Recording summary · January 2019
Someone sent me a HIV test kit...this isn't funny
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Overview
An unsolicited package containing an HIV test kit and a social anxiety brochure is received, after which a blood extraction is performed despite difficulties, and the sample is mailed back.
A Nintendo Switch Joy-Con controller shell is replaced with a white casing using a newly arrived £12 tri-wing screwdriver set.
Discussions take place regarding dining out, chopstick use, clothing disputes, and preparations for an upcoming departure and birthday.
Themes
Unsolicited mail containing an HIV kit and social anxiety pamphlet
Performing the home blood collection for the HIV test
Mailing the test kit in cold weather
Modifying Nintendo Switch Joy-Con casing with tri-wing screwdrivers
Meal conversations involving food choices and chopstick use
Coat dispute and restaurant outing with family
Developments
An unsolicited package containing an HIV test kit and a social anxiety brochure is opened, attempted, and mailed back.
A finger prick is performed to extract blood for an HIV test kit.
The blood sample package labeled biological substance category B is posted outside.
A tri-wing screwdriver set costing £12 arrives and is used to switch Joy-Con housing to white.
Uncertainties & gaps
The identity of the person who ordered and sent the HIV test kit and brochure remains unknown.
Whether the amount of extracted blood is sufficient for the test is uncertain.