What's on top of your desk?

Three packs of smokes, a clipboard, a coffee cup, a bunch of pens and pencils, and old four track reel-to-reel, an ashtray (pretty full), a stack of CDs, my amplifier, a synthesizer, a microphone, a couple of candles, a CD rack full of CDs, a box of diskettes, and an ink cartridge for my printer.

Ashtray,books,mouse...
not much...
On my real desk there's a lot of paper.I don't use it for writing...just to put stuff on,I usually write in the bed,and if I'm using the computer I obviously write sitting at the computer desk...

Papers for my taxes, spread carelessly but with a nice even coat. They help catch the occasional cigarette ash.

Wow - first three to answer are smokers. Yay! I've heard there are others out there like me!

I'm curious, when you say "write", do you mean in the professional sense? Or are you saying in general? Ok, I'll come out from around this bush I'm beating and just ask - are you a writer, by chance?

Yes, we've become one of those few minorities which it is OKAY to oppress.

my monitor
keyboard
telephone
walle
keys
speakers
lamp
some books
my feet

some computer books, extra paper, floppies, cds, program discs and two coasters. oh and the monitor, my palm, a candle and my styrofoam sparkly jettles

I don't know. I am not at my desk.

The computer monitor and the keyboard. A video player and television. A digital camera. A CD rack with CDs. A desk tidy with papers and pens. A roll of toilet paper. A mouse and mouse-mat. Speakers. Baldur's Gate. A box of floppy discs. A Christmas tree decoration. The tv remote. General clutter. Skin cells.

A poster out of my 2003 Harley Davidson calendar
A 1999 Marilyn Manson calendar
A majik 8 ball
A smiley figurine of my father that was left to me when he died
A styrofoam replica of my new car modeled and painted by my daughter
The movie ~O Brother Where Art Thou~ on VHS waiting to be traded at GameTZ
The movie ~Miracle on 34Th Street~ on VHS waiting to be traded at GameTZ
A black desk lamp with pen holder containing a black marker, a pager that is defunct, a piece of gothic finger armor, a paperclip and a Hi Lighter pen
Two address boox
A small book about the moon
A sci fi paperback book called ~Twistor~
Marilyn Manson's autobiography
A paperback copy of Lovecraft's ~The Lurking Fear~ that my sweet precious sarah sent me
~The Devil's Mischief~ by Ed Marquand
A slender volume of erotic poetry
A slender volume of love poetry
Tim Burton's ~The Melancholy Death Of Oyster Boy~
A copy of ~Cycle World Power and performance~ featuring the new VRod
A postcard from the Liberace Museum in Vegas from lion
A postcard with a bug on it from romkey
Three small snapshots from 1985 of me riding a Kawasaki motorcycle around a dirt race track
9 CD ROMS
A comic book about a great little guy named ~Too Much Coffee Man~
Two printed works of computer art by my daughter(one that says MOMMY MONKEY!!! with monkeys all over it, one that says QUEEN! with a small queenly person supposedly resembling me)
12 note pads covered in notes and scribbles and web URLS and the chat handles of bois I am toying with online
A Kodak DX3215 digital camera on its dock that hasn't worked properly since the day it bounced off of our bed and hit the wall(I like to joke that pictures of my ass literally broke the camera)
An Anarchy monkey sent to us by Topper and phi. He's a sock monkey with an Anarchy symbol in his t-shirt and various piercings(safety pins) and a tribal tattoo and if you stick his tail up between his legs it looks like a naughty monkey member!
A huge blue Starbux mug filled with hot black coffee and Kahlua
A pencil I use to put my hair up with it's bugging my newly stretched ear piercings
A mouse pad
A grape iMac running OS 9.2 that I've totally customized to look porno cool with custom icons and sexy goth desktop themes, soon to be running OSX.2 Jaguar when I get around to it
Sony headphones
The New Webster's Medical Dictionary
The Merriam Webster's Dictionary
Roget's College Thesaurus
The Laurel Instant Quotation Dictionary
A postcard that reads, "Ask me about my monkey."
A pen
A black filebox full of all my important papers, documents, statements etc...
Boxes for the digital camera
A scanner
Tattoo magazines and boox
A sketchpad
Sharpened drawing pencils
A pencil sharpener
A folder full of all my writings, story ideas, poetry and manuscript outlines
A folder full of all my artwork, paintings and sketches
A broken pewter keychain that reads "At Night I dream under the moon"
and my newest acquisition, a gift to Sue and me from Mallory:
A small animatronic hamster in a kimono holding a Japanese martial arts weapon. When you press his paw he starts to dance and swing that mace like weapon and sings "Everybody was Kung Fu fighting"....He's my KempoHamster and he makes me giggle with cheesy gleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

A document holder which is covered with "laser" paper; two speakers, only one of which is working now; a pen holder about 6" hi in bright checkered colors; a beanie baby lemur on top of my computer tower; a phone; a rooster trivet; a holder for music CDs that I found on the street; a feng shui metal frog, two small plastic lizards, a pyramid candle, and what's that Star War's old-man character's name with the big ears and robe? (He was in a bar of soap originally); three photo holders of various lengths that hold some of my favorite house fotos; a bunch of CD-Roms of house fotos; a wood spotted porcupine holder-of-mail; a modem on top of my computer tower.

Oh boy. Headphones, a pack of cigarettes & a lighter, an ashtray, a stuffed bear confiscated from the jaws of my pain in the ass dog, a pencil, a hair clip, papers, cd's, disks, a stuffed bunny confiscated from the jaws of my pain in the ass dog, speakers, ju jubes, another hair clip, a flashlight, another pack of cigarettes, modem, batteries, money, a package of vacuum cleaner bags, pen lids, a thingy for a curtain to hang on a rod, a box of cheques, instruction booklet of some type and an empty box. That's all. Except dust. There is lots of dust on this desk, too.

a mad labs toy (a frankenstein looking head that talks & has removable parts - eyes, tongue, teeth, brains, etc.), an alice cooper doll, about 35 blank discs, & an anna nicole smith bobblehead.

A printer, some CD-Rom games and software, printer paper, CD label maker, ink cartridges, a pen, some DVD's, and some of my sister's junk (e-mail addresses of her friends, etc.)

A glass of coke, some fridge magnets that i've bought for someone for christmas that i haven't wrapped yet, my cellphone, paper, pens, phone, tape measure, speakers, paper cutter, earrings, printer cartridges, shirt, streamers, cd's, digital camera, bills and a calculator.

Yes.
Professional---I don't get paid so I'm not a professional.
Do I write with the possibility that I will get paid for doing it someday: Yes.

I do it in the professional sense,but they don't give me money



The answer is: yes,I write.Yes,I'm a writer.

Yes, but are you a writer? I mean, answer the question. Haha! Just kidding.

What do you like to write for free? And, what do you figure you will someday get paid to write? (That is, if you don't mind the intrusive questions out of the blue like this.)

Myself, I tell people "I'm a writer at-heart, much more than I'm one on paper." I'm still collecting material for that someday-book of mine. Material = Life, experiences. It's a difficult subject (life), but one I think might generate good reading for people someday.

A monitor, some files, paper clips, a stapler, an ashtray, a tattoo magazine, speakers, godiva chocolates, a pen, a pad of paper, a deck of cards, a lighter, a glass of Dr. Pepper. Guess that's it.

Monitor, keyboard and mouse
Scanner
CD-writer
Speakers
Various software CDs
Various music CDs
Minidiscs
Some empty CD cases
A couple of pens
Various papers, bills, etc
Empty beer bottle
Empty coffee mug
Empty wine bottle
Some books
Plastic bag
Batteries
Bottle opener
Assorted cables
PC-TV converter
Three remote control units (TV, video, satellite)
Cat

Well now let's see. At home I have

The monitor, keyboard, mouse and mousepad. (The PC bit is on the floor)
My name in Styrofoam on the monitor in red.
A crap webcam on the monitor.
I have a CD Cassette Player.
A Kylie Minogue CD - Fever.
A booklet called 'Sex Pigs' - its an information booklet on Syphillis. I don't have it just got handed it. It came with a free CD of Techno Music.
A coaster.
A small ashtray.
A packet of rolling tobacco.
Rizla
Lighter
A form for Computer insurance yet to be filled out (I'm still deciding).
A telephone.
An Address Book.
A notepad I keep notes on 'The Sims' in.
A Post-it notes block.
A sweet wrapper.

I write stories,I try to write novels (I wrote one and I want to publish it),I write song lyrics.
In these days I'm a writer at heart too,it's been a while...well I keep writing songs and stuff... because I can't stay without writing.Is like breathing,but in these days I'm a little bit asthmatic.

I hope I will get paid for the same things I write for free pretty much...

-aschtray
-a piece of paper with some scribbles on it
-cable modem
-lip glass from Gap
-an empty bottle of sample perfume
-my sister's watch
-speakers
-a pencil
-purple pen lid
-lighter
-mechnical pen
-glass of orange juice
-handbook of Irish family names
-some computer things I have no idea what are called
-my sister's bank passbook

A large number of CD- Roms, a cable modem, two speakers for the computer, a router a large number of computer disks, the remote for the TV and the remote for the DVD/ suround sound amp.

Books, lamp, container with pens, Palm cradle, small dagger, candles, two coasters, thermos of hot water and guampa with mate, bowl with remaining milk after eating cereal, pad of paper, plastic envelopes, post-it notes, book weight, little tiger-striped metal box with various smoking supplies within, and paper cranes on top, handkerchief.

A notepad I keep notes on 'The Sims' in.

Notes?

information, words to remind me where I am and where everyone works and what time they get back from work and who they are having an affair with etc.

My laptop, keyboard, mouse and mousepad (with "Think Customer/Act Customer' written on it - Thankyou HR, I'd never thought of that before). Also... various folders and manuals, a calendar, a Dilbert doll, 8 empty cups of machine coffee, a pack of card, a desk phone, 2 notepads, a 30cm ruler, a SQL manual, a small plate with the remnants of a slice of cheesecake on it, a joke book, various christmas cards, post-it notes, a bendy yellow man handed out by HR to relieve stress (?), a printed out version of today's Guardian quick crossword, a holiday form signed by my team leader which means this is my last day until the 6th Jan (yay!), a tin of baked beans that I won at a bowling night last week, the list goes on.

well, its my brother's computer and his desk is cluttered with so much crap i dont know where to begin. but somehow, i managed to find a shot and i am very comtable thank you very much.

theres an electric lamp, a stearo with both of its speakcers and a whole bunch of junk around it all. there appears to be two empty cups, which i am guessing had gatorade in them. theres even one of those sand timer things.

The rest of the computer, the mouse pad, and the printer. Several printed reports, hundreds of pages long, of claim ratios and other insurance reports, plus fiches of similar reports. Two pens. My vacation photos from St. Augustine, Florida. A pocket world atlas and a New York city atlas. The new TV guide. A superhero role-playing game called "Mutants and Masterminds". Packages of tissues. A Swiss army knife. A tape dispenser, telephone, and stapler. Two empty soda bottles. Lots of loose papers. The styrofoam container from my lunch. A box of envelopes. My "Buffy", "Angel", and "Voyager" spec scripts. Little figures of two teddy bears and an owl. A book on C++. A water bottle with a toy praying mantis on top. Plastic shopping bags. Two empty pill bottles.

All sorts of crap. Papers, candy, CDs, books...etc.

WOW!
Your sims world must be quite complicated if you need notes!

Speakers, printer, iPod, mousepad, mouse, keyboard, lamp and a Georgia O'Keefe photography book (lovely).

Thought this survey sounded familiar.

But it's cool. Cause I always add & remove things from my desk top periodically.

2 scratch pads
2 packetes of CNI MILK Tea....mmmmmmmmmmmm!
2 bookmarkers
1 Precious Moments Bible
1 HP scanner
3 pens(sprawaled out)
1 computer speaker( I hear that it's not good for it to be anywhere near your monitor) Is that true?? Hmmmmm!
3 pluckers(eyebrow tweezer)
1 mirror
2 huge desk top Calendars
3 mouse pads
2 telephones(blue is for the computer & one regular phone)
2 phone books
countless packets of ketchup & mild Taco Bell sauce
My wallet & Check book
4th & last stack of Christmas cards stamped & addressed ready to go cept the ZIP code is pending
6 CD's
Monsters Ball
Gosford Park
I Am Sam
Black Hawk Down
John Q
Fast & Furious
(I can't seem to make it play on my CD/tower) Guess I'll have to go out & buy a CD player now.Darn it!!!
A package containing
1 glaze twist,
1 glaze doughnut with coconut flakes,
& 1 cake doughnut with coconut flakes
A bottle of orange juice
A red & yellow Hawaiian print material that my computer & all this stuff sits on.

4 Track reel to reel?? I didn't think they still existed.That's going Waaayyy back. Back before 8 Track even.
WOW!

Awwww! You have your name on your desktop.
((((((HUGS))))))

I love Ju Jubes! I didn't know thy sold that where you live. My husband can't figure out why I still have any teeth left.

Not many of those hand sculpted personalized styrofoam names floating around out there.

I'm so happy that you still have yours. **Kiss**

Sometimes I jot down details of my sims too. I have this one that slaps everyone she encounters for the first time. I wish you could give your sims medication.

notepads, organizers, a gameboy, vitamins..........but this IS my mom's computer.

I refuse to answer this on the grounds that it might incriminate me.

Right now, I'm using my laptop to access the internet. It's sat on top of a chair (I'm on the settee). The only thing on the chair apart from my laptop is one of those hideous tie-on cushions. It has a floral pattern on a cream background.

I had a nasty dog of a Sim - Helga. One day she took a potion from the laboratory and it switched all her personality details around and her niceness went from zero to 10. She's as nice as pie now!

Boy I knew your desk would be eccentric. 3 mouse mats Cleo?

And yeah, my styrofoam has pride of place and will be treasured for always!

Not a thing right now.

That's funny! Which expansion pack has potions? I have Livin' Large. I never saw that. My Bernadette character seriously needs some of that. She does make the game interesting though.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! I SO love you Dino!

YOU'LL be treasured in my heart FOREVER!!

Two of the mouse pads are so funky looking tho.I don't even know why I still (even) have them. I'm gonna tossing them.
There! I feel better now. It was just taking up much needed space anyway. & the ketchup & Taco Bell sauce goes too!

**looks around to see if anything is worthy of filling in as it's replacement**

1 iBook.
1 PowerBook.
1 iMac.
1 Power Mac 7100 66/AV
1 Phone Fax.
1 HP Printer.
1 CD-R (TEAC 6 x 24)
1 ADSL Modem.
1 Base Station.
Stuff.

My mouse, mouse pad, my hands, a really cool Matt Kenseth matchbox race car and car hauler, and my spare pair of pantyhose.

Now my desk has my new iMac on it!!!!

Yeah, its in Living it Large! Mmmm, strange. I like funny odd characters who get up to mischeif.

christmas addition: bottle of red wine, new table lamp with daylight bulb in it.

I'll have to look around for the potions then. is it that lab thingy in the 'study' stuff?

A lot of cd's, papers, and cups.

Too much stuff... keyboard, mouse & pad, speakers, computer monitor, printer, books, cards, pictures, pens, paper, mail, bills, lottery tickets, cups, glasses, wine bottle, candles, candy, rubbing alcohol, medicine, pins, coins, jewelry, nail polish, aromatherapy lamp, stamps, wrist brace, business cards, perfume & cologne, and more little things hiding under more stuff.

I was wondering if you're still making styrofoam names??? I've moved since the last time you asked us about them and I now have the perfect space for my name.

my puter, phone, clock, printer, pencil holder shaped like a puter, some pictures, notebooks, books, toys, brush, comb, water spray bottle, tv remote, other junk

I now also have booklets with info about my new:
Air Pistol
Kershaw Knife
and a bag of Jelly Bellys

and a christmas card that reads: I was going to hang the mistletoe where I wanted you to kiss me.......
but it scratched when I walked

Speakers, some papers, hairclips, a penny, a pencil and some books.

Right now...besides the computer..lol..alot of clutter!!

my printer, a lamp, a soda, pens & pencils, files yet to be filed, address book

Okay, if you really want to know.

Ashtray, empty cig packs, lighter, cup, two empty coke cans, misc. trash, mail, vitamin C and echinacea, cell phone, game boy, cds, disks, box of checks, back scratcher, change, toenail clippers, paper, pocket knife, mail organizer, potpourri lamp, plant hook that fell out of the ceiling, picture of rod dressed as Mr. T for halloween, nightlight that my daughter got for xmas that hasn't been put away yet, clothes pin, matches, pens, my work ID badge, empty candle box, scotch tape, my daughter's juice, my daughter's arm(she's leaning against the desk talking to me), and a ton of other stuff.

I hate Catch-alls!

Hmmm, well I guess it would have to be a box of diskettes and a recent Christmas picture of my kids!

But of course dear!!! I'd be more than honored to do that for you. Here's me E-mail addy:
dabprovin@msn.com

Send me your favorite color & your snail mail address & you'll have it in about a week depending on all the constipated Christmas mail still out there,that's trying to get through.

Yikes the whole list? Ok, lets see, a flashlight, various meds (had a cold), a bingo marker, various notebooks and tons of pieces of paper, a box full of hershey's kisses (well not really FULL), pens, a pocket knife, markers, discs, CD's, a water bottle, the phone, a candle, lotion...ummmmm there's probably more but I think that's enough!

Yeah, you can buy a Chemistry Lab. And playing with it gives you +Logic points too. If you play with it for a bit you make a potion. Careful though, some of the potions are bad too (you never know what your getting).

minifridge, candt bars, screwdrivers, tv, watch, money, radio, 7up calender

nothing

ok thanks.

Have you ever made a replica of a house you know in real life? It's a little challenging getting everything enough to scale, but it's fun.

My computer, printer, and a stand for holding papers and junk are sitting on my desk right now. The desk is so unorganized and it looks like hell. I need to clean it one of these days but I'm too damn lazy so I won't.

Phew, no I never thought of that. Houses are too small for all the stuff I wanna do. I may try it though with my own family home.

I wonder if I should have a go at making an apartment house like mine. I live upstairs and a girl and her kid live downstairs. I don't think it would work as they would end up going in each others kitchen and bathroom etc.

I got a CD of extras off E-bay (someone who seems to have downloaded stuff and put them all on one disk) and I have one neighbourhood as a weird neighbourhood. It has Darth Vader living with a Storm Trooper. I have a Witch living with Hansel and Gretel. I have a house of 4 naked guys. And I have Elvira living with a Demon. Very strange!

3 neighbourhoods. Two regular and the one weird one for experimenting and for fun.

Do you ever do the rosebud cheat? I do that all the time, because I like building houses more than playing with the people. I wish there was an architecture program as easy as the Sims.

I don't have a desk or computer of my own to use, so nothing.

I pity the fool!

Ha! You should see the picture.. I'll have to post it if he give permission.

A telephone, some pictures, a bottle of soda, a stack of scratch paper, and 3 jobs waiting to be done (bleah).

I use it to start off and build a house from fresh but once they've established themselves then I just do lots of fast forward and send them to work each day with the minimum amount of fuss to build up the money. I love adding extensions.

I'd love to see it!

There's supposed to be a sneaky way to get them to eat without spending money. I've never tried it, but it goes something like this: You send them to the fridge to get food, and then cancel it right after they take it out of the fridge. They would but it on the floor or wherever, and there will be no ka-ching sound. Later on, someone can eat them without any losing any money. I don't know if this works, I just read it somewhere.

well... i don't have a desk, per se. i'm using a laptop on my table in my living room. on my table, i have a cup of milk, a can of bug spray (had some bugs come in a few days ago, and with this i can spray them from the comfort of my couch), a couple pictures of family members, my camera, 3 alarm clocks (i also sleep in this room, and need 3 clocks to wake me up in the morning), a couple videos, a toy dart gun for shooting at the TV, and a couple ears of dried corn (don't ask).

A phone, a roll of labels, a zippo, lighter fluid, tissue, 4 CD racks, Mint Chocolate, a lego model, a stationary box, 3 floppy disks, a binder, a mousepad, a mouse, a keyboard, 2 speakers, a pen, a ruler, a stack of papers.

laptop in docking station, telephone, file holder with some papers in it, empty plastic cup, my clie, my car keys, a notebook, a pad of paper, a cellphone holder, some business cards, a couple of napkins, and an empty jewel case.

what desk?

phone, papers, expense report, 3 disks and 2 pens

Wow! Along with the obvious, a Shop at Home Catalogs, some floppy disks, computer books, bits of paper (notes to myself & names of movies or music, mostly), a MSN 8 DVD, Classical Music for Dummies - the book and the CD, a Sharp Learning Math and Science booklet, some Clarity eyeglass cleaner, a digital camera and case, a Dazzle CompactFlash thing still in its case, a Photography magazine, some store bought reading glasses, some pens and pencils, a microphone, a Your Neck booklet, a For Your Neck booklet.

a bunch of papers...non important and semi-important, a internet yellow pages, a coffee cup, my speakers,bear figurine, and a few pens and a broken clock.

Hey! How 's life gurly?

pen/pencil holder, speakers, telephone, rolodex, envelopes, white out, calendar, stapler, tape dispenser, clip board

a computer, an organizer, a remote, fast food wrappers

computer, speakers, mail, cd's, computer games, ashtray, cigarettes, lighter, coffee, big jug 'o' water, dell owner's manual, pens, chapstick, movie journal, books I'm selling, yeah, that's about it. Oh, and of course my mouse and it's beautiful little persian mouse rug.

I'm back at uni now so: my laptop, network cable, power cable, telephone, telephone cable, Cyclon Biological washing powder (Cyclon B??), my cheque book, a black biro, a pile of envelopes, papers, etc that I pulled out ofmy locked cupboards here and haven't sorted through yet. I desperately need to sort out my stuff again but it's my first night back and it's already nearly 1:30am! I'll just dump everything on the floor so that I can get into bed...

um printer monitor a soda and a snickers bar last nights spagetti dish and smut magazine and a burnt out bowl of pot my bro left

Tons of paper scattered everywhere, my kid's artwork laying by the computer waiting to be hung up, my keys, pens, a diaper bag, my son's baseball cards scattered about, boooks, stapler, staples, a magnifying glass, printer, pencil sharpener, empty coffee cup just begging to be refilled, a piece of aluminum foil folded up - no idea why that is there!, my notebook, a bookmark that needs put back into the book laying under it, magazines, newsletters, calendar, a reindeer pencil eraser that needs put back on the pencil in the closet behind me, a red marker, a necklace, one of my son's pieces to his game that needs put back into the box, an orange crayon that needs put back upstairs in the crayon box, recipes that need put back in the file folder on my desk that also needs put back. Oh my -- my desk needs cleaned off!

Well besides the usual mouse pads and mouses (two my husband uses left I use right)& speakers. Pen/pencil holders, mic with butterfly wrapped around it, oil lamp, tape dispenser, coaster, pic frame with niece, clock, lamp with leopard scarf along with misc papers, candles.

Computer monitor, printer, scanner, mini bookcase thing, stapler, staples, couple of folders, can of Diet Coke, 3 blue biros, Mars bar, empty mug, sticky labels, a desktop lamp, my cat, Poppy (meow!!!) and one of those clear book stands to hold papers and books in so you can still read them

Lamp, pens, clock jar of change...

My laptop, a big pile of work, a pile of assorted envelopes, two jay cloths, some tic tacs, a strawberry lipsalve, my chequebook, some nuts, a pile of various papers, my mouse, my mouse mat which is a pretend bag of blood, my room telephone, a box of sandwich bags, a box of floppy discs, one loose floppy disc, two lense cloths, my address book, my medical card from home, my medical card for here, my birth certificate, a letter from the loans company saying when I get each installment of my loan this year (I get £1327.70 at the start of next term!), a jar of lemon curd, wires.

My desk is in the other room. I am on Sue's computer at her desk. My desk in the other room is cool as hell. I traded my plain black desk with Mallory for her ultra futuristic oak and brushed stainless desk. It has all these cool shelves and different levels. It is covered in all my neat motorcycle, goth, wicked, tattoo junk and my fave boox, magazines, sketchpads and writing noteboox. The scanner is still on that desk. The digital camera too.

snacks,papers