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stickies
more stickies
phone
writing implements
blue mug of peppermint tea
toy bumble bee
two jars of vitamins
stapler, tape, calculator, label maker
mail
to do stack
huge book of architectural graphic standards
plam samples
orange tootsie pop
lots of paper. yellow stickies as well. phone. chapstick. tissues. advil. ipod. folder with experimental data. And a copy of a journal that made one of my figures its cover art last month (YAY!!) ≡ Click to see image ≡
work PC
CD bins fulla CD's I'm working on
Silent Bob Action Figure
Foam Rubber Rat Fink
half empty country time lemonade
a few take out menus
empty can of wasabi peas
As I gaze around before leaving work for the day:
One computer/LCD
One Laptop
One IP phone
2nd computer and LCD
Assorted pics of my three girls and some of the younger ones' artwork
A windup monkey with cymbals (I love him and Sophie stole the flipping kangaroo back last time she was here!)
Some excel chlorophyll
A stuffed silver intel dude
water
glasses cleaner
Assorted papers, dossiers, etc.
actually, no dossiers, but I thought it would sound cool
There is nothing of interest on my desk. Unless you count four or five trade ticket pages that are waiting to find their home (they'll wait a little longer and like it). Oh yeah, and stacks of pages analyzing my employer's daily foreign currency swap collateral variances versus those of it's counterparty's.
in short, soul-crushingly boring crap fouls my desk.
stack of 'Do the Right Thing' flyers
stack of flyers for upcoming documentaries
stack of readers-advisory surveys
stack of bookmarks
interdepartmental envelopes
messenger bag
mug of iced green tea
bottle of water
mp3 player
cellphone
regular phone
stapler
computer
thumb drive
floppies
slips of paper
wooden box containing postits, rubber bands, Sharpies, highlighters, etc.
a few Homies
Hello Kitty, dressed in a panda suit
Matchbox solar-powered car
tape dispenser
'Do the Right Thing' DVD
'Films of Charles and Ray Eames' DVD
sago palm
jade plant
aloe plant
I-9 and W-4 forms
Interlibrary Loan forms
a printout of OCLC search results for the 'Fight the Power' 12"
Adult Programming Manual
a small stack of books including Yoshikawa's 'Musashi,' Kate Atkinson's 'Case Histories' and Nicole Richie's 'The Truth About Diamonds'
a list of books to be taken off the new-book shelves
Good lord. I should clean this thing off. Or actually do some work--one or the other.
A can of Edge shave gel (that was packed in the wrong box when I moved but I've never gotten around to taking to the bathroom even though it's only 10 steps away, but that would require me to consider organizing and cleaning the bathroom...)
The user guide for the Pod Producer program which will be central to the next edition of Wendell wadio
Two overpriced limited edition box sets of Rupert Holmes and Ken Nordine's Word Jazz, which will also feature prominantly in the future Wadio.
A small pile of unlabeled CD-ROMs that may or may not have relevent stuff on them, victims of my past failure at organization.
The rent check for my new landlord, who is being almost unbearably cool about everything. Checks for the cable and telephone companies, who are not.
Otherwise, the usual suspects: plastic popcorn box full of pens and scissors, small watermelon colored dish containing pocket change and keys, warm beverage on plastic coaster, pieces of paper that need to be either filed or thrown away.
Yep, I need something fuzzy on my desk (and not like the something fuzzy on the floor behind the deask).
3 computer monitors
3 computer mice
3 keyboards
My orders to a school
A small catapult
DCID 6/3
Two phones
Small lego Iron Man
The following books:
Cloud Atlas (its kicking my ass)
Demonology
The Wanderers
Pugilist at Rest
Windows 2000 Administrators Guide
Mastering Exchange 2000 Server
Desk Calendar
Cup w/pens
Stapler
Many books, Many papers, an orange, a broken ipod that's about to get its ass kicked. A can of Budweiser, many faxes, many check stubs, my Jacob Casanova Prague writers festival moleskine, current catalog, a jar full of nuts and bolts, a plastic fish, a monitor, keyboard, mouse, G4 tower, a sharpie, five screwdrivers, needle nose pliers, a color printer, a cellphone, a can of WD40, a reading stand, a dvd burner, two firewire hard drives, a teddy bear that I think belongs to my sister, several sections fo the NY times that people keep leaving on my desk, one open to an article about the cops using FLIR to watch people hump on the balcony, two more tool wallets and a book bound in cardboard with the words "An Encylopedia of Crime" handwritten in sharpie on the spine.
I work in publishing, in case you can't tell from all the hardware.
This sounds very cool. Where'dja get it? I want one, and I';m sure my little Canuck MeFi friend does too (if she doesn't already have one--she has everything Hello Kitty.)
Computer monitors
Sound board
Speakers
Video monitor
Waveform monitor/vectorscope
Bendy lamp
Ipod
Arist.'s Metaphysics
Paco the Parrot doll (from Maya & Miguel)
Saramago's The Cave
Headphones
Greer's Still Life with June (It's not so great)
Retake lists
Markers
Pens
Three paper cups, two with trace amounts of water, one with a few gulps of coffee remaining.
One plastic cup from end-of-2005 champagne
USB microphone
VHS tape (a Maya & Miguel episode dubbed into French)
Transit strike contingency plan (well, now that I've noticed it it's in the trash)
Nailclippers (oh, they were here at work all along. huh.)
Key
Mouse
Keyboard
3d glasses from Chicken Little (we took a field trip one day)
Gunter Grass' The Tin Drum
Finnegans Wake script I need to memorize for a Joyce's deathday event next week.
My wrists.
My eyes.
My frightening shoulders.
Too much crap.
Telephone.
Dictaphone.
About a dozen or so dictaphone tapes.
Nameplate.
Business card holder.
A couple of paper weights.
A candle warmer with a vanilla candle on it.
Blackberry.
Car keys.
The rest is just covered 6 inches high with paper.
Cases, notes, depos, correspondences, rough drafts.
A damn brief that I can't bring myself to finish that I have been procrastinating on way too damn long.
Question: I can't focus today. I think it is because I gave up caffeine for New Year's, and I think I'm in withdrawal. Headaches, can't focus.
How the hell am I going to get this brief done when I can't focus because I am in caffeine withdrawal?
It was a present from my sweetie, who's a big Sanrio fan. I checked Sanrio, Jlist and DreamKitty, but to no avail. It's quite possible it's no longer being manufactured.
Two cable strippers, two RJ-11/RJ-45 crimpers, 500 foot box of solid core Cat-5E.
Miscellaneous CDs and floppies, including two CDs with the hexblog WMF exploit patch.
Huge ass power strip, ethernet hubs, multiple "C-Clamp" style access nodes with Cat-5 jacks and grounded plugs.
Repaired laptop power supply belonging to a student that was chewed on, mangled and severed by her dog.
Assorted pens, stickies, staplers, etc.
At home my desk has 3 monitors, two laptops, 1 keyboard and mouse, and is buried about a half foot deep in CDs, cables, headphones, gadgets, papers, ashtrays, empty cups and other junk. And possibly a cat or two. It looks nothing like the picture I posted in a previous desk thread some months ago, and probably hasn't been properly cleaned since then.
monitor. keyboard. mouse. trackball. genelec monitors. pile of bills. pile of checks. passport. cash. The Theory of Poker. French dictionary. Chinese dictionary.
Dang, eric, I'm pretty much gone on Priscilla now. I'm besotted with my cats but I admit I do miss kittenhood. (And what a backstory -- talk about falling into your lap! Her sister's quite a looker too.)
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