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posted by [personal profile] rfunk at 12:20am on 11/08/2004 under
It's impossible to keep any flat space in my study free of papers for longer than a few days. At times it gets ridiculous.

When I replaced my CRT with an LCD monitor last year, I was excited to gain a lot of space on my desk. But now all that space is filled with papers and other oddments. No more empty space there.

Whenever I have my laptop docked and closed on my desk for more than a couple days, I end up putting papers on top of that, which of course means I need to move things when I finally want to use it again. (And if I ever moved the portable dock from my desk, the laptop would soon be forced out of its designated deskspace.)

When we moved into our previous house, I bought a cheap drawing desk, complete with tilting surface. I kept it up at an angle, but it still gathered a pile of papers thick enough that I never used it for drawing. When we moved and it started over empty again, the same thing happened -- even faster and thicker this time since I left it flat. I finally gave up and moved the pile to a little TV tray, and the desk to the basement, so I could at least gain some floor space.

My flatbed scanner has a nice big flat surface on the lid.... so there are now three different piles of paper on it. (OK, it's at a disadvantage being next to the printer.) This makes life interesting when I actually want to scan something.

Even my shelved books aren't safe. I have two bookshelves in this room, and both of them have things piled on the top row of books.

At some point I think some sort of flatspace preservation society might want to come in and take over.
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posted by [identity profile] chronarchy.livejournal.com at 12:22pm on 11/08/2004
Eris has a way of invading the most clutter-free homes :)
 
posted by [identity profile] stega.livejournal.com at 01:33am on 12/08/2004
paper? what's that?
seriously though--get a bird and you'll find you can't leave stuff lying about as it may tempt big beaks to shredding
 
posted by [identity profile] rfunk.livejournal.com at 01:56am on 12/08/2004
Hmm, that seems slightly worrisome as I look down at the pile of CDs and floppies on top of my tower case....
 
posted by [identity profile] stega.livejournal.com at 05:04pm on 12/08/2004
oh....mine don't really shred much besides paper products.
 
posted by [identity profile] wishesofastar.livejournal.com at 05:08am on 12/08/2004
Yes, I know how tough that can be. I had to clean my room for Tom's daughter's visit, and I found myself thinking, "How did I lose all the free space on my floor?"
 
posted by [identity profile] duriyah.livejournal.com at 12:53am on 18/07/2006
I am the same way. I have a beautiful handmade antique kitchen table, and I have the worst time being able to see it!

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