25.VIII.2002 :::: 12.46

desk clutter.
1. speakers (2)
2. computer monitor
3. blue pochacco stapler
4. cat-shaped bowl from addie with soap in it from addie
5. santa clara candle from jasmine
6. green-tea feng shui candle from jeff
7. burning-up-man candle from mischka
8. padre pio figurine
9. small plastic pig
10. ceramic brown rabbit figure
11. metal futurama figurines (8): leela, nibbler, fry, hermes, bender, professor, zoidberg, amy | fry stands for an ex-boyfriend of mine
12. miniature chinese-newspaper-covered desk set
13. tin can holding pens that write in blue or black ink, also a pair of chopsticks
14. tin can holding pens that write in other colors of ink
15. 3x5 index cards (2) w/recipes for banana-kiwi bread, avocado-lime dip & apple-chipotle salsa
16. unmailed unfilled envelope addressed to matthew+amanda
17. letter from sylvia
18. metal index card holder, empty
19. crayola modeling clay figures of bean + a penguin, made by bean
20. joan mir� address book
21. notebooks (11) of various sizes, types, holding my journal endeavors from 1995 onward
22. red notebook holding all my mixtape tracklists
23. framed collage that bean made me in 1997
24. red plastic faux-lacquer box from japan
25. box of notecards with kinds of beans on them
26. psalmbook (s�lmab�k) that came over from iceland with my ancestors
27. the seal bean had made for me that says �eating paper drinking ink� in seal script
28. box of lemony snicket notecards
29. blue plastic box for holding pens, empty
30. collapsible wire sculpture desk toy from mischka
31. �the paradox box� from bean
32. folded-up copy of a signed j.otto poster
33. original album art from sunny border blue special edition
34. wrapped-in-brown-paper brick of tea from mischka
35. giant box holding all bean�s correspondence to me
36. boxes (4) that used to hold ink bottles
37. hand-painted glass-ball windchime from japan
38. picture frame holding photos of jonathan + ananikko on new year�s day 1997
39. bottles of ink (7) in various colors including invisible
40. teacups (2, porcelain) that used to belong to addie�s grandmother
41. framed photo of bean at age 6
42. sample bottle of apple-jack scented lotion
43. small notebook with dragonfly on cover
44. candles (7) of various sizes/colors
45. hideous snowman-shaped soap dispenser from wanda
46. goth-girl bobblehead thing from chris, off its feet
47. fortune cookie communiqu�s (2) reading �You have a curious smile and a mysterious nature,� and �Your career is moving more and more towards service to others.�
48. keyboard, mouse, curious george mousepad (�suddenly his head began to turn�)
49. film canister with change in it
50. galley proofs of chrysanthemum by kevin henkes
51. pucca notebook, pink
52. ceramic mickey mouse figurine from my godmother
53. gargoyle candle from gabby, wick cut off to escape detection as candle by kenyon fire safety inspectors
54. black wooden cat thing
55. penguin-shaped novelty soap
56. batz-maru jar of erasers
57. granite box from mischka containing bit of dried orange peel & a long historical drawing on adding-machine paper
58. queen amidala head from a bar of soap
59. toy giraffe that bean sewed for me
60. dancing giraffe christmas ornament
61. anakin figurie from episode one
62. ceramic nun figurine from mischka
63. bright yellow Love Unicorn, from ananikko
64. black velvet doll bean sewed for me
65. stone carving of a dog
66. dragonball-z toys from mischka
67. hematite dolphin from mischka
68. nuestra se�ora de guadalupe votive candle, �lux perpetua�
69. wooden doll from japan
70. various stone/glass penguin figurines
71. plastic emperor penguin toy from mischka
72. admiral akbar figure from when they reissued the original trilogy
73. plastic lemur toy from mischka
74. glow-in-the-dark plastic aliens from my mother
75. foam-rubber batz-maru
76. kokeshi doll from the lady in japan who read my palms
77. photos (5) of addie, jeff, + me at the ocean, plum island, march 2002
78. photo of bean�s parents at her brother�s wedding
79. piece of scrap glass (about 5�x4�) on which i have just cut the first knuckle of my right fifth finger
80. 2 packages of origami paper
81. peter h�eg, the history of danish dreams
82. cinco maestros: cuentos modernos de hispanoam�rica
83. the collected poems of frank o�hara
84. stack of CDs (8): the mountain goats | the best of bluegrass | robota.mp3 | send.receive | unlabeled (4)
85. empty jewel cases (3)
86. stack of mixtapes (9), made by others (7) & myself (2)
87. neutral milk hotel tape i have been meaning to give jeff
88. fold-up �stowaway� keyboard for abigail
89. stack of mixtapes (7), made by addie (2) & myself (5)
90. stack of unlabeled tapes (3)
91. cradle for abigail connecting to USB port
92. stack of CDs (18): songs:ohia | smog (2) | black box recorder | the mekons | abejas | red house painters (2) | damien jurado | archer prewitt | leonard cohen | cinerama | the dismemberment plan | saint etienne | sonic youth | lush | momus | thinking fellers union local 282
93. workshopped drafts of poems
94. notebook from my art history senior seminar, open
95. media kit from the OSU lantern
96. small pad of dark-green post-its
97. empty ale-8-1 bottle
98. my pager, work-issued, the color of school-lunch-trays from jr high