i asked, “why? why should people see this?”
he said, “because. it is funny.”
i said, “i don’t think it’s funny. i think it is depressing.”
“exactly,” he said, “which is sort of why it’s funny. yeah, you need to show them this.”
“i still don’t see the value in it.”
“make sure that the quality and size is substantial, so they can look through your files and see what all is there and observe your labeling system, you have a system right?”
“why would i want people to look at my files? i don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“and it will be great for them to see your desktop background.”
“i don’t have a background. it’s just what came on the computer. backgrounds make me nervous. and they make it too difficult to read the file names.”
“exactly. people should know that about you. it would be enlightening. it would tell them things.”
“i think it’s useless. i’m not going to show people my desktop.”
“there are a lot of people i’d like to see the desktop of.”
“huh, yeah, me too. i wonder what ryan seacrest’s desktop looks like? i bet it’s not the default background. freak, i need to get a background. you know he has a website?”
“i was thinking more like, thom york, or trent reznor. i think it would be interesting to see how they organize their stuff. what they name their folders. i would feel i knew them better if they’d let me see their desktop.”
“you know that’s my greatest weakness.”
“what?”
“organizing things on my computer. i can’t do it. when i put files where they’re supposed to go it’s like they cease to exist, the files, it’s like they never happened. when they’re in their proper folder i can never find them again. i don’t like using the search [spotlight] function. i think i should know where i put them. when they’re on the desktop, they’re alive, they’re there, they’re important.”
“this is why people should see this.”
“it feels like too much. too personal. now i wish you wouldn’t have seen my desktop. stop staring.”
“it’s just that, it’s so, well, it’s just hard to believe that’s your desktop.”
favorite comment(s) by you guys: there were two comments that brought me immense joy.
first there was a link to the following photo sent by achoi77. it is awesome. this is of a guy who just keeps everything on his desktop and uses spotlight to find what he needs.