My True Love Gave Me a Swiffer Duster

January 19, 2008 10:47 PM

Things currently on or near my desk:

  • Ten action movies.
  • Nine books.
  • Eight undecipherable Post-It notes.
  • Seven CDs of pictures from work.
  • Six pairs of earrings.
  • Five headbands.
  • Four crayons.
  • Three candy wrappers.
  • Two bottles of nail polish.
  • One very disappointing candle that does not smell like peppermint..

That's just the beginning. Looks like I need my cat to help me shove all this stuff onto the floor this weekend. (Just kidding, Mom. I do actually know how to clean. It's just more fun this way.)

Comments (6)

Solomon Broad

January 20, 2008 2:10 AM

Your desk sounds almost exactly like my sister's.

Jace of Fuse!

January 20, 2008 5:24 AM

Are the numbers accurate? If so, that's somewhat nifty. How and why did you notice?

Scrangie

January 20, 2008 11:51 AM

*ears perk up* Did someone say nail polish?

Even if it doesn't smell, that is one wicked cool looking candle. You cold always add a couple drops of fragrance oil to the warm wax (or gel, in this case).

Thursday's Child

January 20, 2008 3:03 PM

I don't know how to count high enough to even begin to enumerate the amount of crap sitting on or around my desk. I /really/ need to clean up.

Rachelskirts

January 20, 2008 7:31 PM

Solomon Broad - 1) Hi! Welcome! Thanks for stopping by. :) Love the idea of your site... Very inspirational. 2) Aye, I'm pretty sure us Messy Desk people could start quite a sizable club, assuming we didn't lose each other's contact information in the sea of Post-Its.

Jace of Fuse! - I noticed when I went to go write up this entry without putting the items in any particular order. As the list grew, I saw that I had the makings of this entry and... Voila!

Scrangie - One of the bottles is even from OPI! I felt all snazzy receiving that in my Christmas stocking this year. (This is not at all meant to creep you out, but I now think of you any time I'm picking out or putting on nail polish. I've been getting myself in the habit of actually putting on a base coat and a top coat and making sure layers are dry before slopping on the next one. It's like I don't want to let you down, even though you would never know.)

I actually have fragrance oil in peppermint, but it never crossed my mind to add it to a candle. You're such a genius.

Thursday's Child - Yeah, I had to severely edit the list of things on my desk to avoid writing a ten-page essay on "How to Build Tiny Skyscrapers of Crap on One's Desk: Volume 1 of 350 (The Condensed Version)." Some days, I'm actually impressed with myself.

brandy

January 20, 2008 7:53 PM

I know there are big issues facing the world... global warming, Darfur... but can I just say that nothing upsets me more than a candle that doesn't smell as nice as it's supposed to? It's false advertising.