My favourite things

[vaneramos]

Here are a few of my favourite things:

My old red canvas backpack from Kettle Creek Clothing Company, now out of business
a good, spiral-bound notebook
my Schaeffer fountain pen
a basket of chicken wings, mild
a pint of Strongbow cider (or perhaps a glass of red wine)
a table at the -bar

Comments

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

Schaeffer fountain pen? Wow... I love writing with a fountain pen. It's so nice to make those nuanced lines and tapered lines. That sounds awesome. So is that picture. Colors and composition, and then the whole narrative as to what might be written... looks like a film still. *wink*

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

A fountain pen has less friction with the page than a ballpoint or felt felt, so it is nicer for someone who writes as much and as fast as I do. Of course it also helps if I enjoy the way the words look as they go down on the page.

I'm glad you enjoyed this photo so much. It is kind of a love photo. I like taking pictures of where I write, and this is one of my favourite places to do it.

[jwg.livejournal.com]

I've always liked the feel of writing with a fountain pen, but usually abandoned them when I got an ink blotch on my fingers which was all too frequent. I don't think I've used one for quite a few years.

When I was an MIT student I used to take notes with a Rapidograph - I really thought they were cool. My handwriting was pretty messy but somehow or other using a fountain pen gave me an incentive to write more neatly. For a while I tried writing in italics with a broad pen and that definitely helped my penmanship style. I think I have my father's Parker 51 somewhere or other - he always wrote in green ink and also had a green ribbon in his typewriter. This is ancient history since he died in 1962, but these mentions of fountain pens brought forth a few really old memories. Thanks.

[mylastsigh.livejournal.com]

me, too.

plus

a camera!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, yes! Of course I have a difficult relationship with my current camera. All the things on this table are juuuust right. :-)

Someday I'll post a picture of my old Canon AE-1, which is held together with duct tape.

[mylastsigh.livejournal.com]

stupid me; i realized after i posted the comment that you HAD TO HAVE a camera--duh!!!!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I'm just as stupid. When I read your original comment, I thought, "I know I had my camera there that day. It must have been in my bag."

It's funny we would both forget the camera is part of the picture. We both like taking pictures of ourselves, but a camera has a harder time taking its own self-portrait.

I'm not especially pleased with my digital camera because it offers so little control of focus, exposure and depth of field. I liked manipulating them so much I hardly ever used the automatic features on my Canon AE-1. But I'm grateful the Kodak DX3500 gives me the chance to shoot as many pictures as I want (I can't afford film), and I'm learning how to work creatively with its limitations.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

i'd go for any and all of that, and a moment to think!
this has been a busy week.~paul

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Okay, well I'll add this: it's 5:30, the pub has just opened and it's still quiet and almost empty except for a couple friendly bartenders.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

great! now i'm REALLY jealous!~paul

just call me shirlock

[dubious-one.livejournal.com]

wait...are you left-handed?

Re: just call me shirlock

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

No, extreme rightie. I always arrange my table according to the fantasy that I will savour the food slowly while writing, then gluttony sets in and I don't write a word until after I have finished. Maybe if I tried eating those messy fingers with my all-but-useless left hand, eh?