There comes a point where laziness becomes stupidity

[smeddley]

I have reached such a point. See, for the past two hours I've been using a pen that you twist to expose the nib (versus a capped pen or a clicky one). Now, that usually wouldn't be an issue, but it's a cheap freebie and as I write it slowly retracts and I have to stop and re-twist the pen every few sentences.

And yet, it's writing decently and not blobbing, and I'm too lazy to look for another pen. So I continue to get frustrated with the constant *stop, re-twist, write* *stop, re-twist, write* And yet, have I gotten up to get another pen yet? No.

Have I thrown this pen in the trash? No.

Am I likely to just keep writing with it? *sigh* yes.

Comments

[toast-is-lovely.livejournal.com]

Step away from the pen!
now get another one
go go go you can do it, you are a strong independent woman, no pen shall master you. ETC
!

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Right. Just after I finish this last sentence... *scribble scribble twist twist scribble scribble*

[icecat.livejournal.com]

Do I need to come over there and stage a pen intervention?!

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Perhaps! I still haven't swapped it out. It's just so hard to find a pen that doesn't blob on the paper or leak on your fingers...

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Snorfle.

Sounds like something I might do sometimes, honestly.

Toss it, now. Get a new one, now.

:)

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it's the kind of thing I do a lot. I need to work on that. Maybe that will be my New Year's Resolution! You know, one of those things that falls by the wayside January 5th or so...

[tjstein.livejournal.com]

Um...grab some tape and wrap it around so that it can't twist back?

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

I did actually think about that. But this pen has one of those rubebry grip areas (which I hate, another reason it's stupid to be using this pen!) and I'm not sure it would stick...

[cdpeck.livejournal.com]

You are too lazy to get a pen, yet you aren't too lazy to write a post about it. Good job!

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Getting a pen would require my butt moving from my chair. Writing a post does not! You see?

(Especially since I have a *new* and *cushy* chair. It's so comfy!)

Also, such a snarky comment (I'm hurt, I am!) moves you down to the *lowest* on the Christmas Present list, buddy! ;P

[cdpeck.livejournal.com]

LOL - I thought it might sound too snarky. I tried rewording it a bunch of times, but that was the best I could do. Just making an observation about the varying degrees of laziness. :-)

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Ah, and now you're trying to suck up so you get a *better* present. ;) 'Socay, I figured you weren't being *too* serious. That would be very unlike you.

[oneworldvision.livejournal.com]

I've done that many a time. Mostly with cheap Happy Bunny or similar pens, which actually do have caps and are not supposed to twist off but for some reason the barrel would always break and the spring would fall out and I'd have to hold the nib down with my finger as I wrote.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

And why do we do these things? There are plenty of perfectly good pens out there!

...sometimes I think I'm a closet masochist and enjoy making things harder on myself. Other times, I think I'm just stupid. ;)

[nakedblueninja.livejournal.com]

i buy boxes of clicky black pens from Staples. They're cheap, do the job, and don't blob up until they're almost dead.

You should get a box of clicky pens. They're only 6 dollars for 12.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

I like clicky pens! I finally trades my defective twisty pen in for a capped pen, which is still a step up. But clicky are the best!

(also, I'm not allowed in office supply stores to buy things like pens and whatnot. That place is like crack to me, I buy waaaaaaaay too much stuff...)