Artistic=Messy?

That would explain a lot about my desk. And my room. And the rest of my apartment...

Let's see...

Computer, two screens, audio receiver, 5-6 pairs of headphones, speakers, floss, papers, books, cups, water bottle (used today), two keyboards, turntable, camera, clipboard with arranged names and locations of WIP, sticky notes everywhere, cables, cell phone (never used), more papers, pens, netbook, flashdrives, kindle, several spiral notebooks for WIP...

On one desk.
I should say my room has a bed with one pillow and a sheet, my closet has some clothes and some records and I have a love seat behind me. My desk is 99% of my room.


I try to keep organized, but it just turns to a mess later.

I see the Einsteins and Twain's desk to have a lot of paperwork and books because they had to. I could understand that.

Nope. I hate messes. Which is too bad since my house is in a perpetual state of messiness.

I'm good at messing things up and good at cleaning things up, but overall I keep things pretty neat.

Artistic or Creative?

I'm not artistic at all (couldn't draw a straight line without a ruler), but I'm very creative...

...give me a word or two, and I'll write you a story in a NY minute.

My desk/workspace/office/vehicle/home/closets, etc. are so neat and organized, even Martha Stewart would approve.

I can't stand clutter or messiness - It just about makes me break out in an anxiety attack.

OCD much?

Yeah, kinda.

One of my oddities is that as soon as dinner is over, I feel compelled to do the dishes, as opposed to lounging around and digesting. Once the dishes are done, then I like to lounge around, but I can't relax till they're done, or at least well-rinsed.

Lavern08 said:

Artistic or Creative?

I'm not artistic at all (couldn't draw a straight line without a ruler), but I'm very creative...

...give me a word or two, and I'll write you a story in a NY minute.

My desk/workspace/office/vehicle/home/closets, etc. are so neat and organized, even Martha Stewart would approve.

I can't stand clutter or messiness - It just about makes me break out in an anxiety attack.

OCD much?

Yeah, kinda.

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Me too. It's why it's so hard for me to relax at home - my husband and daughter are slobs!

My desk tends toward clutter, but not outright mess. There aren't really stacks and stacks of paper or days old dishes or anything like that, but it could be less full of things...

Death Wizard said:

One of my oddities is that as soon as dinner is over, I feel compelled to do the dishes..

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Yep, and I have to make the bed as soon as I'm up.

My desk has:

Monitor. 3 speakers (there's another one underneath, and 2 on the back wall). 4 DVD cases and a book. A coffee cup. A packet of chips. A packet of candy teeth. (They were cheap, not all that great, but it's a nice sugary snack.) Mouse and mousepad. Spray bottle of water, for intimidating the cat when I want to go to bed and he's in the way. Fly spray. And 10 black-sprayed Warhammer 40k miniatures, just waiting to be painted.

And this is a small desk, mind you. There's not a whole lot of room... There are never papers on my desk, though.

I don't think it's especially messy... Just cluttered, because I don't have much room for much of anything. I too don't like mess, but clutter is sometimes unavoidable.

I don't make my bed unless I'm putting fresh sheets on. I clean my desk every Friday and it's messy again by the end of Monday. I leave my shoes and water glasses everywhere and have come to rely on my husband to empty the waste basket in the office when it spills over, even though he doesn't use the office. I do. I let the dog lay on the bed when my husband isn't home and the kitchen looks like a tornado has blown through after I cook, but I'm the one who cleans it. I'm okay with leaving the dishes dirty for a couple of hours, but not over night and the only thing that drives me bonkers when it comes to keeping house is laundry that wasn't put immediately into the dryer.

Does this make me a creative genius?

kayleamay said:

Does this make me a creative genius?

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Of course it does.

And not just because that sounds exactly like me.

I'm a lazy pig and a slob....

however, I just moved, and the place is sparkling clean. I'm trying to keep it that way.

I also made a point of not bringing much stuff - I just kept the bare minimum. I'm determined to change my slobby ways.

Death Wizard said:

One of my oddities is that as soon as dinner is over, I feel compelled to do the dishes, as opposed to lounging around and digesting. Once the dishes are done, then I like to lounge around, but I can't relax till they're done, or at least well-rinsed.

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Hunny and I should be done eating in another half hour or so. Feel free to stop by and take care of the dishes for us.

Mine's organized and clean.

Haggis said:

Hunny and I should be done eating in another half hour or so. Feel free to stop by and take care of the dishes for us.

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I wouldn't be able to stop myself anyway!

Death Wizard said:

I wouldn't be able to stop myself anyway!

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If you do the windows too I'll even let you leave off some Obama brochures.

I live in filth.

Haggis said:

If you do the windows too I'll even let you leave off some Obama brochures.

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I just recently finished hand washing all 28 wooden blinds and all accompanying windows in my house. Took more than 30 hours, all told. Gawd.

Death Wizard said:

I just recently finished hand washing all 28 wooden blinds and all accompanying windows in my house. Took more than 30 hours, all told. Gawd.

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Oh, good. You should have some free time then.

BunnyMaz said:

I live in filth.

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You and I must be some pretty <garbled in transmission>ing artistic people, then.

Angie said:

Of course it does.

And not just because that sounds exactly like me.

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bettielee said:

I'm a lazy pig and a slob....

however, I just moved, and the place is sparkling clean. I'm trying to keep it that way.

I also made a point of not bringing much stuff - I just kept the bare minimum. I'm determined to change my slobby ways.

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*sigh*

My favourite place to work is in the bottom of a u-shaped valley of loose paperwork.