Random Items (Installment 1)

Today I'm going to talk about my desk and some of the items that sit on (or float around) it and what they mean to me. Of course, as a writer, my argument for having them there is that they inspire me into writing. Although this is not technically true, they do help the ideas to blossom on occasion.

Let's start with the left shall we?

The Dragon Bubble:
This little gem is one of my one design and I suppose could represent my artistic streak. I painted it only about three or four months ago, and added it as a hanging ornament. Painted my favourite colour, the dragon on it is fairly special to me. I have a fondness for dragons anyway; not only am I considered a dragon in the Chinese calender, but I also love reading stories that contain them.

Cedric:
Cedric could be termed my mascot I guess. He's been on my desk for possibly a month and a half. He's a small green dragon toy with red wings and an orange belly. He's named Cedric because he reminds me of the dragon that's the mascot for the charity "National Children's Home" in England. Though he is not the only soft toy on my desk, he is probably the only one I would say lives there.

The Frog Prince:
This is a small plastic frog wearing a crown. I got him in hawkins bazaar and carried him around with me for a while afterwards. He lived in my pocket back then, but now lives on my desk. I've always been fairly fascinated with the fairytale of the frog prince (the recent Disney movie has become one of my favourites). It could stem from my love of frogs in my childhood, or perhaps I've just always been searching for a prince in unlikely places.

The Two Legendary Pokemon (Rayquaza and Moltres):
These of course represent my addiction to Pokemon. Though they are not my favourite Pokemon, they are some of the legendaries I like the most. The fire and dragon types have always had a special place in my heart, though they are, admittedly not my favourite types to battle with.

The Box:
Underneath the frog prince and the Pokemon figures, sits a wooden box. In this box there are several different, small, items that remind me of various times in my life. A bouncy ball, a small plastic lizard, and a button from my leather trench coat are just a few. Each one has its own story, but not to be told now. In short this box is a box of small meaningful things that are dear to me.

The Frog Cube:
The frog cube is essentially a cube made of plastic filled with water and oil with the water dyed green. there are two frogs sat in the middle so that they look like they are floating on the green substance as if on a pond. Both of them and red and sat on lilly-pads. This object is one that was bought for me by Alex on my birthday last year. It reminds me more of the day spent with Ash and Hayley than of him, which is why it has stayed. I remember picking out the perfect one in the gift shop and having a conversation with Ash about the other option which was blue with some fish or other sat on it (perhaps a clown fish?). It holds the memory of my twenty-first birthday in it, in which I didn't get drunk, or have any other kind of overdose.

The Crescent Moon Paperweight:
This was something I found in a shop on the isle of wight last time I visited. It's basically a cube made of glass with the design of a crescent moon lasored into it. Crescent moons have always been my favourite of the moon phases. I'm not really sure why that is. Still, the image has appeared several times in various stories I've written.

Two Gemstone Animals:
On top of the crescent moon paperweight sit two small animals made of gemstone. I can't remember which gems they are, but they depict an elephant and a hippo. Elephants are my favourite animal, but the hippo is simply there to keep the elephant company. The elephant is red and the hippo is blue. These two are a reasonably recent installment on my desk, having only appeared around three months ago, and less than a month for the hippo.

Desk Monster:
Desk monster is made of some kind of artificial stone, probably concrete. He's small and dome-shaped, his face crumbled into the shape of an open mouth... and so I found him. I painted his mouth and eyes with glow-in-the-dark glass paint using acrylic for the details such as the tongue and pupils. He's a cheeky little thing, but I love him because he is the creation of my own imagination playing with an inanimate object driven into reality.

Well, that's enough about my desk for now dear readers. The next installment will come soon I'm sure. :)