My Desk

My desk was a mess the other day. An utter, colossal mess. So much so that it took me a couple hours to tidy it today. As I tidied, I began to realize that what's on my desk gives you a pretty good idea of who I am. So here, I present a list of every single item that was (but no longer is, thankfully) on my desk.

· X-ray referral.

· Booklist from my critical research essay.

· Receipt from the library.

· Chase Bank “Deluxe Transaction Register”.

· Multicolored Spanish conjugation flashcards.

· Thin green notebook, used for random notes, with a picture of Monica, the Brasilian comic book character, on the cover.

· Another Chase “Deluxe Transaction Register”.

· A scribbled-on index card with brainstorming for the play I’ll perform with my cousins.

· A Chase Bank checkbook.

· A 2010 AP Student Pack.

· An index card with a penciled list of songs to buy.

· A magazine called “The Great Courses”.

· A little yellow AP booklet.

· A Chase Savings Account booklet.

· A half-sheet of paper with online databases for my school library.

· A long, thin sheet of paper that was my learner’s permit test.

· A one-third sheet of paper with info about a Meemli Position.

· A PSAT/NMSQT Test Booklet.

· A QuickStudy guide to Spanish grammar.

· 135 sheets of college-ruled, lined paper.

· The 2009-10 Bulletin for AP Students and Parents.

· 31 binder dividers, with colorful tabs.

· 12 sheets of fancy, creamy printer paper.

· Booklet about The Vascular Neurosurgery Program at UCSF.

· Two sheets of pink lined paper with purple writing about the play.

· Eight sheets of paper with printed out song lyrics for the play.

· One sheet of printer paper with pen scribbles about a medley for the play on one side, and a colorful drawing by Little Brother #2 on the other.

· A half-sheet of paper documenting a printed Scene 1 of the play.

· A half-sheet of paper with a printed summery of the play.

· Two sheets of paper with a printed out idea for an intro scene for the play.

· One sheet of college-ruled lined paper with black religion notes and polka dots on one side, and a large-handwriting song plan for the play.

· A blue piece of paper with course requirements for junior year.

· A colorful biology study guide on a sheet of printer paper.

· Two sheets of lined paper with arguments against e-books.

· 7 printed out sheets of Chase Bank Account Rules and Regulations.

· A booklet of Chase Account Rules and Regulations (Your Guide To: Checking, Savings, Certificates of Deposit, Overdraft Protection, Privacy Policy).

· Fifteen pages of Chase Bank Online Agreement.

· A Chase Bank Account Summary on two sheets of printer paper.

· A printed out Caillou drawing.

· A much-crumpled sheet of college-ruled, lined paper.

· A falling-apart, purple Do You Yahoo!? Folder.

· A blue Chase Bank folder.

· A half-sheet of blue lined paper with a word game on it.

· Two sheets of printer paper with the TWLOHA story on them.

· A much-used notebook with a green cover and an elephant on it.

· A half-used white legal pad from Office-Max.

· A gray folder with blue flowers, containing:

o Two sheets of lined paper with penciled math homework.

o A biology timeline on a strip of adding machine paper.

o My English class CRE final draft (15 pages, typed, double-spaced, with blue comments by the teacher).

o New Testament John Review Questions (5 pages, typed, double-spaced, 16 pt. font, “15” in red on the top).

o New Testament Questions on Revelation (typed, single-spaced, one page, “10” in red on the top).

o Drawing of St. Therese on printer paper with colored pencils, and a stapled typed explanation.

o A printed, hand-filled-out chart with the differences between the four Gospels.

o A Scantron Bio-H exam.

o A double-sided sheet of printer paper explaining Questia School.

o One sheet of paper with holes colored on it.

o A plastic sheet protector.

o A double-sided, two-paged chart, hand-written, with info on animal phylums.

o A filled out sheet of Spanish service (Llevar esperanza a los más necesitados), with an attached, typed response.

o A couple of hole-punched Spanish quizzes on short stories.

o Practice AP Exam Scantron.

o Printed out Practice Essay Questions.

o Lined paper with practice choir questions in blue writing.

o Story packet for English (16 typed, two-columned, double-sided pages).

o Typed, double-spaced, six-paged The Things WE Carry essay.

o Lit Circle Roles paper.

o Typed schedule for the Logan Debate Tournament (three pages, single-spaced).

o Typed, five page, double-spaced speech.

· Brasildade notebook with a picture of a waterfall on the front and pages bookmarked with sticky notes.

· Barely used black graph paper book.

· Blue and white folder with a Yahoo! Passport on the front, containing:

o Four sheets of lined paper religion notes.

o AP European History Current Events Research Assignment Rubric (typed, handwritten comments by teacher).

o New Testament Additional Vocabulary List (typed, with my handwritten notes.

o Mammals notes on lined paper.

o Practice AP Euro exam on blue lined paper torn out from a notebook.

o Hospital survey in an envelope.

o Children’s Choir registration.

· Cream-colored folder with pink and brown hearts and flowers, containing:

o LTL Habit 3 Quiz (one typed page, one handwritten page).

o Habit TWO Quiz (one typed page).

o LTL Scantron test.

o LTL Personal Mission Statement explanation (three typed double-spaced pages).

o The Great Discovery (typed, single-spaced, two pages).

o Antwone Fisher essay (one typed rubric, four-page, double-sided, double-spaced essay, five pages, double-sided, of lined paper notes).

o Talent Interviews (three typed, double-spaced pages.

o Random religion notes (one typed page).

o Proactive vs. Reactive Behavior (one typed, double-sided page).

o Notes on Developing a Healthy Self Esteem (typed, double-spaced page).

o Stanford Hospital and Clinics Optical Prescription.

o Fundraising letter from Smile Train.

o Fundraising promo thing from smile train.

o Two pre-addressed envelopes from SmileTrain.

o Post card that says “Yes, I’ll give a child a second chance at life!” from Smile Train.

o Another letter from SmileTrain.

o Envelope for the above letter.

o Two sheets of lined paper on computer code, written by my dad in red ink.

· A ruler from the Birth of Impressionism exhibit.

· Purple booklet entitled Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners: Fiction, Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry, & Drama.

· Blue booklet entitled Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners.

· The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.

· The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.

· Little bookmark tabs.

· 38 sheets of lined paper.

· 83 sheets of pink lined paper.

· 4 sheets of printer paper.

· 2 dividers.

· 3 blue, empty report covers.

· Huge AP Euro study guide booklet, in a blue report cover.

· 2 blue, empty report covers.

· Casio solar-powered calculator.

· A blueberry.

· A red rubber band.

· A yellow macaw magnet.

· A white eraser.

· A written on index card.

· The following highlighters, all working:

o Two fat blues.

o One fat pink with a yellow cap.

o One thin yellow.

· The following sharpies, all working:

o Thin red one.

o Fat purple one.

o Two fat lime green ones.

o One fat orange one.

o Fat blue one.

o Fat dark green one.

o Fat burgundy one.

o Fat dark blue one.

· Two working, inky [read: smudgy] red pens.

· One working, dry [read: not-smudgy] red pen.

· Three working, inky blue pens.

· One working, dry blue pen.

· One working, dry purple pen.

· One kind-of working, dry green pen.

· One working, dry black pen.

· Four mechanical pencils (one green, two blue, and one black) with led.

· One dull yellow #2 pencil.

· Eight half-index cards with play storyboarding on them.

· 34 index cards.

· One closed pack of one hundred index cards.

· A cream-colored stapler named Old Faithful.

· A dirty Ziploc bag.

· One dry, working light blue pen.

· One dry, working light green pen.

· Three dry, working black pens.

· The following sharpies, all working:

o One fat silver.

o Two fat reds.

o One thin black.

o One fat black.

· A polka-dotted pencil bag, containing:

o A small pair of scissors.

o The following highlighters, all working:

§ One thin yellow.

§ Two fat yellows.

§ One fat orange.

§ Three fat greens.

§ One thin blue.

o The following sharpies, all working:

§ One fat burgundy.

§ One fat yellow.

§ One fat lime green.

§ One fat green.

§ One thin green.

§ One fat turquoise.

§ One thin blue.

§ One fat blue.

§ Two fat blacks.

o One working red marker.

o One working, dry red pen.

o One working, inky red pen.

o Two working, inky blue pens.

o One working, inky purple pen.

o One working green marker.

o One working, dry green pen.

o One capless, working one one side, two-sided black marker.

o Two working, inky black pens.

o Three working, dry black pens.

o One back mechanical pencil with lead in it.

· One black, lined paper composition book, half-used.

· Three used yellow sticky notes.

· My Chase debit card, attached to a double-sided piece of printer paper that says Quick Facts About Paying With Your Card.

· A library receipt.

· A three-hundred-pack of index cards.

· A pack of 45 yellow sticky notes.

· One more used sticky note.

· A stuffed, blue M&M named Mr. M.

· A small, blue magnetic board, decorated with a little girl doll, with the following attached:

o A rainbow smiley face that says “have a groovy day” around the edge.

o A pink heart, with pencil hearts and the words “to Beebee” inside.

o A red heart with a sparkly pink center.

o A smiley face listening to music.

o A snowman with blue snow clothes, holding a dove and a sign that says “Merry Christmas to a Special Sister!”

o A Yahoo! Messenger magnet.

· A blue pencil pouch, containing:

o Six yellow or orange #2 pencils in varying degrees of sharpness.

o One working, dry blue pen.

o One working, dry black pen.

o Correction Tape.

o A pink pearl eraser.

o A beaten-up sharpener with a yellow lid.

o A panda figure.

· A clear pencil pouch with hearts on it.

· A Ziploc containing hearing aid tubes.

· A sheet of Chase paper with my username, password, and the website on it.

· Half an index card with the Final Exam Equation written on it in blue sharpie.

· A Book Lover’s Calendar for 2010.

· One working purple highlighter with an orange cap.

· The following sharpies, all working:

o Thin green one.

o Thin blue one.

o Thin black one.

o Fat light blue one.

· Two mechanical pencils, one red and one green, with lead.

· A working, inky blue pen.

· A broken black pencil.

· A broken, dry black pen.

· A broken black marker.

· A broken, dry green pen.

· A Franklin electronic dictionary.

· A white electronic sharpener.

· A yellow rubber band.

· A thin plastic case.

· A plastic “Micro Office Tool Box”, containing:

o A thin film of paper explaining what should be in the box.

o Four boxes of pencil lead.

o A significant number of loose staples or small collections of staples (which I can’t count because of their odd groupings).

· The cover of an index card pack.

· A closed packet of Peter Rabbit Sticky Notes.

· A yellow sticky note with random-looking numbers on it.

· A black pencil cup, containing, with varying degrees of sharpness, the following colored pencils:

o Three reds.

o Three red-oranges.

o Two oranges.

o One tiger.

o One magenta.

o Three yellow-greens.

o Four greens.

o One Robin Hood green.

o One neon blue.

o Three light blues.

o Two blues.

o Three violets.

o One peach.

o One tan.

o Three light browns.

o Two browns.

o One gray.

o Two blacks.

· One red sharpener shaped like a London double-decker bus.

· One blue mug containing, in varying degrees of sharpness, the following pencils:

o Three purple pencils with Yahoo! Y!s all over them.

o Two purple pencils with Do You YAHOO!? written on them.

o One eraserless orange pencil from the library.

o One white pencil with silver writing that says Woodland Park Zoo and penguins.

o One colorful green pencil.

o Two black pencils that say “happy time”.

o A brown pencil with GrandeHotel São Pedro written on it in green.

o A white pencil with a bunch of hearts.

o A soft blue pencil with “NINJA TURTLES” written on it in sharpie.

o A blue pencil from Notre Dame in San Jose.

o A colorful Christmas pencil.

o A green pencil with flowers.

o Two regular brown pencil.

o …and a turquoise marker cap.

· A laptop (duh).

· A black holepuncher.

· A patterned (it has dogs on it) box containing:

o A Ziploc with two buttons.

o A broken Curious George magnet.

o A thin black ribbon.

o A purple crayon.

o One empty pencil lead case.

o One case of pencil lead with lead in it.

o Three elastic bands (two are yellow, one is blue).

o A broken bit of a blue ruler.

o A blue compass.

o A purple mini-stapler.

o A safety pin.

o A red sharpener with a larger and a smaller hole.

o A little red paper clip kind of thing…

o Two paper clips in good condition (one purple, one red).

o Three bent paper clips (two green, one silver).

o The following highlighter caps:

§ Dark purple.

§ Purple.

§ Translucent purple.

o Two black pen caps.

o Twelve pieces of sticky notes.

o One blue index card.

o A box of little labels.

o The other half of the George magnet.

o The following erasers.

§ One red heart.

§ Two popsicle puzzle erasers:

· Two little brown sticks.

· One pink popsicle.

· One brown popsicle.

· One pink popsicle topping.

· One brown popsicle topping.

§ An ice cream sandwich puzzle eraser:

· Two brown “Biscuits”.

· A pink center.

§ A broken ice cream cone (it has strawberry ice cream).

§ Six pencil eraser caps.

§ Two white erasers.

· A crayon box, containing the classic eight crayons, hopefully in pristine condition.