I know I should be studying....but, here's the Friday Five only a day late (yes, considering this week's Friday Five subject, you may now take due notice of the irony ...)

1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not?
By nature, I am not an organized person - at all. Ask anyone who knows me really well and he or she (OK, mostly he - Cory being the person who knows me best and must live with my lack of organization) will tell you that I am constantly losing and misplacing things, cramming to meet deadlines, etc. I try to keep my organizational horrors mostly limited to the home however, which means I go to great strides to overcompensate in the ares of school and work. I rely on several calendars and an army of post-it notes to keep me on track. Why am I this way? I don't know, why are we who we are? I have a cluttered brain and am either thinking about 10 different things at one time or else I am burnt out and trying not to think of anything at all...that and I think I just have the disorganized gene....I'm not sure who I get it from though, probably my dad...

2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly?
In addition to a calendar at home, I use two calendars at work (one paper, and one on my computer) plus my Palm Pilot in an effort to keep myself on track. The Palm Pilot (m515 model) was my birthday gift to myself last year. I bought it hoping it would make juggling my home, school and work life easier. Sadly, all it seems to do so far is record the tasks, reminders and ideas that I punch into it. Requests to have it actually perform said tasks, follow through on reminders or implement ideas have been repeatedly ignored. Damn technology.

3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now?
We just moved into new desk spaces at work so yes, my desk is actually rather organized right now. It's kind of nice to know where everything is and have it within reach. Wonder how long it will stay that way....

4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?
Ha....the only reason my CDs are organized is because when Cory and I moved in together he took it upon himself to alphabetize my collection - he is VERY organized, it's true what they say about opposites attracting. It drove him crazy when neither of us could find anything on my racks. I guess it does make it easier, especially considering that between us we have more than 5,000 CDs...The DVDs in our house are also organized (also thanks to him) but the books? No, not really. Other than having all my reference books on one shelf near our desk and all the music books in one area and some of the authors' works grouped together - it's fairly haphazard.

5. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to organize?
My life, on a daily basis...