Christopher's Documented Quest for a Cleaner Desk

[Christopher K.]

**Warning, the images that follow are going to be visually unpleasant for anyone with a sense of cleanliness or that still believes me to be infallible**

Hey everyone, I woke up this morning, got my usual breakfast in the kitchen, and then sat down to my computer desk when I paused, looked at it, and actually said "Ew." Now, I'm not the cleanest person by a long shot, but this desk is in pretty bad shape. The desk is now (I believe) 12 feet long, and about 28 inches deep, and just about all of its surface area is covered with trash, my latest random projects, wires, video game consoles, magazines, college info, and birdseed. (You can thank Sargent Peppers for that last one; he only goes into the cage when I'm not at home and otherwise flies free in my room when I'm here, but he makes it fairly obvious that he does NOT enjoy his cage. :smalltongue: )

Basically, it's 4,032 square inches of mess. BUT NO LONGER! Over the next -unit of time to be determined- I'll be cleaning my desk systematically, starting with my most-used space(next to, on top of, and behind my computer) and documenting the process, so that it never happens again. Now to make this more interesting, hand me those scimitars, will you? I'll show you how to limbo. I'd really love input on ways to save desk space, and anyone who reads this thread can learn from my mistakes and hopefully maintain a cleaner desk than my monstrosity.

THE PICCYTURES:
The entire desk, in all of its mess-itude. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Bluto/Deskwhole.jpg)
The north side of my desk, where the mess is at its worst. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Bluto/Desknorth.jpg)
The south side of my desk, which contains my TV, video game consoles, and Sarge(who was very indignant about having his picture taken this early in the morning :smalltongue: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Bluto/0103110641.jpg)

[Eloel]

Looks better than my roommate's. And alot better than mine.

I wish I was half as tidy as you are :smallbiggrin:

[Eldan]

Doesn't look so bad. About four times the size of my desk, and with less stuff on it.

[Heliomance]

That is not a messy desk. This is a messy desk (my brother's)
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a265/Heliomance/SP_A0012.jpg

[Melayl]

"A clean, uncluttered desk is the sign of a sick mind" -- I can't remember who said that, but it is a motto I live by. :smalltongue:

[arguskos]

That is not a messy desk. This is a messy desk (my brother's)
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a265/Heliomance/SP_A0012.jpg
Agreed. :smallyuk:

I... don't have a desk. I have a lap. It's pretty clean (save for this obtrusive computer thing, what's that about?). I think I'm doin' alright. :smallcool:

Good luck, Mr. K.

[Christopher K.]

Looks better than my roommate's. And alot better than mine.

I wish I was half as tidy as you are :smallbiggrin:

It's probably because of the size; Having a desk take up an entire wall dispersed the miscellanea in a much thinner layer.


Doesn't look so bad. About four times the size of my desk, and with less stuff on it.

Again, I'm assuming the size has to do with how messy it's perceived as.


That is not a messy desk. This is a messy desk (my brother's)
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a265/Heliomance/SP_A0012.jpg

:smalleek: That is shocking. Very shocking.


"A clean, uncluttered desk is the sign of a sick mind" -- I can't remember who said that, but it is a motto I live by. :smalltongue:

Well, I need to get my desk cleaner so I have more space in which to make a deliberate mess. I've got a cool project related to my van and I'd love to have a little bit more workspace than just my computer.


Agreed. :smallyuk:

I... don't have a desk. I have a lap. It's pretty clean (save for this obtrusive computer thing, what's that about?). I think I'm doin' alright. :smallcool:

Good luck, Mr. K.

I've got a laptop as well, but my desk is pretty much like a physical anchor for me to return to my room from time to time. (And Sarge likes being able to fly around when my parents aren't in the room - he bites them for reasons I have yet to understand :smallmad: - so I need to be there to keep an eye on him.)

[CynicalAvocado]

That is not a messy desk. This is a messy desk (my brother's)
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a265/Heliomance/SP_A0012.jpg

*whips off glasses*
dear god man!

[Mauve Shirt]

THE PICCYTURES:
The entire desk, in all of its mess-itude. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Bluto/Deskwhole.jpg)
The north side of my desk, where the mess is at its worst. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Bluto/Desknorth.jpg)
The south side of my desk, which contains my TV, video game consoles, and Sarge(who was very indignant about having his picture taken this early in the morning :smalltongue: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v371/Bluto/0103110641.jpg)

You have a bird. You will never have a clean surface in his vicinity. :smalltongue:
My desk has been worse. Not as bad as Heliomance's brother's, but messier than yours. Size may indeed be a factor.

[Mulletmanalive]

"A clean, uncluttered office is the sign of an empty mind" -- I can't remember who said that, but it is a motto I live by. :smalltongue:

The Brian Blessed character in MacGuyver and the Quest for Atlantis with the wording corrected to the version therein

[druid91]

What are you talking about? Have you found taco bell leftovers from three years back on it? Then it isn't messy.

It is slightly untidy.

[RebelRogue]

"A clean, uncluttered desk is the sign of a sick mind" -- I can't remember who said that, but it is a motto I live by. :smalltongue:
I think the saying is: “If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?”

[AsteriskAmp]

I've had my REALLY small desk messier before, but had to eventually clean it, the sad part it was messy because of the amount of staff, not that it was spread around. There were Jenga bricks at the base along with random pens and scissors, then came a layer of folders. In that layer there were DnD character sheets of my Players, my maps, my notes, a printed copy of a manual for investigation, another copy of the same mnual since I couldn't find the first in times of trouble and clips as well as a stappler, then came layer number three and succesive, it looked more like a mountain (my desk is REALLY tiny, it's about an arm in length and the width is around one third of an arm.

One day I decided to clean it all for good and organize what needed to be saved and trhow away what didn't. Took me three hours and I think there were more paper sheets than on the packs they sell for printer paper.