Things on My Desk as I Start a Paper Due Tomorrow

Peanut butter M&Ms (the best kind)

Pepperidge Farm Chessmen (because I like butter cookies, not chess)

Empty pickle jar on the cutest photo coaster

Can of Diet Coke

Snack-size mango-peach applesauce

Licorice (necessary paper-writing tool)

Grape tomatoes

String cheese

The usual paper-writing instruments—pens, pencils, journal-published papers, APA style book

It's going to be a long night.