List thread: Name 10 items on your desk that are unique to you

[BlondGirl]

I am not referring to the printer or the floppies or the stapler. I am referring to the adorable picture of you with dear old Aunt Mable or the ticket stubs to the Cyndi Lauper concert you went to when you are 14.

Here's mine:

1.) A heart shaped rock my son gave to me
2.) A valentine vase with dead flowers
3.) Two rolls of that white medical waterproof tape
4.) A coffee cup filled to the brim with pocket change
5.) Mardi Gras throw coins
6.) Prevacid
7.) An oil lamp sent to me by an old lover while he was in the Middle East
8.) A can of Pounce kitty snacks
9.) A child-support check for $191.00
10.) A mouse pad with pictures of me and my boy in it

 

[freakygirl]

hmmm

1. a very large coca cola pencil my children bought for me in the New Jersey airport last October.
2. A beanie baby teddy bear that my 6 year old daughter bought me (with her own money) last year for my birthday.
3. A multi colored candle my daughters made for me.
4. child support check for $669.68
5. various pictures of my kids, dogs and SO
6. a small pink vase with candy flowers in it. A gift for Valentines day last year from my kids.
7. a pair of lead crystal candle holders from my SOs mother.
8. A soccer trophy of my daughters.
9. A blue moon shaped oil lamp that my SOs mother made for me.
10. a pencil holder made by my daughter in preschool. (given to me on Mothers day)

 

[lilminx]

1. A ceramic dragon incense burner that I painted myself.

2. My lizard monitor decorator.

3. An empty bottle of wine form the past 3 nights (I was trying to find out more about the wine on the internet- no luck though).

4. A magnet with a bunch of metal stars and moons you can play with on it.

5. A yellow box with blue stars on it, with incense in it.

6. A 3/4 full glass of red wine (geez, do I sound like a wino? lol).

7. A clock I got from my sister's first wedding.

8. A trivia calender.

9. A Marvin the Martian coffee mug filled with little rocks that each pledge class in my sorority in college had to paint for the sisters.

10. My butterfly notepad with penholder.

 

[perks]

1. picture of my sweet baby when she was one week old.
2. two bobble head clifford the big red dogs
3. my fathers wooden Westcott Ruler from when he was in gradeschool
4. A NYC Skyline Snowglobe, with the twin towers that I got 5 years ago.
5. a rubber duck that quacks the alphabet
6. art stuff<vine charcoal, chamois clothe, kneaded eraser>
7. digicam
8. curious george stationary
9. Dictionary
10. Book.. "A woman's place is in the Kitchen"

 

[roxie]

I have...


1. An extra remote to the tv, used mostly for volume control as the rest of my family is deaf.
2. A jar with a lighter, and a few pens in it.
3. My lap quilt that my mother made me, as a gift, folded in the corner.
4. My notebook of poems among other notebooks and a bunch of loose papers that will never get filed.
5. 2 boxes of kleenex, both puffs, one with lotion, one without.
6. 2 little bean bag critters sitting on the monitor, 1 is a fish, the other is a lizard. Both are gifts from my god daughter.
7. A magazine article taped with a band-aid (I couldn't find any tape) about adoption from other countries.
8. A picture of my dad on my wedding day, the only time he's ever been in a tux.
9. A scrunchie (hair tie) on the top shelf, I have yet to get rid of as I got all my hair cut off last weekend.
10. A can of air freshener that I keep threatening to stick up my dogs butt because she comes to me passes gas and then leaves.


Actually, I have more than 10 things now that I'm looking around. I also have a huge bottle of hand lotion, my sugar monitor and a ton of cd's half of which are not computer related.

 

[Mellon Collie]

1. A Ren and Stimpy Puzzle which has been glued together and now it used as a bulletin board.
2. A crazy Palmistry book.
3. 6 empty packs of Newport Box 100's
4. A nail file with multicolored cats on it.
5. A bayberry candle, not burned - just there for scent.
6. 10 lead pencils
7. A sketch book older than my Mom
8. A set of 3 Precious Moments snow globes
9. A small stuffed Polar bear
10. My Clinique Happy lotion

 

[BlondGirl]

Roxie,
I have tons of other stuff too. (Looking at the dried up ball of play-dough that is here for some strange reason..., 1/2 a roll of Ritz snowflake crackers, a Sharpie, a hamster cage door, mald vinegar from Long John's, nail polish remover, a copy of NewsWeek, a wooden car whose hood ornament and wheels have been painted--escued that from NaughtyPuppy, and countless other treasures..................)

 

[cymbidia]

1. A picture of my kids.

2. Orrefors vase of fresh flowers, orchids at the moment.

3. Sad, lopsided, and monumentally ugly pottery cup a favorite student made me for a Christmas present one year long ago, contains a motely assortment of pencils.

4. A white pillar candle that's incredibly dear to me, now burned 1/3 down, to be replaced by the sender, i'm sure, when it's burned away completely.

5. Electric pencil sharpener. Don't leave home without it.

6. Conch shell from a most wonderous vacation i took with a wonderful partner once upon a time.

7. A largish netsuke: fisherman in traditional garb with a crab pot, one of the crabs being pulled out.

8. A large water-smoothed stone, probably chert, into which has been deeply incised the exhortation: EXPLORE!

9. The jaw of some very small shark species, wide open, still possesses many subsequent rows of sharp damn teeth, too.

10. The brightly-colored pull-toy from my son's baby crib, the one that plays This Old Man (he played one, he played knick-knack on my thumb, with a knick-knack paddywhack give the dog a bone...); it's a clown. It clashes with the rest of the vaguely science-teacher decor but so what?

 

[Desdemona]

1. a couple of disposable scalpels

2. a picture of my mom and sister taken in Tulum.

3. a pair of old glasses that need to be thrown away

4. an ostomy appliance (not used)

5. a picture of my soulmate

6. a chocolate rose

7. a card from my soulmate

8. a few packets of suture

9. a coffee mug shaped like a nose

10. pictures of truly disgusting wounds that I'm going to make into slides for an upcoming lecture

and we won't even discuss the mound of paperwork that I have done nothing about..... everybody has that!

 

[ExLimey]

1. Two pictures of me sailing
2. A sign that reads "Gone Sailing. I'll work tomorrow"
3. Picture of my dog and his teddy bear
4. Photo of a local gas station sign that if read all together says "Now hiring chihuahua dogs here"
5. Southhampton Saints Football Club mug
6. Gorilla-head pencil sharpener
7. Dancing coke can
8. Corgi Mini Metro
9. What's left of the dozen golf balls with my old boss' face on them (3 left, other nine destroyed by various means)
10. Iron ore pellets

 

[RhumbRunner13]

Unique.....

#1 My "Black Russian". Period!!!

RhumbRunner

 

[DustyWolfe]

1. 4 lava lamps (one is a gumball machine, one is a plain lava lamp, and a glitter lamp. and giant coca cola lava lamp)
2. malt vinegar from Long John's
3. A beanie buddy bat with a beanie baby fox in it's wings
4. A stuffed puppy
5. two empty bottles of Mike's lemonade and one full one
6. A coca cola bank coin sorter
7. A dead rose in a vase with a little water
8. A book of poems which I share with my closest friends and on certain threads here.
9. A glowing Lord of the Rings mug from Burger King with Arwen on it.
10. A rainbow missouri sticker

 

[T.H. Oughts]

1. Photo of my great Aunt.
2. Cigarettes.
3.Framed picture with "I'll do anything for chocolate".
4. A vase my college students gave me a few years ago, with a stuffed bumble bee hanging out of it that say" be mine" which my kids gave me.
5. Poetry book.
6. My art work.
7.Glass of coke.
8. Lucky stones.
9. A piece of paper there for about 18 months now that says, "nutmeg is extremely poisonus if injected intravenously." I must finish writing that story !!!
10. Handmade thank you card from a friend in the USA.

And a heap of other junk

 

[Guest]

 

[Ice Cold]

1) Picture of my family in Jersey
2) Picture of my best friend and her children
3) 1998 SI commemorative edition of the Denver Broncos
4) Three Stooges Mouse Pad
5) Two Books I wrote
6) My collection of dark poetry
7) My collection of remote controls
8) Box of Christmas cards I never put away
9) Scissors for trimming my puppy's hair
10) Nike cap for throwing keys and wallet in.

 

[Sateema Lunasi]

1. A small Mola- a Cuna Indian piece of cloth art I got in Panama. It has a picture of a bird on it.

2. An Irish to English pocket sized dictionary. Got that in Ireland.

3. Photo of me, my fiance and our three friends fishing in the Portmagee Channel off Valencia Island in Ireland.

4. A plastic rose thrown to me at mardi Gras this year.

5. A jar of Nivea skin cream, marked in Spanish because I got that in Panama to soothe my sunburns.

6. A frame of small medals from high school choir and dance competitions.

7. A pair of Spanish Castanettes. (I take Flamenco dance lessons)

8. A Rue De La Course coffee mug. Rue is a coffee shop on Magazine Street here in New Orleans that I frequent. The movie Miller's Crossing had several scenes filmed there.

9. A Mardi Gras mask of green with peacock feathers.

10. A Writers Market 2002 book. Post its all over it and highlighted to death.

 

[Black_Bird]

1) A three inche tall stuffed puppy with a heart hanging out of its mouth. I bought it the Valintines day before last for myself.

2) The lock from my last job.

3) A copy of Liber AL vel Legis which is sitting on top of...

4) A copy of the Tao Teh Ching.

5) The leather bag I keep my Tarot Cards in: I bought it at Hershey Park, when I went with my former best friend so many years ago.

6) A razor blade for my fingers.

7) A rag from the last time I actually dusted my room. Very very long time ago.

8) The complete video collection of "Those who hunt Elves" Anime Series.

9) CD's... falling over each other.

10) A folded up peice of paper with the numbers and adresses of my last three employers and my three closest friends.

 

[badmatt]

hmmm

1. My Alpha Phi Omega paddle given to me by my little.

2. My Mike Piazza autographed bat and ball (from when he was a Dodger).....and the bat's more leaning against the desk than on it, but hey it's my list right?

3. My sony memory stick walkman with my latest collection of songs.

4. Miller Genuine Draft darts

5. A picture of Me and Willie G. at the 95th Harley anniversary in Milwaukee, WI

6. A picture of Me and friends at the 90th Harley Anniversary in same place.

7. My Eagle, Globe and Anchor

8. A dvd copy of Transformers the movie

9. A wish list of assorted and sundry items

10. My jeans are draped over the corner of the desk.

 

[RisiaSkye]

1. Two boxes of cigarettes--one Chocolate Dreams, and one Sampoerna milds.

2. My desk copy of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, on top of the ungraded student essays on it.

3. Hubby's broken watch.

4. An odd, and very heavy, steel pillar thingie which has a clock, humidity gauge, and temp. gauge. For the record, it's 56 degrees F at 68% humidity. The time on it doesn't work, as it needs a new battery.

5. A lockbox of medals and other shit I've won for rather insignificant accomplishments, which I have neither the hubris to display nor the heart to throw out.

6. Mystery Guild reply form.

7. A tiny sticker of brightly colored ducks, which sis put on the 'puter when she was here last Vernal Equinox.

8. A copy of the publication notes from a poem I put out under a pen name, but am too lazy to file away in its proper home.

9. Nine dictionaries in five languages.

10. A wood Luna-Di-Luna box in which we store the bills, at least--the ones that don't take up residence on the kitchen table.

 

[lavender]

 

[DulceCrema]

- framed pictures of my dad's meniscus, before and after surgery

- a plastic knee model

- Psyduck (Pokémon®)

- 3 Homies® (little figurine-type-things)

- 8 little plastic goats (long story)

- Allen Iverson bobblehead doll from McDonald's (only available in Philly, but I got one!)

- A picture of me when I was 4, wearing my Wonder Woman underoos

- A bamboo plant

- The Rock® action figure

- A couple of pez dispensers

 

[BlondGirl]

Thanks for the responses. I find such lists of random collections to be fascinating about those of us here.

 

[MunchinMark]

1. My Grandfather's pocket watch. The Grandfather in question died shortly after the first moon landing, so I never met him, but he did have a personalised watch, which now tells me the time when I'm sitting here.

2. An ammonite, preserved in pyrite. I found it myself in a rock layer in which no ammonites had ever been previously found.

3. An aluminium sharpener that I have never used. It was given to me by the girl I had a crush on through most of my adolescence.

4. My desk tidy. I made it myself out of parts from my old computer. It doesn't look as bad as it sounds. In fact it is no longer unique since it was copied by one of my housemates.

5. A hotel bill with the signatures of the entire 1998 Wigan Rugby League team. Obviously there's a story.

That's it actually, the rest isn't unique. Computer, phone,printer,cds, books paperwork, stationary and general clutter.

 

[daughter]

At the office

What's unique? lol There are things on my desk that say 'daughter'.

1) I have pictures of my kids. My youngest in her glamour pose, my eldest at her first prom.

2) My youngest's art work, a painting with lovely blues and greens.

3) Too many books: poetry, dictionary, multi-cultural reference texts, inspirational/quotes

4) 3 dimensional, African motif, black and white art my mother framed for me.

5) Print, gift from friend.

6) Favorite jazz greeting card from a client/friend.

7) speckled bean bag giraffe from a friend.

8) African wood carving from a friend.

9) Brian Lankar's "I Dream A World" Calendar

10) A pencil sketch of Foxy Brown, drawn by my eldest.

Peace,

daughter

 

[Laurel]

- A box of Viactiv(TM) Chocolate Calcium Chews
- bobby pins, scattered everywhere
- cat hair (I sweep it up - it appears)
- my hair (see above)
- chopsticks, which I stick in my hair to keep it up when I'm working
- Pounce(R) cat treats
- Origami-A-Day daily calendar, on January 16th
- a purple frog I made from my Origami-A-Day calendar.
- cinnamon Tic Tacs, unopened
- ballot stub from last week's primaries.