Writing stuff

[ksmith]

I like stuff, same as anyone else. I will admit, though, that I am not as enamored of the contents of Levenger as other writers I know. Nice pens and notebooks/journals leave me cold. I appreciate some nice pens--I used to like Sensa with the gel-filled barrel because they were easier for me to hold--but overall I just use cheap ballpoints. I have some Bics with alien motifs that I use quite a bit. As for notebooks/journals, I use Mead Fat Lil' Notebooks. I write stuff in them, and seldom if ever go back to what I've written. Thing is, if I *don't* write it down, I'll forget it. If I do write it down, I'll remember it. Go figure.

I am on Levenger's mailing list, however, and I will admit that a few items in the latest and greatest have made me sit up. One is something called Card Bleachers, a tiered wooden stand that lets you insert 3x5 cards across a row and/or down several rows. Depending on how you work out plots, it could come in handy as a way to sort things out. I know that sticky notes on the wall may work just as well, but this is all nice and wooden and stained and stuff.

Then there's a book entitled Spoken Like a Pro that lists slang terms used by various professions. I will probably spring for that, because, you know, words.

One thing I did cough up for from another catalog was a, heh, desk organizer. I went to the site to order chair cushions and kitchen mats, and there it was, the internet special of the day at $10 off. Wood, with a rubbed black finish that will match the black/birch desk. I'm hoping that the slots and drawers and such will hold the stuff currently spread out among several plastic things.

The desk is starting to spin out of control again, and I don't see it getting better until next month. Organizing the stuff for the accountant will compel. Until then, I'm trying not to look.

Comments

[cmpriest.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. If a journal's too nice, I don't want to write in it. But if it's too cheapy, then I don't want to write in it either. I end up going for middle-of-the-road ones - good spiral bound or small 3-ring jobbies that are about 5 or 6 bucks, and last me awhile.

As long as it fits in me purse, right?
;-)

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The Fat Lil Notebooks aren't particularly nice-looking. But they're small--a little bigger than 3x5--and thick--200 pages, which are scored for tearing so you don't get those little flecks of paper all over the place.

They fit in every purse I use, even the small ones.

Lovely bound journals--I agree, they're too nice to write in. I'd hold off until I had something profound to record, and that's not the point.

Best wishes for the wedding, btw! Hope all goes well.

[planetalyx.livejournal.com]

Levengers is some compulsive crack--we drool over their catalog whenever it arrives.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I confess to a schwarm for office chairs, and they are featuring some nice ones. Herman Miller, for the most part, including the Aeron. Sometime this summer, I think, I will get fitted for a real chair because I don't think my shoulders can take another cheap one.

[planetalyx.livejournal.com]

I'm using a kneeling chair that I really need to replace, but procrastination has set in.

I use the Big Fat Notebooks too, as it happens.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I've tried kneeling chairs. They'd probably be good for my back, but my knees won't cooperate. Too much soft tissue trauma over the years has made them hypersensitive to pressure.

In a shining example of More Money Than Sense, I bought the Card Bleachers. I'm interested in seeing how the format works, especially for something like a mystery where things need to be laid out just so.

[planetalyx.livejournal.com]

Yes, you definitely need knees of steel for the kneeler. And in case they implant some in you one day, you ought to know it's still possible to slouch in 'em if you're determined.

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[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Hi. I friended you and thought I should probably introduce myself for politeness' sake. I've just recently read your Code of Conduct and really liked it.

So, um, that's why I'm reading your LJ. :-)

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Cool--hello. Glad to hear you liked CODE.

A few new folks have linked up over the past few weeks. Introduce yourselves if you wish. Glad you could stop by.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Then there's a book entitled Spoken Like a Pro that lists slang terms used by various professions. I will probably spring for that, because, you know, words.

I bought that one at Boston last weekend. Only dipped into a bit so far, but well worth the price, IMHO.

I like wonderful pens and beautiful paper. Thing is, I hardly ever write anything by hand anymore. I guess I could buy paper as an art object, like my friend who bought an expensive and lovely cherry humidor to keep pipe tobacco in, because she loved the smell of unsmoked tobacco...

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Then there's a book entitled Spoken Like a Pro that lists slang terms used by various professions. I will probably spring for that, because, you know, words.

I bought that one at Boston last weekend. Only dipped into a bit so far, but well worth the price, IMHO.

Oh--and those fibowskis at Levengers stated that it was an exclusive.

Come to think of it, I agree with you about writing by hand. These days, the handwritten stuff consists of grocery lists and...grocery lists. Don't need Watermans and premium paper for those.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Oh--and those fibowskis at Levengers stated that it was an exclusive.

Should've been clearer. Rewrite: I bought
that one last weekend at Boston, in the Levenger's store inside Prudential Center.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Ah.

There is a Levengers in Chicago, and I should probably avoid it.