Pen
A week of feeling off my feed means I'm also casting about for mental occupation. Dipped into the Straight Dope message boards, the more pointless ones. Answered the "My Pen is... ."
I do love those little details, the small, constant circumstances of one's life, that we rarely discuss with anyone. What we write with, what we take notes on.
I've always preferred medium point pens, the fine ones feel like I'm taking a pin to a chalkboard - scratchy and painful. The thicker line more satisfying than the hairline mark.
Since I no longer primarily chart on paper, my handwriting is for the charge sheet, notes, signatures. I don't miss the callus on my forefinger from constant charting. But I do need a pen at work all the time. So I keep one with a good clip, that clicks open and closed, in my scrub pocket, with an extra or two in my pouch. Because without that clip, when one drops out of my pocket into a puddle of irrigation fluid, I rarely clean it and keep it. Got a large 'value' pack of the ones made of recycled bottles, blue ink. In the army, one is required to always use black ink, and a lot of hospitals required it for charting, so I'm now enjoying having a different color.
Expensive pens would be a waste, since they get lost, or "borrowed" so often. I've gotten better at holding on to them over the years, but they still drift off at a regular rate.
One is always in my small purse, in the pocket designed for pens. I prefer to use it when signing receipts. A metal pen is stuck with a magnet to the light switch plate by the front door. Slightly better ones are clipped to the crossword books.
I use highlighters on the schedule at work, to keep track and alert myself to details I need. Dry erase markers on the whiteboard for the count, name and procedure. And the gel or foamed alcohol hand cleaner, if used quickly, gets ink off quite well.
I've always wanted to get proper calligraphy supplies, steel nibs, deeply colored ink, creamy paper. I've used some, borrowed. But, then, there was always the question of what to write, so I let it go. I don't have the feel for it.
My handwriting is oddly shaped enough. From survey work, writing quickly and clearly meant a strange mix of printing, lots of capitols. And my brain gets confused, often writing an E for an S, especially at the ends of words, among other twists in the route from mind to hand. Too much charting - repetitious yet a legal document that others rely on for vital information. I'd love to hear what a handwriting analyst would say, though.
I do love those little details, the small, constant circumstances of one's life, that we rarely discuss with anyone. What we write with, what we take notes on.
I've always preferred medium point pens, the fine ones feel like I'm taking a pin to a chalkboard - scratchy and painful. The thicker line more satisfying than the hairline mark.
Since I no longer primarily chart on paper, my handwriting is for the charge sheet, notes, signatures. I don't miss the callus on my forefinger from constant charting. But I do need a pen at work all the time. So I keep one with a good clip, that clicks open and closed, in my scrub pocket, with an extra or two in my pouch. Because without that clip, when one drops out of my pocket into a puddle of irrigation fluid, I rarely clean it and keep it. Got a large 'value' pack of the ones made of recycled bottles, blue ink. In the army, one is required to always use black ink, and a lot of hospitals required it for charting, so I'm now enjoying having a different color.
Expensive pens would be a waste, since they get lost, or "borrowed" so often. I've gotten better at holding on to them over the years, but they still drift off at a regular rate.
One is always in my small purse, in the pocket designed for pens. I prefer to use it when signing receipts. A metal pen is stuck with a magnet to the light switch plate by the front door. Slightly better ones are clipped to the crossword books.
I use highlighters on the schedule at work, to keep track and alert myself to details I need. Dry erase markers on the whiteboard for the count, name and procedure. And the gel or foamed alcohol hand cleaner, if used quickly, gets ink off quite well.
I've always wanted to get proper calligraphy supplies, steel nibs, deeply colored ink, creamy paper. I've used some, borrowed. But, then, there was always the question of what to write, so I let it go. I don't have the feel for it.
My handwriting is oddly shaped enough. From survey work, writing quickly and clearly meant a strange mix of printing, lots of capitols. And my brain gets confused, often writing an E for an S, especially at the ends of words, among other twists in the route from mind to hand. Too much charting - repetitious yet a legal document that others rely on for vital information. I'd love to hear what a handwriting analyst would say, though.
Posted by Zhoen on Sunday, September 23, 2012
5 comments:
I've narrowed down my selection, now that I can control pens better (no colleagues to 'borrow' things) and I really only use two, one fine black ballpoint for my daily drawing, one beautiful black-inked fountain pen for writing. The trouble is that if ever I lost them I'd be completely lost too!
Something very satisfying about a medium point I think. And I seem to prefer blue these days for some reason.
I prefer the fine point as I tend to write, when keeping notes for myself, small. I generally have no preference of colour and would use blue or black or green or red.
With writing I don't tend to make any repeated common errors, however, with typing it does happen occasionally that I will type the letter f instead of the number 4, or vice versa.
my grandfather did calligraphy, using steel nibs most of the time but also cutting his own quills from goose feathers.
I like fine gel pens with black ink for writing and drawing
It's such a personal thing, isn't it? Like handwriting itself.
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