Selah // Something Witty

Nothing's right. Nothing's wrong. It's all happy damage.

Date: 10.19.18 -- Day 102 ("30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  -- Day 18)
Music: "Happy Damage" / Jacuzzi Boys

Prompt -- Make a list of 10 things that are on your desk or writing space and why you might need them.

Laptop -- A metallic teal laptop named Mayari after the Tagalog goddess of the moon. This might just be me, but I have found that I am murder on electronics. I fry things easily -- that high static life. Without trying to be, but it's murder all the same. So I talk to my necessary electronics in my life. For instance, I pat my laptop lovingly as I hear the internal fan kick on. I murmur comforting words as it makes little weird squeak-click sounds every once in a while. I name them after powerful beings in the hope that they will haven longer longevity (my last laptop was named Bletchley after the amazing code-breakers of Bletchley Circle, and before that Merlin). It's a method that's working for now.

Clip-on Lamp -- This is the best thing I've purchased in a while. I originally bought for quilting, but it has been a game day player for other things, including the increasing darkness of fall and winter. It has two levels as well as switches for yellow and white light. Since I'm using a dining room table for a desk, the clamp works wonders on the side of the table without taking up space.

Water; luke-warm cup of tea. Gotta stay hydrated. Today's tea was Dragon Oolong.

Assorted Pens -- I got a set of fine point colored pens along with an adult coloring book as a gift for Christmas last year. I haven't used the coloring book yet, but the pens are awesome. I'm usually not a fine point pen kind of person, but these work so smoothly, I cannot help but love them.

Planner -- It's a decent size, covered in orange flowers so I cannot lose it in the shuffle. I like it. It's a fill in the month kind of planner, so I don't feel like I'm wasting paper. After twenty-five, I realized my brain was not as retentive with dates and times, so having a planner has become essential. This is even more of thing now that I'm balancing two schedules.

Medications -- That disabled, chronically ill life. Daily supplements as well. Morning meds, afternoon meds, and evening meds. They're stacked in front of me so I will not forget to take them.

Junk Mail -- I use junk mail adverts as notepad paper. It's not...ideal.

Scissors -- Believe it or not, I don't use the scissors for cutting things most of time. I actually use them like a fidget spinner. You know that scene with Doc Holliday in Tombstone with the empty cup? I can now do that with a pair of scissors. Another useless skill, but it could be a cool party trick one day. And it helps me focus.

Phone-- It is always with me. It don't always give me the notifications I need, but it's there.

Notebook -- For some reason I use the junk mail more than my notebook to take notes. However, I'm doing my best not to do that. Right now the notebook is filled with NaNo things. Thoughts, songs, ideas of where to take the story should I get stuck, random factoids that might not ever come up in writing, but I know they are there, so that's something.