friday five
1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not?
yes. marginally. selectively. whatever. i will be unbelievably organized about certain things, but embarassingly and pathetically disorganized about others. my car is a mess. i have suitcases and boxes that have stuff in them that i haven't looked or thought about in years. i have "piles" of things to shred. but my work inbox is carefully partitioned into projects and their components. it rocks. my shower routine is impeccable. then there's the Giant Wedding Planning Notebook i made. if you're envious, you should be. it's gorgeous. but then there's the calendar thing... see the next question.

2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly?
well, i have several. i have my outlook calendar at work. there's a calendar in the Giant Wedding Planning Notebook. then i have a calendar hanging on my wall at work. i also circle dates in the stupid tiny calendar on the back of the checkbook register. there are lots of things circled, and i think the circles mean that i'll either be getting my period, my organic farm share delivery, or my paycheck that day. i should probably color code them or something so as not to be surprised.

3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now?
perhaps. it's messy, but i know where everything is. i have a towering file system of projects and manuals. most of the important stuff, however, isn't in the towering file system. in fact, here is my cubicle. dreary, eh?
i have things pinned to the walls and post-its stuck to my desk that i have officially blocked out. who knows what they're for. they're just part of the landscape now.
my desk at home is another story. it has an unhappy ending.

4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?
i do not alphabetize, but hell yes, organization matters. however, my chosen life mate has a different CD organizational style. it's going to be our Big Issue as married people, i think.
i organize CDs and books strangely. there really is no catalogable system. it's definitely more along the lines of rob gordon's "autobiographical" arrangement. whether or not the cd or book is a current favorite determines part of where the item will be filed. the genre of the cd or book determines part of where the item will be filed. the point in my life in which i enjoyed the cd or book the most determines part of where the item will be filed. it basically all comes down to two simple rules:
a) you can't organize my stuff alphabetically!!!
and
b) nobody else can organize them except me. and YES, the pile of loose cds without cases is actually organized. don't touch it, you hoser! i fucking know what i'm doing!

sorry.

5. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to organize?
not sure... it's all hard to organize if you:
a) are starting from scratch
b) are a perfectionist
c) give up easily

now, i have a sudden urge to tidy up my desk.