Yesterday, I posted the
part one of my two-part What's in my Pen Case series, so here's part two!
On the back of the panel that has my eight most frequently used pens, there are three mesh pockets. The stuff I keep in here is pretty straightforward. In the top pocket, I have two little pads of staples brand sticky notes, one blue and one lime green. In the next, I keep two erasers, a black and a white.
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| (How I arrange things in these pockets!) |
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| (The things I keep in those three pockets!) |
The last pocket has a pad of yellow sticky notes and a pack of pencil lead, or rather, like fifteen consolidated packages in one container. I use the sticky notes to leave notes for people, write mini to-do lists, and of course, to take notes. Having three colors is really incredibly convenient, and these three pads fit perfectly in my pen case right now.
This isn't my favorite part of the pen case, however. The mesh isn't stretchy and I worry that I'll rip it apart. The erasers and lead don't stay in the pockets very well either...
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| (When you flip over the page of pens!) |
And finally, in the bottom half of my pen case, I keep...well, pretty much everything else. :) I have a small white Rhodia grid pad (N. 12) which is useful for testing pens, leaving notes I want to keep, bigger to-do lists, and drawing on. Below it, I have a Tombow hybrid correction tape. Its grey tip can be pulled out in order to protect the white-out, but I find that I don't need to do that as it isn't messy at all. Neither of these items is secured to the pen case.
Underneath the Rhodia pad and the correction tape, I have quite a myriad of supplies... I just like being prepared. :) I have a mini stapler, a MUJI "stick type portable scissors," two rulers, three more mechanical pencils, two standard pens, and two fountain pens! Wow. I've posted pictures below. :)
I keep a metal ruler and a plastic ruler, as I've found that the metal one is (obviously) more durable, but the plastic one is a) see-through, b) a protractor, and c) required for my physics lab. But I wholly prefer my metal ruler - it's so nice and thin and
sturdy.
The stapler I debated about, as I didn't think it would be useful, but I've used it a lot more than I thought I would! The scissors are there so I can snip off bits of thread from clothes or my backpack, or cut paper, or what not... essentially, I'm keeping my scissors in here to act like scissors. :) I also keep three other mechanical pencils back here. The green and the red/gold one are the same, except for color. (I put gold foil in the top of the red one to get that color.) I keep these three pencils back here in case my carpel tunnel is really bad - the wider barrels are much easier for me to hold and the grips are so comfortable!
There's also a 0.28 tip pen back here, which I use only to make notecards for linear algebra. My professor allows us to have a notecard, front and back, for midterms and exams, and with a very slim pen, I can fit more information on the card! :) The two fountain pens are just for funsies - if I have the time to let the ink dry, I'll use these pens. I absolutely adore the heaviness of the Jinhao 250. For such an inexpensive pen, it looks quite pricey and writes nicely. This pen has a fine nib (which I specified in the picture with an F). And of course, the Muji gel pen is my only pen in my entire pen case that isn't a color I could use for regular school work. It's nice to have a pen that has a little more pizzazz... and it helps me ensure that my pen case isn't just old and boring. ;)
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(Pens I keep in the back...
Sorry for the off-center photograph!) |
I just wanted to make sure I posted a photo of my five mechanical pencils (and my correction tape too, I suppose!) All of these pencils, with the exception of the Pilot Opt, were purchased in Taiwan. The Opt was a gift from a couple of good friends of mine.
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(From top: Pilot Delful, Pilot Opt, and three Pilot Dr. Grip CLs, and a
Tombow mono hybrid style correction tape) |
Alright, that's all I have for today's blog post! See you on Thursday!
