I’m mainlining Transmetropolitan and it’s made me mean and put me in touch with my journalisitic roots. And I’ve noticed that my desk still looks like a newsies desk.
My desk, on which I’m working (screwing around) now contains:
9 dead soldier diet soda cans
1 lava lamp (pink)
1 router
1 cable modem
1 flat planel monitor
2 cheap speakers
1 collectible gas station jelly jar
c. 100 squished pennies in above jelly jar
c 20 pennies that don’t fit.
1 empty bag of Cheddar Cheez Combos
1 empty bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos
1 half full bag of Nache Cheese Doritos
1 half full box of Raisinets Transmetropolitcan books 2 and 3 Preacher books 2 and 3 The Fellowship of the Ring
1 copy of PvP issue 14
1 Netflix pack (unopened)
1 review pack for The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth
3 envelopes with my taxes
1 envelope with tax stuff for my accountant
2 indentical letters from a firm telling me they’ve found ‘unclaimed assets’ for me
1 pint glass inscribed ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’
1 shot glass inscribed the same
1 map of the Caribbean from PIRATES
1 Lord of the Rings mouse pad
1 set of Kim Possible action figures
2 bottles of Robitussin
1 rag used for cleaning vomit
2 bottles of calcium supplements
3 pinbacks with ‘PCR’ in Russian letters
4 pinbacks with Mary Prankster’s logo
1 candle lighter
1 large mason jar with a black candle burning
1 small mason jar with an orange candle burning
1 large mason jarr completely filled with leftover wax from previous candles
2 pumpkin carving tools
1 coaster in the form of roman mosiac
1 peanut butter jar lid
1 nail clipper
1 swiss army knife
1 statement from my broker
1 copy of Analog magazine
2 pens (different models)
17 workbooks (mostly SAT-preparation type books. Why? I don’t know.)
1 computer
1 keyboard
1 optical wireless mouse
3 pencil cases and everything in them
1 copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray
10 different issues of “National Geographic”
1 calculator
1 candle
1 webcam
1 pair of black gloves
1 half-full/half-empty can of Nestea
1 speaker
1 sketch of Constantine’s tattoos from the movie (I’m obsesssed :D)
3 binders
1 tenth-grade science textbook
1 half-finished script for drama class
3 sets of Kumon worksheets
1 French-English, English-French dictionary
5 rulers
4 pairs of scissors
I am a college student with a relatively small desk. I am not a History major, though it may sound like it.
1 17" CRT monitor
2 speakers
1 keyboard
1 mouse
1 mousepad
1 external zip drive
1 webcam
1 joystick
1 pair of headphones
A lot of wires
1 little piece of paper with some library call numbers and authors’ names
1 little piece of paper with a little math formula on it
A book, Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction
1 notebook with notes from about 6 History courses and maybe another course or two
1 notebook with notes from various humanities-type classes and a couple Geography classes
1 printed History paper assignment
1 “Jr. Bag Clip”
2 AA batteries in a small box
1 box of 36 slides
1 crate thing, with the following items in or on top of it:
1 notepad sort of thing
1 stapler
1 tape dispenser
1 electric pencil sharpener
1 day-by-day calendar for 2004
2 blank envelopes
4 pieces of assorted mail
1 box for the PC game Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
1 instruction manual for said game
1 set of 4x6 prints develolped at Wal Mart (mostly pictures of Cincinnati)
1 AAA tourbook- Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio
1 digital camera in a small case
1 small stack of papers from last semester’s History course
1 clip-on lamp
Mine looks rather like my room, meaning I know where everything is, but some stuff requires a bit of digging around to find. I have:
1 CD tower full of game & burnt AMV discs
1 spindle on top of the tower, empty save for two blanks-CDs-turned-coasters. The cover is also on my desk, just a different part fixes that
1 RSV Bible
1 set of keys
1 laptop
1 printer
1 wire pen holder, containg 3 dry-erase markers and 5 pens of different colours
1 3-in-1 highlighter
1 floppy disk case containing one corrupted disk
1 CD wallet, mostly empty
1 solar/dynamo powered radio
1 tape recorder
1 pencil–still dunno where that came from places in pen holder
1 half-empty bottle of lime pop
1 dolphin statue from Buck-or-Two
1 dragon optical illusion
1 empty glasses case
2 more coasters
1 PS2->USB adapter
1 book on runes
1 pencil case full of coloured pencils
1 half-eaten bag of skittles on top of pencil case
1 electronic database
various other papers I can’t be bothered to list or even sort through.
Organise? I don’t need to organise. I just ned a bigger desk
I’m assuming we’re talking about on the surface of the desk. Mine, I believe, is perfect for the college student I am.
*Laptop
*Lexmark printer (tiny! Crappy!)
*Empty paper cup (hot chocolate), empty mug (coffee), empty cup (OJ from cafeteria). All dirty.
*Empty can of Blue Sky rasberry soda (Yummy!)
*Three empty cans of Mountain Lightning, which is cheap-ass Mountain Dew.
*One styrofoam cafeteria cup of Lucky Charms, currently being eaten.
*Tape dispenser
*Metal ruler
*Euclid’s Elements, my math notebook, my Greek notebook, and a greek lexicon, all open.
*Nicomachean Ethics, closed.
*A copy of a local alt-weekly newspaper.
*Empty yogurt container with pens/pencils
*Candle, unlit
*Incense, lit (and illegal in my dorm! Fun!)
*A tube of Carmex
*Big 64-disc CD/DVD binder
*half-used pack of printer paper
*Decorative clock from Parent’s weekend (brilliantly, they gave all attendants one, so some families came away with three or four).
*A commemorative Crayola tin with crayons and colored pencils within (I use them for sketching out constructions of math proofs. And coloring, for stress relief. Shut up, the number of ‘deep’ books on my bookshelf outweigh that.)
Sadly, no. 2’ by 4’. Bought at Wal-Mart two years ago. Small, as these things go.
I missed earlier:
Endless business cards from people who may want to give or loan me money.
c. 120 empty #10 envelopes for correspondence.
4 mason jar lids being used to hold small items
3 guitar picks (Fender Medium)
Right now I’m using my kitchen table as my computer desk, so there’s lots of room.
I have:
Flat panel monitor
Lexmark printer
Keyboard and mouse
The optical thingy for the keyboard and mouse
Power strip with accompanying cords plugged into it
Telephone base (phone is in the living room)
Bottle of Diet Coke
Pack of smokes
Ashtray
Cube of memo paper
Art glass dish full of Halls Fruit Breezers
Ink refill for a pen
Case of Girl Scout Caramel Delight cookies
Two packages of Girl Scout Peanut Butter Patty cookies
Box from my modem
Bar of Peppermint & Oatmeal soap from blueheronsoap.com
1/4 bag of potato chips
Stack of grocery coupons
Car insurance cards (2)
My purse
Expando-folio with receipts/bills
Empty plastic grocery bag
Assorted junk mail
Phone bill
Three books
Surface of my home desk:
'm skipping all the things like computer, pens, lamp, CDs, diskettes. You know all that. Interesting things:
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[li] Three small stuffed animals, a penguin, a bear dressed as a Canadian Mountie, and a bunny.[/li][li] The wooden fish I made in high school shop class. I don’t know why it’s here.[/li][li] My address book.[/li][li] A little wooden train I built and painted. The wheels really turn![/li][li] A hairclip.[/li][li] A baby A-B-C book for Hindi. I use to remember my alphabet when I’m writing letters.[/li][li] A pair of dice 20’s.[/li][li] A picture of my deceased grandfather (on the desk) and two pictures of birds (stuck to the doors of the shelf).[/li][li] A knife for shaving pewter miniatures.[/li][li] A key. Not sure what it’s for.[/li][li] A plastic bird.[/li][li] Clear nailpolish.[/li][li] A screw.[/li][li] A spool of black strong.[/li][/ul]
I think that’s all the interesting or slightly unusual stuff, though.
At work, the interesting things I have:
[ul]
[li] A Mr. Potato Head.[/li][li] A Newton’s Cradle.[/li][li] A stork carrying a little bag in its beak. [/li][/ul]
I happen to be at work now (at work on on a Sunday, how blasphemous!), and my desk contains, from left to right:
A pile of old manual printouts
A small notepad containing edit notes
A box containing a pair of those metal Chinese hand exercise balls
A paperclip holder
A pencil/pen holder
User manual for my new Ipaq
“A Guide to QuarkXpress”
A timer consisting of a sand hourglass suspended in a tube of water
My Avaya office phone
A demo CD of Adobe’s new Creative Suite
Misc. Email printouts
Stapler
“XML - A Primer”
My old Handspring Visor (w/ broken screen) and its cradle
My PC, a Dell Precision 350
A model of a United Airlines DC-7 on top of the Dell
An Amateur Band Plan chart taped to the side of the Dell (I recently acquired my Ham license, it was a very valuable study aid).
A Memorex CF flashcard reader
-My new Ipaq and its PC cable
-My cherished Norton (the motorcycle, not the anti-virus) coffee mug
-A coffee mug pad hand-knitted by my wife
-Computer monitor
-A model of an ANA Lockheed Tri-Star on top of the monitor
-A sticker on the monitor that reads “Work Sucks! I’m Going Road Racing!”
-A photo of myself and my cafe racer taped to the monitor
-A model of a Ducati MH900e Evoluzione
A photo of my wife and I at a recent trackday
A wedding photo of my wife
A business card for the coordinator of the local Amateur Radio Emergency Service group
Assorted pens and pencils lying about
Lots more assorted printouts that I really need to go through and organize
A clock w/ date display and temp readout
-An original marketing model of the new Airbus A380 from what back when it was still the A3XX
Bookshelf containing the following:
[ul]
[li]Previous versions of my manuals (“Centinel User Guide”, “Centinel Operations Manual”, “CPAPi Operations Manual”)[/li][li]“Teach Yourself Robohelp 2000 in 24 Hours”[/li][li]“Dennis Kirk Metric Bikes 2005 Catalog”[/li][li]“Adobe Framemaker 6.0 User Guide”[/li][li]“O’Reilly Java in a Nutshell”[/li][li]“2005 Card Industry Directory”[/li][/ul]
A stack of music CDs:
[ul]
[li]“Monsoon Wedding Soundtrack”[/li][li]“The Greatest Dance Album in the World”[/li][li]“Time-Out (Dave Brubeck Quartet)”[/li][li]“Bootleg Andre’ CD”[/li][li]"'Til Shiloh (Buju Banton)"[/li][li]“Tear The Roof Off, 1974-1980 (Parliament)”[/li][li]“The Chronic (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog) Still one of the best albums EVA)”[/li][li]“Reggae Gold 1999”[/li][li]“3 years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life of… (Arrested Development)”[/li][li]“Legend (Bob Marley and the Wailers)”[/li][li]“Rattle & Hum (U2)”[/li][/ul]
One of those Chinese Restaurant supply calendars (Courtesy of Reliable Restaurant Supplies Co, Ltd Scarborough, Ontario)
Laptop
Mouse
DSL modem
3 candles
mini flashlight
2 empty soda cans
Mug with just a swig of cold coffee left
empty water bottle
3 pictures (2 with my son and either cousins or me and 1 of a lake in Kananaskis that I snapped)
Necklace
Ring
watch
bracelet
2 calculators
scraps of papers with notes
phone cards
napkins
elastics
some CD’s I’ve burned
disk 2 of Buffy S1
2 post it note pads
lamp
half a handcuff set
nail file
nose powder
hand lotion
earrings
coins
3 floppies (which are useless to me unless I set up my old PC again)
old lotto tickets
sex coin
$0.13
I wouldn’t go through my desk, there’s way too much crammed inside lol
Laptop
Headphones
Microphone
Empty packet of gum
Chopsticks
Lassen Volcanic Natl. Park pocketknife, with the scissors open
Printer
Keyboard
Stack of CD-Rs
Notebook
USB gamepad
A myriad of various cords and cables
surge protector
pencil holder
several mousepads
empty packet of cough drops
“Running with Scissors” CD by Wierd Al Yankovic
several wrappers
TI-83 graphing calculator
Crappy Lexmark printer that doesn’t work
lamp
cup with some pencils
slide rule
Chrono Cross, disc 1
Final Fantasy VII, discs 1 and 2
empty water glass
a bone (I think it’s a deer bone. Got it from a friend who found it while camping two years ago)
the book “Flags of Our Fathers”, by James Bradley
a 128 MB RAM stick
a 2.4 gig Pentium 4
the manual to a TI-89 graphing calculator
calender
digital watch manual
egg of silly putty
deck of playing cards
tin of mints
a pair of those glasses you use to see 3d images
empty packet of sunflower seeds
Telephone
Picture of Littlecats in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit- 1 day old
Daytimer
cellphone
bill sorter/notepad holder
2 more pictures of Littlecats
tape dispenser
paper clip holder
fluorescent gooseneck desk lamp
stapler
cube-style calendar
Strongbad coaster
Lumatec systems coaster
NFPA 04-05 membership collar pin
pen/scissors/receipts/misc stuff organizer
last week’s lottery tickets
some stuff in between read and thrown away
calculator
RAM technology engraved carabiner
pen/scissors
Monitor, keyboard, mouse and mouse pad, speakers, digicam, pens, stapler, empty diet cherry vanilla Dr Pepper can, CD wallet, and a whole bunch of miscellaneous papers.
