What have you got on your desk?

I was sitting here, staring absently down at my desktop, and it occurred to me that I wasn’t actually staring at my desk per se, because I can’t see it. I’m not tidy at all, and I’m an extremely artsy-craftsy girl. Here’s the list (some of it.)

  1. Gray silk chiffon piece
  2. A variety of pliers
  3. Utility knife
  4. Roughly a hundred types of beads, right now with silver-plated 5mm and freshwater pearls predominating
  5. Two boxes of pins
  6. Loose needles
  7. Bellydance coins
  8. Notepad
  9. “Third Hand” plier work set thingy
  10. Bits and pieces of jewelry
  11. Bag of frankincense
  12. Sewing machine
  13. Duct tape
  14. Three pairs of scissors
  15. White out
  16. Cream satin braid (from wedding dress trimming)
  17. Jar full of rhinestones

Now, what do you have on your desks?:smiley:

Lesee…pictures. Lots of pictures. Pictures of the people I love, to remind me why I’m sitting here, doing this. Other than that, I’ve got a 5" TV, AM/FM radio, a .40

Memo block cube.
Bottle of water.
Two boxes of tissues; throat lozenges.
Various bits of paper.
Penpot.
'phone.
The cat :wink:

heh - suprisingly tidy for once.

Lessee…pictures. Lots of pictures. Pictures of the people I love, to remind me why I’m sitting here, doing this crap. Other than that, I’ve got a 5" TV, AM/FM radio, a .40 Cal S&W pistol, 18 pens, various colors, a cool little airplane thingy that is kinda like a perpetual motion device, 'cept for the batt’ry, a gearshift knob off of my old truck, my passport, a Hooters waitress name tag, and a Starbucks coffee mug (and I don’t drink coffee…go figure)

The exact same crap that was on it LAST time someone started a thread on this topic.

So, I’m an untidy person. I’m turning my mess over to a Higher Power.

WTF???

A computer.
The kids gameboy.
The scanner.
Half a ream of printer paper.
77 Books (part of the desk is a bookshelf)
47 Music CD’s
5 Gateway Disk Binders
User Guides
A photo in a frame of my son’s that is 10 years old.
An award clock.
An award name plate.
Another name plate.
An award statue.
A nail file.
My debit card.
A birth announcement.
A To Do List
A notepad.
A pen.
Three prescription forms waiting to be turned in.
A package of personalized stationery.
A flower press.
A portfolio.
A package of stamps.
Two thank you notes in progress.
A bottle of water 1/3 full.
A little purple thing that holds a piece of paper so you can see it to type.
Dust.

This was done before the Great Purging of 2001. I dare not do this again…dare I? It’s an “L” Shaped desk,and is rather large. Okay…starting from the far left,

2 power strips, into which are plugged the answering machine, a lamp, electric pencil sharpener.

A wicker basket with photos crammed into it.

A 2- level small plastic bin with tootsie rolls and starbursts in them.

My Mini-DV Cam black back, crammed with accessories, batteries, tapes, cables, etc.

A black mail-holder with stamps, labels, etc.

a wooden block filled with unpainted pencils that my kids gave to me a year ago for Father’s Day.

A small loose-leaf binder.

The manual for Adobe Photoshop for Mac

The Book of Mormon.

Selected Poems of Robert Frost that my best friend gave to me.

The manual for Final Cut Pro 3 for Mac, and for Mac OS X

The Titanium Powerbook, and Logitech Marble Mouse, and headphones.

6 Burned CD’s

The Notebook, a novel.

3 BetaCam SP videotapes, with footage from “MTV Cribs” on it that I shot.

Dan Rather’s " Deadlines & Datelines".

Two stacks of CD’s.

A beautiful wrought iron candle holder with frosted glass panel, to diffuse the light from the candle.

My computer mini-tower.

My monitor. On top of the Mini Tower are the following items: A small foam rubber VW Beetle.

My DSL Box.

A spare 2 Gig HD.

On top of the monitor are the following:

A small wooden clock.

A large piece of natural turquoise.

A large crystal of unremembered name.

A Zeiss Ikon “Baby Camera” that came over on the boat in 1938 with Daddy.

In front of the monitor on the desk, are:
A stack of photos of the kids, I rotate them around. Books. A USB- to-FireWire cable.

Three coffee-cup pencil/pen holders. A pile of important papers, stacked up. A plastic box to hold floppy disks. My telephone desk set, with headset attached to clip.

A chalk holder.

2 B&W ASA 3200 speed Film Cannisters.

A small brass set of keys to padlocks.

A pocketwatch that was my great grandfather’s.

That’s about it, I think…Oye. :slight_smile:

Cartooniverse

Ahem.
May I have a strawberry starburst please? :smiley:

----grumble grumble---- sure…leave me the orange ones…here ya go, take All The Starbursts you want !!!

:wink:

A bunch of stuff I don’t want to clean up–specifically:

stamps and address labels
electric and regular staplers, and staples
tape dispenser and more tape
liquid paper
another wrist-protector
novelty pens and pencils
glue sticks
Sharpies
desk calendar
memo pad
mail waiting to go
hanky
glass of water
address books, old and new
To do list
empty Altoids tins
paper clip dispenser
stickers and seals
postcards
mailing receipts
various brochures
eyeglasses holder
another paper clip dispenser
eyeglasses cleaning dealie
letter opener

I don’t even want to think about what’s inside the desk.

Um… too much stuff!

[ul]
[li]my monitor[/li][li]speakers[/li][li]my answering machine[/li][li]telephone[/li][li]a big black binder with lots of paper in it (my journal)[/li][li]old newspapers which were supposed to prop the monitor up, but no longer do the job… oh well[/li][li]felt pens[/li][li]pens[/li][li]pencils[/li][li]lots of looseleaf paper[/li][li]a roll of masking tape[/li][li]an eraser[/li][li]a bottle of whiteout[/li][li]a couple of CDs (Matthew Good Band and Third Eye Blind)[/li][li]two notebooks[/li][li]a pair of scissors[/li][li]a calculator[/li][li]some Scotch tape[/li][li]a pad of paper[/li][li]a “WWJD” stone that I got in Lynden two years ago[/li][li]a mini-calendar[/li][li]a comb[/li][li]some Pringles chips[/li][li]some money[/li][li]Post-It[sup]TM[/sup] notes[/li][li]assorted papers[/li][li]some cheques[/li][li]a church directory[/li][li]six CD cases[/li][/ul]

You don’t want to know what’s inside the desk drawers, either!

F_X

Computer Stuff:
scanner
printer paper
iPAQ cradle

Books:
dictionary
Penn and Teller’s How To Play With Your Food
phone book
Teach Yourself Arabic

Food (on the lower shelf, and not on the desk top):
bottle of water, on desk top
Deli Rye Triscuts
bag of dried fruit, on desk top (I’m eating some)
LU Praliene Truffe cookies
LU Petit Ecolier Hazelnut cookies
Petit Beret Black Forest cookies

Makeup/Perfume (I’ve got the stuff everywhere):
Stila Convertable Color Poppy
Sonia Kashuk Tuberose perfume
Loccitane Lotus Flower perfume oil
Loreal Tahitian Teak eye shadow
Chanel Spark lip gloss
cuticle oil

Things inside the desk:
pens
pencils
post it’s
note cards
stamps
envelopes
tin of Amaretti Di Saronno cookies
screwdriver
asprin

small suicase padlock and key
books
unwashed drinking glasses
unwashed coffee mug
two beer bottles (one empty)
two paperback books
Shorter OED
HTML textbook
table lamp (bulb is gone)
little book with phone numbers in it
ornamental glass ball
another glass ornament
framed photo of my girlfriend and I
clock
knitting needles
aftershave
floppies and CD-roms in total disarray
little jar of tiger balm
digital camera
empty padded mailing bag
nearly empty sheet of Nurofen tablets
pouch of photographs
pencil
expired registration certificate for my car
diary
an audio casette out of its cover
My First Book of Knowledge (it’s my stepson’s, honest!)
mobile phone being charged
digital camera charger
empty Elastoplast wrapper
nail clippers
pile of documents (bills, bank statements)
TV remote control
container of baby wipes
empty jar of vaseline :eek:
Qantas Frequent Flyers card (woefully out of use)
scraps of paper
music CDs
expired Melbourne public transport ticket
expired Sydney public transport ticket
used tissue
Crossword page torn out of The Sydney Morning Herald (Friday, June 7)
Printer cartridge container
coins
computer, mouse, mousepad, keyboard, modem, speakers, and monitor.

Apart from that, it’s pretty clean.

Under desk:
PC tower
wastebasket

Right:
built-in CD rack: games & such

Left shelves:
Milennium Jack antenna ball
CD player
Music and DVD collection
Game manuals
gloves
big box 'o receipts
Gihardelli jar full of change
Macaulay’s The Way Things Work

Upper shelf:
blank CD-Rs
surge protector
lamp
day-glo “tarantula under glass” paperweight
alarm clock
Sports Illustrated desk calendar
collection of favorite pages from said calendar
motion-sensor stormtrooper w/ accompanying blaster
mug of pens and pencils
camera
Jafar beanie
Wario beanie
Darth Maul beanie
Waldorf beanie (see a theme?)

On the desk:
monitor
speakers
box of tissues
small pocketknife
pencil
yo-yo
combination lock
laser pointer
book on UML
Ultimate Spider-Man figure (bendy!)
empty soda can
kazoo
tv remote

several notebooks
cup w/ pens
measureing tape
tape dispenser
stapler
printer
scanner
camera
nail pollish
reciepts
post-its
desk calendar (Elvis)
1/2 cup of coffee
candy wrapper

My desk with wee Benjamin standing guard over the mess.

My computer and printer, scanner, speakers, disks and CD-ROMS
My remote control for my tv
Three Star Wars novels
My dictionaries and thesaurus
A box of Christmas cards
The TY Attic Treasure Bear, “Mei Li” that my sister got me for Christmas
My Episode I mouse pad
My sister’s Westie mousepad
My headphones
A few CDs: The Graduate Sndtrack, MST3K: Clowns in the Sky Vol. I, The Best of U2: 1980-1990, Glenn Miller: WWII Broadcasts
My Becky doll (Barbie’s friend who is in a wheelchair)
One of my Anastasia dolls
A framed picture of King Aleksandar of Yugoslavia
A framed picture of my late cat, Fluffy
some bookmarks
Great-Gramma Sutter’s Memorial Bible

I was going to make a list; but then I saw Guinastasia’s stuff and I could say that, regarding the computer stuff, I have the same but x2 and then a very odd thing:
I also have a box of Christmas cards! Interesting! And then a little picture of my late cat Misha. :frowning:

No Barbie stuff though :slight_smile:

A pile of childrens software from the library

A desk lamp

Four shelves of cd’s

A bottle of Zyban

A bundle of “Chucky Cheese” game tickets

A coffee cup flled with old pens and unsharpened pencils (Actually, there are two good pens in there and I always have to fish around among the dead pens for three minutes before I grab one. It’s a system.)

My feet

A lava lamp

Two studio monitors

A picture of my son playing on the computer

A 17" monitor. On top of the monitor; a figurine of a gorilla in an easy chair, and a small, stuffed rhinoceros who growls when you squeeze him.

Two more studio monitors

A printer

A brass guitar slide

A ‘Real Book’ and a pile of staff paper

Two Books: “The Right Stuff” by Dr. Seuss, and “Green Eggs and Ham” by Thomas Wolfe

A pack of guitar strings

A can of Heineken

A Swiss army knife

Two pennies and a nickel

A picture of my wife

A metal shot glass from Vienna with a bunch of guitar picks in it
That’s all of the big stuff. It’s actually not too cluttered.
Now, if you wanted to ask about the piles of stuff on the floor around me and the desk, that’s another story. We don’t talk about that.