One more thing, and then I'll stop spamming the friendslist. Really.

[mrissa]

I ran out my red pen today. Luckily I have another in backup -- well, that's not actually luck, that's a personality trait. But still. I remember someone -- but I don't remember who -- being fascinated that I was running a pen out. "You don't run pens out!" she said. (I remember gender, at least.) "You never keep them long enough to run them out! You always lose them first!" But I don't. I keep a death grip on them until the last dregs leave their skinny little rollerball bodies. Except for the fountain pens, and I keep even more of a death grip on those, and change the cartridges frequently.

Still, only 18 pages into Sampo and already a pen has died for the cause. I suspect that can't be a good omen.

Comments

[everyonesakitty.livejournal.com]

A good pen is a treasure. What kind do you use? I like those Pilot precise V5 ones in pastel. Although there's a red vision pen that comes in blood red, which is very cool. I use the blood red ones until they're dead. *doesn't make bad vampire/writing analogy*

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

For rollerballs, Pilot, mostly. I have the uniball roller kind, and I also have "Precise Rolling V5." Lately I picked up the "Fusion" kind in a variety of colors for notecards and manuscript markup, but I don't like them as well; they come out lighter even when the color is supposed to be just as dark. As I understand it, they're gel pens.

For fountain pens, I have my Waterman so far.