What does your pop-culture cubicle decor say about you? Here’s why I’m asking: I recently got a new cube mate, Fred. The day he started, I was on vacation. The day I came back and met him, he told me he’d already checked out all my memorabilia. Not good. Suddenly I wished I’d thought of putting Post-It notes on select "pieces" before I left explaining their origins. For instance:
• I only have these two copies of the Showgirls V.I.P. Edition because I reviewed it.
• These authentic "Thanks for last night" autographs from Ryan Seacrest (close-up after the jump), Dave Coulier, and Coolio (the latter which says, "Thanx 4 last night & yesterday & the day B4. It was good!") were given to me by friends as gifts. (I’d started the now-extensive collection in 1998, when I went to a Jon Stewart book signing and he didn’t know what to write inside.)
• Speaking of books, I appreciate the absurd title and cover shot of How do I love thee kitty? — not cats.
• I really am busy. It’s just that I make time to put my face over Renee Zellweger’s on a Down with Love cut-out doll so that I can be with Ewan McGregor, and to craft Tom Cruise and Daniel Radcliffe stick puppets. (Special shout-out to frequent PopWatch commenter furry_tom, who knows where I’m coming from.)
• See, David Hasselhoff looks so happy in the photo I have of him on a tire swing that it makes me happy.
• I really want to put this stuffed animal dog on the giveaway table, but I feel guilty. I will never, however, get rid of this stuffed cat, a promotional item from the movie Cats & Dogs, because it reminds me of my former cubemate, Gilbert Cruz. He briefly inherited its name, Mr. Tinkles.
• That jar of clear liquid may or may not be moonshine. I wouldn’t open it, just in case.
Your turn.
I have a drawing of David Hasselhoff driving a race car that says “Here’s to a slice of heaven in ’87 Love Always, David Hasselhoff” Really. Not much more to say.
I have a Spongebob Square pants 12 inch doll I won at Rye Playland years back (I’m almost 30, tres triste indeed!), a Dogbert plush doll, several Dilbert cartoon strips( I’m semi afraid to put up my “Must Control Fist of Death” or “Wand of Stupidity” strip). I had a picture of the Hoff, but it was giving me hives so I gave it to my neighbour ( more like pasted it on the wall in his cube when he was out on vacation).
I don’t want to infer that yr ashamed of yr Showgirls box sets. That movis is amazing!
At my last job, I used to put funny quotes up in my cubicle. My favorite, of course, is a Bushism.
“And so, in my State of the—my State of the Union—or state—my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation—I asked Americans to give 4,000 years—4,000 hours over the next—the rest of your life—of service to America. That’s what I asked—4,000 hours.”
I have my Buffy the Vampire Slayer Calendar above my desk, a rubber ducky named Marvin, and a Dilbert comic about thinking of other people as noisy furniture. (“Hey, a talking ottoman!”)
I have a section of my corkboard dedicated to the Dilbert comic strips that I find hilarious (I update it all the time). Recently, I added a bug picture of Optimus Prime since I am a huge fan (and the movie rocked!!). Depending on the movie or band I’m into at the moment, I’ll have a picture of it on my desktop. Recently it was Linkin Park, now it’s Transformers. By next week, I’m sure it will be the Simpspons!
Having recently started an office job, I personally have nothing “cool” as of yet… but my husband has an authentic Swingline red stapler.
That picture of Rick James sitting low in a chair with fringe on his crotch and jheri curl gleaming is to honor his memory (um…yeah, that’s why it’s on my wall). And no, Boyfriend, I will not take down that picture of Stringer Bell (Idris Elba). They should have never killed him off of the Wire!!!
Mandi, you are by far my FAVORITE writer at EW! Your blogs are the BEST! If I were in the cubicle next to you, we’d probably be having Down With Love doll wars b/c I too want to be next to Ewan! (If you need a factchecker, I’m your gal!) BTW, I miss furry_tom’s dolls… haven’t seen one since his saucy leather-vested Daniel Radcliffe creation. My office is littered with LOTR Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom posters, action figures, and calendars. My current desktop is the latest Pirates of the Caribbean, as is my screensaver. And I have an embarrassing amount of beanie babies inhabiting my desk surface. If they start making Pirate ones, I’m in big trouble!
I have a “Schrute Buck” given to me by a co-worker and quotes from “The Office” hanging up in my office.
I also have few Dilberts taped around! My screen saver is a quote from Ferris Bueller mvoing around. I have a SpongeBob and Patrick stres ball. I keep the real good stuff home since no one understand my love for the pop culture at work…
i have a george huff button (american idol season 3) on my tackboard, along with a goonies button, and a family guy/stewie button that says “What the Deuce are you staring at?” on it.
Most of my desk junk is travel related (glitter snoglobes from New York and the Hoover Dam, a tacky shell-thing from Key West, a puppet from Bali). My only real pop-culture things are an Edgar Allen Poe bobblehead, an Edward Gorey page-a-day calendar and a statuette of Reggie Jackson in his A’s uniform. Because, I may like my odd, gothic art and liturature, but I love my A’s.
p.s. Very cool pics, f_t! Didn’t see those before.
Well, let’s see. There are my Star Wars stamps, my photo of Mrs. Sato on the Vespa in front of the US Capital, the Venture Brothers logo taken from volume 2 of their dvds, more my cokerewards caps than you can shake a stick at, and a kid robot toy on my desk next to the robot styled paper holder.
Aside from all that, the desk is a big messy pile of papers, as well as notes scribbled on that mention bands who’s mp3s I’ll someday download (like the Busters who sing “sharp dressed girl”).
i have my newspaper ad from march 5th 2004 of Lord of the Rings: Return of the king after it won 11 oscars, its definately yellow by now. I have my skeleton keychain with pink “jewels” that i received a looong time ago when i joined the Stephen King library. I also have various internet printouts of Chucky from Childs play that says “Chucky for President”, Andy Milonakis in his “spoon” skit and the ever iconic picture of Jack Nicholson in the Shining.