ho ho ho

my recent spate of writing has nearly exhausted my supply of paper notebooks. as it turns out, i am evidently rather O/C when it comes to their replacement. i've been to staples and office despot, but still not found any suitable notebooks. wrong color, paper too big, paper too small, spiral too big, no spiral, etc. etc. etc. fun!

and the same goes for pens. why do they have to keep changing the design of cheap-o ballpoints? and why must i buy them 12 at a time, dammit!