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Bruyere Has Questions; I Have Answers.

What are the contents of your junk drawer? 

Junk drawer? Ha! I have a whole junk bookshelf. It has origami paper, saved wedding cards in a box, letters from my mother that I just can't throw away, stacks of physics papers that I should really sort through at some point, magazines I intend to read and pictures I'm still planning to hang on my walls, one of these days. I've also got a fair bit of yarn and embroidery floss, and a stack of those fancy gift bags that I intend to reuse a bit at Christmas.

Ok, if you dumped out your wallet or handbag or backpack on the table, would it be a frightening sight? Are there any interesting things in there?  My backpack would likely be pretty frightening; it's a little bit of a black hole. I've got a bottle of aspirin, some makeup, a glasses case, and some other random toiletry items; memory cards for my camera; books and papers and bank statements; and a fairly wide array of office supplies, just in case. I used to regularly carry around a stapler and a small steam engine.

What's under your bed?

A box of winter clothes, neatly folded. That's because they're my Very Nice Young Man's and he's neat like that. My junk goes on the bookshelf, not under the bed!

Have you ever performed a defrag on your computer?  

Yes, on an old machine. It helped a bit but it was on its way out.

I've also done some disassembly sometimes. My work computer recently managed to half-destroy itself; it lost a hard drive, some of its memory and the ability to get a keyboard signal from the PS2 port. That was exciting, but now it's running again better than ever. Plus my new (USB) keyboard advertises itself as the only keyboard I'll need for life!

2 Comments:

  • Gee whiz, thanks for answering them!
    It makes me feel better as you've always seemed like someone who would have neatly organized drawers, you being a scientist and all that...and yet, you admit to a bit of order in chaos?
    I feel normal now!

    I bet you were raised to save paper products like me. I hate throwing away junk mail! I made a collage out of it one day.

    By Bruyere, Oct 30 06 12:04 AM


  • Heh, I'm not very organized at all. Everything has an order (in my head), and I can usually find things pretty quickly, but I definitely generate clutter. After I've organized the code and papers and presentations I'm writing, there's no organization left for the rest of my life! But I'm trying to be better, since my husband is a neatnik.

    A junkmail collage sounds quite neat; I wish I had that kind of talent. And you're right: I have a very hard time throwing away paper products. I still have binders filled with notes from high school classes!

    By CellarDoor, Oct 30 06 4:54 PM