Sunday, June 11, 2006

Crap that is piled upon my coffee table


One candle. Cream. Unscented.

Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, for lesson planning creative writing classes for immigrants.

Photo negatives, mostly from New Year’s Eve in New York.

A photograph of me, taken by me, in my bathroom because there is better light, for a trial on-line dating profile. The trial is going swimmingly well, assuming I want to date John Lovitz.

A box of 4 gourmet chocolates, the latest copy of GQ Magazine, a Sudoku book, a crumpled map of Indiana Amish country saved from the last time I saw him: All items for a care package for Josh who is a pilot in the navy, and just left for three months at sea.

A piece of particle board with a stretched piece of watercolor paper glued to it.

A surgical technique manual for a titanium intervertebral disc cage, designed for both anterior and posterior implementation.

An exam: “1. From the superior to the inferior, list the five major regions of the spine; indicate the type of curvature it has. Write the tame of each component of a typical vertebra on the spaces provided.”

Two ink pens.

A small rock.

A receipt from Nina’s Coffee Shop.

A postcard from Greece.

5 comments:

Alex said...

That is one large coffee table. I can only fit the remote and a box of Kleenex on mine.

Voix said...

Cavu has a very interesting coffee table. It is also good for holding bottles of wine and plates of cheese and fruit.

I don't have a coffee table, but I do have an extra desk that is always piled with all sorts of crap.

Geoff Herbach said...

Damn, you've got good stuff, Cavu! I'll take donations, for sure.

Rand said...

I just pile my crap on the floor these days. And then I trip over it. It's such a mess it's not even worth listing it.

I did enjoy reading your list, Cavu.

Claire said...

Doesn't sound too bad, though I suppose the level of mess could be determined by a stuff to table surface area ratio, adjusted by a neatness factor.