Day	Pen	Ink
9 May 10 May 11 May 12 May	Pilot Elite 95S Sheaffer Targa Pelikan M600 TWSBI Classic	Edelstein Olivine Herbin Bleu Myosotis Diamine Syrah Diamine Honey Burst

In addition to The Stupid Project, I started working on what can only be called a fan fiction, although I can’t say I’m a fan of the original work. If I persist in it, I may post it on the other front.

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Day	Pen	Ink
25April 26 April 27 April 28 April	Hero 100 Pelikan M600 Pilot Elite 95S Parker Duofold AF	Namiki Blue Diamine Syrah Edelstein Olivine Pelikan blue-black

No clever alternatives to the current layout. I’ve been distracted by a new COVID outbreak at work, and by the nasal inflammation of stuffing the test swabs up my nose. Still negative, hoorah.

Also, hoera for 5 May– Liberation Day for the Netherlands.

Lunch Date

Smart and snappy dressers; what more could you want in dining companions?

There is a current phrase– “Go outside and touch some grass”. I believe, now that grass is visible locally, that I will do just that, with a small supply of cat food on hand, just in case…

Today’s pen: Pilot Elite 95S
Today’s ink: Edelstein Olivine

Day	Pen	Ink
18 April 19 April 20 April 21 April	Parker Duofold AF Pilot Elite 95S Pelikan M600 Hero 100	Pelikan blue-black Edelstein Olivine Diamine Syrah Namiki Blue

That’s pretty blank. Maybe I’ll rethink this format change.

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
27 September 28 September 29 September 30 September	Actual what-the-monkeys?! research for the upcoming story.	Ducks in a row	Pelikan Stola III Pilot Elite 95S Waterman 52 Sheaffer Valiant TD	Pelikan Royal Blue Diamine Bilberry Diamine Evergreen Herbin Poussière de Lune

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
20 September 21 September 22 September 23 September	Video conference for the Sask. Writer’s Guild Re-reading “The Lurking Fear” to make notes for a story I mean to write. Shopping to replace broken junk in the household…	Friendly gabble achieved. Finally done. …because it can’t wait for the weekend.	Sheaffer Valiant TD Pelikan M600 Pilot Elite 95S Parker 75	Herbin Poussière de Lune Pelikan blue-black Diamine Bilberry Herbin Vert de Gris

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
13 September 14 September 15 September 16 September	Re-reading “The Lurking Fear” to make notes for a story I mean to write. Also trying to get some updating done on my website.†	Nearly done, and getting some useful new insights. Part of a page.	Parker 75 Waterman 52 Sheaffer Valiant TD Pilot Elite 95S	Herbin Vert de Gris Diamine Evergreen Herbin Poussière de Lune Diamine Bilberry

†”Trying” faces more than usual hurdles:

The host is being pestered. If you have a pressing pen question, my slow frequency of updates means that this Wayback Machine capture from January isn’t missing too much.

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
6 September 7 September 8 September 9 September	Not working on the fake-out version of Labor Day. Re-reading “The Lurking Fear” to make notes for a story I mean to write.	Plenty of nothing (comrades). About half of it	TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR Pelikan M600 Pilot Elite 95S Parker 75	TWSBI Royal Purple Pelikan blue-black Diamine Bilberry Herbin Vert de Gris

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
30 August 31 August 1 September 2 September	Back to school panicking. Yesterday’s entry. Getting a UV-C air purifier because the provincial government is using Texas as a model for COVID response.	Managed to get everything needed. The whole thing. Success†.	Pelikan M600 Pilot Elite 95S Parker Senior Duofold TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR	Pelikan blue-black Diamine Bilberry Diamine Honey Burst TWSBI Royal Purple

 

† This is assuming that I haven’t already taken a dose of Delta inside my doubly-vaccinated lungs already (despite still masking). I heard this morning that vaccination reduces not only the severity of the initial infection but the likelihood of having your organs wrecked by an infection, so I’m still happy to have gotten my shots.

Fun in Darkness

So… short week, huh? I had forgotten that little fact entirely pretty much from lunch-time Tuesday through to head hitting the pillow last night. Thus, no update yesterday. I’ll take it on to the bottom of this entry. There’s not much difference to last week, as my tubes are still clogged, although I did have a couple of revelations in the direction of rehabilitating some things suffering from their author’s white male POV, one of which is that novel I spent so long on.

But first, the fun stuff. What’s the most fun you can have in a dark room? Watching old movies, of course! I recently read a tweet from someone who was very disappointed, after a lifetime of watching films no older than 1980 (I think that was the arbitrary cut-off– possibly 1970), by the experience of watching Citizen Kane.

Oh, really? Only the barest understanding of the language, and you found the lecture boring?

I, happily, understand the language of old films (even if I sometimes make fun of their tropes), and it troubles me that so many people dismiss them out of hand.

So, today’s jollity– a film to help you understand the language, and someone else making fun of old film tropes.

Now, here’s that disappointing update:

Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February	Faffing about. Working on an update on the site.	The cats got their favourite food. Some progress on Friday’s pen and its maker.	Pilot Elite 95S Lamy 2000 Wing Sung 601 PenBBS 487 Moonman M2 (Now a picture!)	Namiki Blue Edelstein Olivine Pelikan Violet Herbin Lie de Thé Diamine Sargasso Sea