Well It's been a while since I posted, and I'm going to blame
distraction. I had to worry about exams, and after that I was busy
trying out new things and getting acclimatised to co-op and
technically I have had a post mostly written in my drafts for a month
and a half, so I'll get that up soonish. In the meantime though, I've
learned MySQL and have started working and designing some things, so
maybe I'll give them a mention once I'm a little further on. In the
meantime, I want to talk about something else.

Notebooks. No, not the other, less cool name for Laptops. I am
referring to those things with the many bound sheets of paper in them,
which require actual writing utensils to get the words onto. I know a
lot of people who, in this modern day and age, think that they can and
do write everything with a computer. I, on the other hand, love
writing things on paper. Whenever I need to plan something, or show
someone something, or battle godzilla, etc. I reach for a pen and
paper. There's just something comfortable about the old reliable tools
that were part of my childhood long before I ever even touched a
computer, much as I'm now so connected to electronics I can't remember
the last time I was without a net connection strapped to my side.
(Technically it was last summer, but allow me my Hyperbole)

Anyway, because of this I have a thing for notebooks. I own a dozen or
two lying around my room at this very moment. None of them ever gets
filled up of course, and the torn pages bely my perfectionist nature
and tendency to look back at stuff I did in the past and banish it to
the void. So I've got about a dozen books in my room that go about 1/3
of the way in with things varying from logs of my day to ideas and
diagrams, dating back to the beginning of high school when I was, to
be honest, an idiot. Of course, I love them all. Sure, many times I
destroyed my records, but now that I'm a bit older and wiser I kind of
like being able to see how much of an idiot I used to be. It helps me
look at myself and see how I've actually come a long way since then.

I find myself talking about this, of course, because I am excited
about my new notebook! Sure, it's just one of the many notebooks I
own, but there's one thing to set it apart from the others... It's my
first moleskine. For those unaware, moleskine is an ancient brand
whose notebooks were used by the likes of Hemingway and Picasso and
whoever else the moleskine felt the need to name drop when I bought
it. Either way, they're really nice quality and it is a beautiful
little book so with it goes all of my writing love.

So I've resolved to actually finish a notebook for once. No ripping
out pages, no giving up and moving onto another, and no forgetting
about it for months at a time... (Yes, I'm treating the little book
better than my blog. Wee!) It's official subject matter is
miscellaneous, and it's already got enough stuff in there of both
project-y and planning goodness (Yay MySQL Schemas) as well as details
of my ever so entertaining personal escapades. So if I appear to be
clutching a book next time you see me with a deathgrip of writing
love, then now you know why.

Other than that, I assume I'll write here again soon. Until then, have
fun with whatever it is you happen to be up to!