, stovetop, strength, stroke, student, stuffed, submarine, suicide, sunshine, surgery, sweetheart, sydney, syndrome, taken, talon, tape, tax-return, taxes, teacher, tear, tears, teddy, television, terrier,, text, thimble, think, thoughts, ticket, time, tin, tissues, toolbox, tools, toxins, toy, toys, transgender, trash, trask, tree, tumor, txt, ultrasound, uncle, unrequited, unworthy, up, urn, used, vans, vet, viagra, video, vietnam, view, virginia, voice, voice-recorder, volcano, wagon, waiting, war, warrant, was, watch, water, website, wedding, weight, whale, wheelchair, whipped, wicca, wife, willy, window, windup, wish, witty, woe, women, words, worth, worthlessness, wounds, wrestling, writing, wrongful, wwii, yellow, you, youth


The Saddest Thing I Own is a 2005 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It is supported by the Jerome Foundation in celebration of the Jerome Hill Centennial and in recognition of the valuable contributions of artists to society.

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