Sortiment - Assortment

There is a bizarre assortment of items currently strewn across my desk. I have the usual supply of pens, a hole punch, a stapler, a lamp and various notepads. They’re all normal enough. In addition, however, I have my Virgin Atlantic Flyer’s Club card (on which I’m going to have to spend at least another fifteen grand on flights to get any sort of reward), a Tazmanian Devil piggy bank, currently full of pennies, foreign coins and bacteria. There’s also a small arrangement in one corner consisting of a fridge magnet featuring an awful theme park ride photograph, a tube of sunscreen acquired in Kuala Lumpar, a worn-out plectrum and a contact lens case. Then on the other side is Risk Express, a compact version of perhaps the greatest board game ever. Of course I’ve never played Express, but I’m sure it’s super. Finally, I have my phone charger, TV remote, guitar capo and a Bill Hicks CD. Oh, and this computer too. And its mouse. I think the problem is once something that doesn’t belong in on your desk is left there for more than a day or so, it takes root and becomes almost literally part of the furniture. You get used to it, and the thought of removing it, regardless of how utterly out of place it is, never occurs. Even now I’ve drawn attention to this issue and how useless in a desk-environment the bulk of the aforementioned items are, I feel no compulsion to move them as they just look right. Plus I’m terribly lazy. In fact, its mostly the fact I’m terribly lazy.