My year, line by line.
I am not in the mood for questionnaires today, so you get posts instead. This exercise instructs me to take the first line of the first entry from each month for the last year. I shall obey. Mostly. I skipped the “week in tweets” posts because they annoy me. January A pile of hopes, socks just out of the dryer, top a new year. February Because you asked … here are my favorite gluten-free recipes. March This is a brilliant explanation of the Trolololololo meme. April This is our beautiful Torgi-cat. May If you don’t live in San Francisco or care about city infrastructure, skip this post. June From the site: “Your writing, notes, and to-do lists online.” July I am attempting to wrangle decades of clutter. August I walk down a deserted...
Read MoreNot an ink and pen test: Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses and Pelikan M 205.
My husband surprised me this Christmas with the white Pelikan M 205 I had eyed in Flax, along with a stunning array of Noodler’s inks. I will save the others for their own posts, because this one belongs to Black Swan in Australian Roses. Click through for a larger version of the image. Materials used: Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses ink, Leuchtturm 1917 dotted pocket notebook, Pelikan Souveran M 205 white fountain pen. I have more recommendations on fountain pens and ink, including inexpensive starter...
Read MoreThe danger of posting links without comment.
So a few days ago I tweeted (and plurked, and facebooked, and whatever elsed) the link to Sady Doyle’s #MooreandMe protest because, in the ongoing Wikileaks coverage fiasco, I found it interesting. I posted it without comment. On Plurk, a friend of mine disagreed with some of the points contained in the post, and our ensuing discussion made me realize that I have more to say about this than 140 characters at a time will allow. First of all, the trouble — okay, one of the troubles — with using Twitter, Tumblr, Plurk, Facebook, etc. instead of a long-form site like this one is that people like me have the tendency to make the mistake of posting links without comment. This is dangerous, because the assumption has become “I agree with...
Read MoreThe Week in Tweets on 2011-01-03
Not an ink test: Diamine Blue-Black. « cygnoir.net http://bit.ly/g0myxZ #
Read More2010 gift guide.
As mentioned on my last post about nifty gifts, here is my 2010 gift guide. I am posting this later than I had hoped to, sidetracked by illness again. If I were feeling better, I would write a little something about each person and why I like them, but in the interest of time, I will leave you with visuals. Click each photo for more information. Last but never least, don’t forget Gamescape North’s fantastic holiday gift guide for your last-minute game shopping. What did I leave out? Tell me in the comments.
Read MoreRevising the process.
It was a great shock to me that my to-do list, calendar, email, and notes all failed this week as the semester ended. I had a system in place involving Toodledo, Google Calendar, Gmail with ActiveInbox, and Evernote. The combination was so cluttered that although I turned in all my schoolwork by the end of the semester, I missed a crucial personal to-do, a social engagement, and I am horribly behind on a few other important projects. Today I am starting all over, nearly from scratch. Here is my new system: Stop using Toodledo. I love all of its bells and whistles, but bells and whistles just distract me from actually doing the tasks. Organize my tasks in a simple system that can be accessed via web, computer, and iPhone and keeps all of them synced. I have...
Read MoreTurn around.
When I first logged into Second Life in 2004, I decided to create an avatar that was loosely based on my real-life appearance with some important modifications. Namely, some gigantic black hair. I also may have overdone the makeup a bit. Over the years, my avatar has changed — mainly hairstyles — but the salient bits have remained the same for about a year now: short stature, black wings, amethyst eyes, and a gravity-defying mohawk. I do not know why I consider this avatar to be so “me”. I don’t look at all like her in real life. But every time I try to change something up, it feels wrong and doesn’t last. This is not the first time that I have encountered this strange identification with avatar appearance. When I still cared...
Read MoreNot an ink test: Diamine Blue-Black.
Just a transcript this time, because I am too exhausted from schoolwork. Something a little different today. My Sheaffer Prelude is one of my few medium-nib pens. It allows the ink to shine a bit more, & this ink deserves it. This is Diamine Blue-Black, a new favorite. I like how teal this appears on the page; it reminds me of Noodler’s Air-Corp Blue [sic], while not being so wet. All of the Diamine inks I use are faster-drying than Noodler’s, which make them great choices for journaling. Click through for a larger version of the image. Materials used: Diamine Blue-Black ink, Clairefontaine grid spiral notebook (14.8 x 21cm), Sheaffer Prelude fountain pen. The Noodler’s ink I mention is actually called Aircorp Blue-Black. I have more...
Read MoreNot an ink test: Noodler’s FPN Dumas Tulipe Noire.
I am digging these ink tests, and not only because they provide me with content on the days I don’t feel like writing about anything very personal. Sometimes the ink test research helps me discover other inks I must have! As I was looking for the proper title for this ink, I discovered Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses, which appeals to me on so many levels. Click through for a larger version of the image. Materials used: Noodler’s FPN Dumas Tulipe Noire ink, Clairefontaine grid spiral notebook (14.8 x 21cm), Pelikan Souveran M 400 white tortoiseshell fountain pen. I have more recommendations on fountain pens and ink, including inexpensive starter...
Read MoreThe Week in Tweets on 2010-12-12
As an unabashed fan of portmanteaus, I love the word "slacktivism". # Tight Pants / Body Rolls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1c2KzJbcGA&feature=autoshare # O, "Lie to Me". You provide me with much-appreciated Tim Roth during my lunchtime breaks, yet only in the same plot over and over. And over. # I needed that. @ P F Chang's China Bistro http://instagr.am/p/fbst/ # Procrastibaking: I take a break from studying to go the kitchen for a glass of milk and end up baking 2 dozen cookies. # WikiLeaks' Assange held while court decides on extradition – CNN.com – London (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder… http://tumblr.com/xo4zffsdc # The rush to smear Assange's rape accuser – War Room – Salon.com...
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