Saturday, November 21, 2009

Paraphernalia

Pencils are my favorite writing materials and given a choice, I'd pick a Mongol over a cheap ball-point pen. Normally, though, I'd use a Pilot G-Tech Pen (black or blue, but more of blue) whose stroke must not be less than 0.4 mm, reserving my pencil for sketching arterial branches or jotting down notes on the transcriptions.

I bought this Parker mechanical pencil last June. It's shiny, sleek, and ergonomic. It feels good to hold, and seeing personalized engraving of my name on its metal surface gives me a warm feeling. It's rather pricey for a pencil, but I console myself by thinking of it as an investment for the future.  

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Which is not to say I don't use normal pencil anymore. I still do. While its strokes are more varied and harder to control (my letters really look fat sometimes), it gives me a false feeling of being smart. Like: I'm writing a really long equation that could alter the course of world history, when all along I'm just caricaturing the sleeping classmate beside me.

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What do you use for writing?

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

any random pen, actually. but I've used myself to use ballpoint pens since I've tended to avoid erasures--a result of my grade school years.

Although, with my writing training, I have turned over to writing via computer. I arrange my thoughts better on the keyboard now. Or I guess it's because I write quicker on the PC now than on paper.

Sat Nov 21, 01:00:00 PM GMT+8  

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