Things found in my desk drawers that I couldn't have warned you about

[flexagon]

30 monthly subway passes, dated between 1999 and 2002
Spackle and a spackle spreader (oh yeah, that hole in the office wall!)
Lavender oil
Four 3-cent stamps
Diskette with naked pictures of me on it (oh, brilliant thing to have at work)
Complimentary pass to the gym I went to 3 years ago
2 pairs of emergency earrings
Emergency hair brush, tooth brush, pantiliners, cough drops, nylons....
4 paperclips bent straight for getting computers to eject CDs
A recipe for raspberry scones
Two pairs of sandals (suboptimal Tevas, and a cheap pair from Payless)


Hmm. I'm duly amused, and also tempted to start up again with overanalyzing how much personal stuff I want in my workspace (talking now about visible stuff, not the stuff in the desk). I could have next to nothing, keeping distractions low and businesslike attitude total; I could have lots of toys like another MIT geek here does; I could basically make myself at home here or choose to keep my real self somewhere else entirely. I guess I'll get a chance to decide all over again in my new office. I do know I want to be neater than I've been, and having less stuff always helps with that. T and I may want a plant though.

How much do you decorate your work area? If you quit today, would it be easy to grab your personal things and go, or would you have more than a box worth?

Comments

[webrat.livejournal.com]

Diskette with naked pictures of me on it (oh, brilliant thing to have at work)

*LAUGHS!* Oh, man.. the janitor missed his chance!

How much do you decorate your work area? If you quit today, would it be easy to grab your personal things and go, or would you have more than a box worth?

I'm so impersonal at work that if they fired me, I'd walk out with a stuffed penguin, my backpack and a few books. Problem is, I have some programs on the computer that I'd have to remove and... I can't help it, this fucking company is so cheap-ass when it comes to purchasing / upgrading programs that I have to bring in my own if I want to make my work easier.

[jg26.livejournal.com]

I have virtually nothing personal in my office. I put my own hard drive in my old solaris workstation rather than going through purchasing because I had a few spares lying around (I was using it to store mp3 & emergency work data). All of my personal 'stuff' is digital. I have the pictures from vancouver as a desktop background slideshow on my laptop. I've also got some of my own computer manuals.

Sorry, no diskettes (who uses those anyway?) w/ naked pics of me or anyone else.

[artana.livejournal.com]

I have nothing personal here. I'd take home a mug and maybe a bag of coffee. Other than that, nothing. Kinda sad really.