What do you collect?

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I collect various computer programs, various genres of music (Happy Hardcore atm), computer hardware, and just about anything draconic.

Seriously, I have figurines, pictures, weapons, statuettes, hats, shirts, games, books, patches, cards, an hourglass, programs, posters, and plenty more that all has to do with Dragons. One could say I have everything but a live one, not yet at least.

CDs, free music downloads off the internet, beanies and other hats, snowglobes, m&m dispensers, books of trivia or quotes and sports statistics... probably more but that's what immediately comes to mind.

Old computers and model cars. All my old computers used to come with some version of Windows, but I now use Linux on them.

i used to collect smartie letter tops when i was about 18, i had a few hundred lol... recently i've been collecting the cards inside of books that libraries stamp dates on. usually there's just a piece of paper stuck inside the cover that has the date stamped on it so whenever i see the little cards i'm compelled to take them for my personal stash lol, the library doesn't seem to mind/notice and they probably think it's jus the kids... those collections i'd consider to be pretty random.

i also collect ladybird books. i have many from my childhood and am always stumbling across them in charity shops. i'm not really into the fiction/fairytales, but the recreational and educational ones i really like. i'm drawn to their uniformity, they look great on the shelf. and it's a real bug when you start hunting them down. i've bought some off the net. some specific books and some whole series are now very scarce and are sought by collectors all over the country. the rarest ladybird book - so elusive, it seems, that not one collector has even seen one - is The Computer from the How it works series, produced privately for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 1972. the print run was limited to 100 copies on plain boards without the usual ladybird copyright information. the simple design and lack of information were at the request of the MoD, since the government body did not want trainee staff to know they were learning from a ladybird book. but the fact that the MoD itself deemed the ladybird approach useful enough for adults is testament to the books' clarity and intelligence. also, years later, during training for the Falklands War, the British Army used Ladybird's Understanding Maps to instruct soldiers in the art of map reading.
...as you can see i like ladybird books lol

Computers.

The growing number of songs in my head.