Comments on: Random acts of stationery #20 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/ Frequently pretentious since 1971. Clearly ambiguous since 2000. Completely and utterly incomprehensible since 2006. Warning: may contain synonyms. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2132 An Unreliable Witness Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:26:48 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2132 Quite understandable, Imogen. Sometimes I'm afraid to come here myself. Warning to all readers of An Unreliable Witness: other websites are available. Quite understandable, Imogen. Sometimes I’m afraid to come here myself.

Warning to all readers of An Unreliable Witness: other websites are available.

]]> By: imogen http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2131 imogen Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:50:08 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2131 Sometimes. I'm afraid to come here. Precisely because of things like this. (Yes, I mean that as a good thing. To be clear.) I've been thinking about you, much, these days. Sometimes. I’m afraid to come here. Precisely because of things like this. (Yes, I mean that as a good thing. To be clear.)

I’ve been thinking about you, much, these days.

]]> By: ben http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2124 ben Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:46:09 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2124 Pretty. But then again I'm a sucker for black and white. Pretty. But then again I’m a sucker for black and white.

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 An Unreliable Witness Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:48:36 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2121 akiterises - It sounds beautiful. I always <i>wanted</i> to be able to write with a fountain pen, but unfortunately my natural clumsiness seemed to forbid it, not to mention my slight OCD tendencies about getting ink on my fingers. Peach - Very true, though as anyone who has heard me on a keyboard will confirm, I am more thwack thwack bash bash than tippity tippity type type. There is definitely something slightly violent about my typing. akiterises — It sounds beautiful. I always wanted to be able to write with a fountain pen, but unfortunately my natural clumsiness seemed to forbid it, not to mention my slight OCD tendencies about getting ink on my fingers.

Peach — Very true, though as anyone who has heard me on a keyboard will confirm, I am more thwack thwack bash bash than tippity tippity type type. There is definitely something slightly violent about my typing.

]]> By: Peach http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2118 Peach Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:24:10 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2118 'to be smeared and bled from this nib' far more accurate and evocative than tippity tippity type type type ‘to be smeared and bled from this nib’

far more accurate and evocative than tippity tippity type type type

]]> By: www.akiterises.blogspot.com http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 www.akiterises.blogspot.com Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:44:22 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2117 The nuns taught us to write with 'fountain pens'. My pen was the colour of a violent blush, nudging maroon.... ....unscrew the two halves of the pen and then dip it into the small white inkwell on the desk corner. Squeeze the rubber cartridge, then release it, as the black ink magically rises to fill it. Move the silver nib over the 'Feint blue lined' page, trace the thin inky trail as it leaks words... the quiet absorption of writing like this, the sound of nib on paper, the flow of the ink, the tiny ritual of returning to the inkwell to refill......this was bliss and had a kind of gentle zen to it...I miss it. The nuns taught us to write with ‘fountain pens’. My pen was the colour of a violent blush, nudging maroon.…
.…unscrew the two halves of the pen and then dip it into the small white inkwell on the desk corner. Squeeze the rubber cartridge, then release it, as the black ink magically rises to fill it. Move the silver nib over the ‘Feint blue lined’ page, trace the thin inky trail as it leaks words…
the quiet absorption of writing like this, the sound of nib on paper, the flow of the ink, the tiny ritual of returning to the inkwell to refill.…..this was bliss and had a kind of gentle zen to it…I miss it.

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 An Unreliable Witness Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:14:50 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2116 Miles Away - I do, yes. I may not use it so much now, but I still have to touch paper occasionally, screw it up, use it. Just for that sensation. Ani - And that's one of the reason. You can stab your finger on a key, but it just doesn't have the same effect. Bohémienne - May technology never stop having that effect. It hasn't on me. Yet. Only temporarily. Rob - Like a heroin addict with no veins. Yes. Yes. Yes. Exactly. I still have my stationery fetish, too. Isabelle - I would love every post in this form too. Unfortunately I am too verbose, and my hand would get tired from all that writing. Plus, the scanning. I hate the scanning. Why can't I just write direct onto the screen like this? Miss T - You've said it before, yes. But I am still very flattered. Miles Away — I do, yes. I may not use it so much now, but I still have to touch paper occasionally, screw it up, use it. Just for that sensation.

Ani — And that’s one of the reason. You can stab your finger on a key, but it just doesn’t have the same effect.

Bohémienne — May technology never stop having that effect. It hasn’t on me. Yet. Only temporarily.

Rob — Like a heroin addict with no veins. Yes. Yes. Yes. Exactly. I still have my stationery fetish, too.

Isabelle — I would love every post in this form too. Unfortunately I am too verbose, and my hand would get tired from all that writing. Plus, the scanning. I hate the scanning. Why can’t I just write direct onto the screen like this?

Miss T — You’ve said it before, yes. But I am still very flattered.

]]> By: Miss T http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 Miss T Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:10:45 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2115 I've said it before and I'll say it again: you have <i>lovely</i> handwriting. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: you have lovely handwriting.

]]> By: isabelle http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 isabelle Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:52:08 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2113 hello....I'd love to see your every post like this, I love writing, pen on paper, call me old fashioned, but it looks beautiful to see as well as to read. As if the person writing is still attached... hello.…I’d love to see your every post like this, I love writing, pen on paper, call me old fashioned, but it looks beautiful to see as well as to read. As if the person writing is still attached…

]]> By: Rob http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 Rob Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:28:10 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2112 Love the romantic idea of pen to paper writing. I have moleskin notebooks and fancy pens, but I just find my fingers can't keep up with my mind. I have a stationary fetish but no means of satisfying it. I'm like a heroin addict with no veins. Love the romantic idea of pen to paper writing. I have moleskin notebooks and fancy pens, but I just find my fingers can’t keep up with my mind.

I have a stationary fetish but no means of satisfying it. I’m like a heroin addict with no veins.

]]> By: bohémienne http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2111 bohémienne Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:17:58 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2111 I think the saliva and the dead skin cells really make the note. I haven't yet reached a point where technology could not meet my need for expression of myself ... but sometimes it seems inadequate for the understanding of the words of others. I'll try biting my tongue. I think the saliva and the dead skin cells really make the note.

I haven’t yet reached a point where technology could not meet my need for expression of myself … but sometimes it seems inadequate for the understanding of the words of others. I’ll try biting my tongue.

]]> By: Ani http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2110 Ani Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:37:14 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2110 I had not done the pen/paper thing for years. Then, 3 a.m. about two weeks ago, I ended a sentence so forcefully I stabbed the notepad. The ink didn't bleed, though. [And I'm still very sore from the experience.] I had not done the pen/paper thing for years. Then, 3 a.m. about two weeks ago, I ended a sentence so forcefully I stabbed the notepad. The ink didn’t bleed, though.

[And I’m still very sore from the experience.]

]]> By: Miles Away http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/comment-page-1/#comment-2109 Miles Away Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:26:13 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/08/12/random-acts-of-stationery-20/#comment-2109 do you ever get the feeling that the internet sometimes lacks that feel of crisped papers of time...the crunched ruled paper passing past fingers... do you ever get the feeling that the internet sometimes lacks that feel of crisped papers of time…the crunched ruled paper passing past fingers…

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