From where I sit...

[cheerful_deviant]

This thread was inspired by Zoot’s Beanie Babies & Hand Grenades thread, so first off, apologies to Zoot if I’m stealing his thunder.

I wondered as I read thru that thread, how much of who you are do you really show in the places you spend your time?

So, assuming that where your computer is sitting is where you spend a decent amount of time, what can you see from where you’re sitting? Is that space ‘you’, or is it just a place to sit and type? If you’re at work, is your office/cubicle you? Or is it artificially sterile by company policy?

For me, I’m at work, so,

CD’s Office:

Lots of pictures and plans that actually have to do with work.
2 music posters on the walls. Sheryl Crow tour poster, and a Huey Lewis & the News record store poster, both framed.
Several prints of comics and jokes taped to the wall near the desk.
Arial photos of this section of the city taken during the 60’s.
A Valentines Day card made by my daughter.
A collection of old bottles dug up while working.
2 desk tops covered with paperwork.
A Dilbert day-by-day calendar.
Half a dozen pictures of my daughters.
3 large boxes of junk under the table (containing: old scanner, broken cell phone, garden hose, map books, tape measures, miniature Christmas tree, old sweatshirt, broken truck mirror (where the hell did that come from?) 8 coffee mugs advertising companies I’ve never heard of, drafting tools, etc.… it’s quite a collection under there)
2 plants sitting on the windowsill. These are the only two plants that I have ever managed to keep alive (although one of them isn’t looking to good)
A list of company holidays taped to the wall.
Menus from local restaurants

I guess that’s enough…

What does all this stuff say about me? I have no idea, I’ll leave that for you to draw your own conclusions.

Anyone else?

 

[rgraham666]

Pretty much live in my room, so let's see:

Eight Sunshine Girls plus a picture of Neko Case in a gauzy black blouse.

Stacks of computer CDs, mostly games.

Assorted glasses and mugs for coffee and water.

Various books stacked at the foot of my bed.

Night table with important papers stacked on top. (Have to do taxes soon)

Another night table with my CD player on top.

Bookshelf with about eighty books on it.

Fridge with bunny food stacked on top.

That's it. Read into it what you wish.

 

[SlaveMasterUK]

I'm sat at work at the moment, so, let's see...

I'm in a big office that I share with 3 others. Behind me is the cupboard where I keep my bike gear. On the wall behind me is a huge Vanvitelli line drawing entitled Santa Maria della Salute.

On my desk, apart from my monitor, PC and scanner, sits:

a half-eaten packet of dry roasted peanuts
Various unlabelled CDs and writeable cases - I can no longer remember what they contain
A copy of Streetfighters magazine open on an article written by my good friend
3 pages of A4 print stuck together with tape. These make up part of a 10-page database schema.
A copy of The Big Issue that was dumped on my desk last week.
A half-drunk bottle of spring water
My crash helmet, containing gloves and bandana
3 textbooks - VB.Net, VBScript and ASP 3.0
Various scraps of paper with work-related notes, and several appointment slips
A 3-tray filing tower, containing yet more nondescript scraps of paper, some training manuals, several copies of Streetfighters magazine, some Streetfighters magazine pull-out posters, and a Streetfighters year planner with the best bike shows labelled in pen
Various pens
Desklamp, deskphone and mobile phone
A diary that I have never opened, let alone used
An empty can of Sprite
A receipt from Classic Ford Parts for £104
A corporate short-sleeved shirt in a grocery shop bag, as received from a colleague several months ago
A deskpad covered in random notes and doodles of Carly from The Fallen
Two tiny bare patches where my hands rest when not typing.

The rest of the office is fairly nondescript, with some arbitrary still life pictures, shelves filled to overflowing with Sage software boxes, and two desks that are almost as cluttered as mine.

This is fun!!

 

[Liar]

A 180 spin in the chair in my home office reveals, in no particular order:

* One annoyingly empty wall. Needs a poster or something.
* Trash can. Empty.
* Trash outside of trash can.
* A stack or bills that I sould pay tomorrow, or I'm in deep poop.
* Giraffe shaped piggy bank.
* MIDI keyboard.
* The world's smallest soundproof recording booth.
* Plastic ficus that looks very real.
* An utterly bored cat.
* Cables and other computer junk that I really should put away.
* Big, steaming mug of coffee.
* Poster of an 15 cenury map of northern Europe. It's got little "here be dragons" kinda warning signs everywhere.
* Laptop computer.
* Screen, keyboard and mouse hooked up to the laptop.
* Mousepad that looks like a persian rug,.
* Persian rug.
* 3 inch stuffed blue dinosaur.
* Broken digital camera.

 

[impressive]

At home, I'm usually on my wireless laptop, so my parking place varies. At the moment, I'm sitting on the livingroom sofa looking over the top of my laptop at the mountains. Trees are just beginning to bud in that glowing neon green. It's windy, so they're swaying. Sunny, but a heavy cloud bank is moving quickly in the distance.

Lots of lush houseplants around me, and the room is decorated in earth tones.

 

[ElizabethWest]

My office is my car.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Various unlabelled CDs and writeable cases - I can no longer remember what they contain

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one that does this.

A diary that I have never opened, let alone used

I actually have 3 or 4 of those... all unused as well.

Two tiny bare patches where my hands rest when not typing.

You have 2 patches?!

 

[cheerful_deviant]

A 180 spin in the chair in my home office reveals, in no particular order:

* Trash can. Empty.
* Trash outside of trash can.

You do that to? I finally put a backstop on my trashcan because I dot tired of crawling under the table to get my missed shots.

* Cables and other computer junk that I really should put away.

Try putting them in a big box under the table. Whenever someone comments on them just say, "Yeah, I still haven't gotten time to unpack those yet." I've been using that line for 2 years now.

* Mousepad that looks like a persian rug,.

Now is it printed to look like a persian rug, or is it so frayed and tattered that it resembles a persian? (Mine is the latter.)

* Broken digital camera.

I have one of those also. Want an extra?

 

[cheerful_deviant]

At home, I'm usually on my wireless laptop, so my parking place varies. At the moment, I'm sitting on the livingroom sofa looking over the top of my laptop at the mountains. Trees are just beginning to bud in that glowing neon green. It's windy, so they're swaying. Sunny, but a heavy cloud bank is moving quickly in the distance.

Lots of lush houseplants around me, and the room is decorated in earth tones.

I'm going to start calling you Mother Earth.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

My office is my car.

Is yours completly filled with CDs, old coffee cups, candy wrapers, extra jackets etc.?

 

[ElizabethWest]

Is yours completly filled with CDs, old coffee cups, candy wrapers, extra jackets etc.?

Of course! And briefcases, maps, paperwork, milk cartons...

 

[Liar]

Eight Sunshine Girls

You say it like it's a commonly known phenomena. What/who are they?

 

[Liar]

Now is it printed to look like a persian rug, or is it so frayed and tattered that it resembles a persian? (Mine is the latter.)

It says www.mouserug.com under it.

http://store1.yimg.com/I/mouserug_1836_43026283

 

[cheerful_deviant]

http://store1.yimg.com/I/mouserug_1836_43026283

Hey, that's pretty cool. But I think the colors might clash with the collection of empty soda bottles, papers, wrappers and general detritus that currently inhabits my desktop.

 

[TheEarl]

From where I sit, I can see:

Printed out lecture notes from the internet.
Loose sheets of lined paper covered in scrawling rough mathematics
My Great Uncle's desk clock
The CD player I bought at a huge discount when I was 16 and £100 was a giganamous amount of money
The comfort food shopping that I haven't cleared away yet.
My luck charms and icons from Turkey and New Zealand.
My pyramidal chunk of Sodalite crystal.

The Earl

 

[!bear66]

My office is my car.

you're posting from your car ???

wow

hope you at least pulled over

 

[!bear66]

my office is a studio kinda place in my apt, I can see all kinds of photos, piles of misc. paper, lights, cameras, various backdrops. Looking out the window I can see sailboats, a large bridge, some mountains and the open ocean to the southwest ..

 

[rgraham666]

You say it like it's a commonly known phenomena. What/who are they?

Here ya go Liar. Sunshine Girls.

Enjoy.

 

[mlady_france]

Looking just infront of me:
some magazine I've only looked at once
lots of cd and computer disks
a few costume patterns
lipstick
camara film
pens and pencils
nail polish
various pictures
a cassette tape that I didn't even know I had
a spool of thread
a bowl of safty pins
scribbled on paper
printer paper
cell phone
lotion
and an empty water glass

I'm going to go fill that now.

 

[Guest]

 

[3 Legged Donkey]

I see hay.

 

[Chynas Dick]

From where I sit: There is a giant, poisonous spider in a large cage and a man in leather underwear crawling across my floor. Wait! Scratch that. Reverse it.

 

[mlady_france]

From where I sit: There is a giant, poisonous spider in a large cage and a man in leather underwear crawling across my floor. Wait! Scratch that. Reverse it.

You have offically scared me.

 

[Guest]

i wont bore you with the huge list of utter shit that is on my desk. frankly, that would be a novel by itself.
i am slob.
my computer is in the room i do stained glass and basketry.
the trash is overflowing but i would be scared if it werent...
one day, i might just take down one or two of the squllion coffee mugs but then id actually have one to use...conumdrum.
the best thing in this room...
besides the art from various friends is my magnet/bumpersticker collection. all hilariously sarcastic...all totally things i think of

 

[NoJo]

i wont bore you with the huge list of utter shit that is on my desk. frankly, that would be a novel by itself.
i am slob.
my computer is in the room i do stained glass and basketry.
the trash is overflowing but i would be scared if it werent...
one day, i might just take down one or two of the squllion coffee mugs but then id actually have one to use...conumdrum.
the best thing in this room...
besides the art from various friends is my magnet/bumpersticker collection. all hilariously sarcastic...all totally things i think of

Marry me, ya slob.