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More thoughts on pens and writing
Oct. 30th, 2012 04:48 pmI have a ton of things that really should be done tonight--bath, wash dishes, wash clothes, write, etc--but I came home feeling exhausted. My current plan is to take my bath first, on the logic that as I only feel like lying down and doing nothing I might as well get clean doing it. Then I'll have dinner, and then (I hope) I will have caught enough of a second wind to get something done.
Last Friday I finally got the frankenpen (which I've decided needs a name, so that I can refer to it as something other than 'the frankenpen') inked with De Atramentis Hyacinth. This ink, I learned, is docile in nature, an attractive purple in color, and strong of scent. Sadly, I only had enough to partially fill the pen, but I used it enough to consider putting it on my Someday list. I used up the last of it Sunday night and made the interesting discovery that the frankenpen is freakishly difficult to get clean--something about the feed just wants to hold on to every last ink molecule. I do like the pen, so I've decided the coping strategy is to decide what ink I want in it and never change. OK, sometimes I know I will want to change, but if I do it at very long intervals it will be less of a pain. For now, its default ink is De Atramentis Black Roses, because I'm the kind of person who has to match the ink with the pen and I'm far more likely to use black ink than red. (Also, I already have red loaded in my Serwex Exectutive, a delightfully cheap pen that I can replace easily if I accidently let the red dry up in it.)
Last night I had a chat with a fellow writer and felt the better for it--they were the first person who has understood the problem and didn't make me feel stupid for feeling the way I feel. It is such a relief. They had an interesting perspective on the issue, which I'm still mulling over. Even if I decide they are right I am not sure what I'm going to do about it, but I feel better--I've been chasing my thoughts in circles for such a weary long time.
Last Friday I finally got the frankenpen (which I've decided needs a name, so that I can refer to it as something other than 'the frankenpen') inked with De Atramentis Hyacinth. This ink, I learned, is docile in nature, an attractive purple in color, and strong of scent. Sadly, I only had enough to partially fill the pen, but I used it enough to consider putting it on my Someday list. I used up the last of it Sunday night and made the interesting discovery that the frankenpen is freakishly difficult to get clean--something about the feed just wants to hold on to every last ink molecule. I do like the pen, so I've decided the coping strategy is to decide what ink I want in it and never change. OK, sometimes I know I will want to change, but if I do it at very long intervals it will be less of a pain. For now, its default ink is De Atramentis Black Roses, because I'm the kind of person who has to match the ink with the pen and I'm far more likely to use black ink than red. (Also, I already have red loaded in my Serwex Exectutive, a delightfully cheap pen that I can replace easily if I accidently let the red dry up in it.)
Last night I had a chat with a fellow writer and felt the better for it--they were the first person who has understood the problem and didn't make me feel stupid for feeling the way I feel. It is such a relief. They had an interesting perspective on the issue, which I'm still mulling over. Even if I decide they are right I am not sure what I'm going to do about it, but I feel better--I've been chasing my thoughts in circles for such a weary long time.
