Mechanical Pencils Stats and Thoughts

Mechanical Pencils

Here I'll post the stats of the pencil and my personal opinion of the mechanical pencils I own in. Well, the cost might be off depending on how long this has been up. I am measuring the pencils length and weight with my ruler and scale but I don't own a caliper to measure the width of the pencil. I'll be using Jetpens.com width until I own a caliper. Weight is determined by 2 leads inside the pencil.

Addiction to Office Supplies Part 2

Addiction to Office Supplies

After a few days of using the Pilot Airblanc, I am loving this pencil. It uses 0.3mm lead which is really thin but strong at the same time. It writes really fine lines which is what I like. I have yet to try any of the lead I ordered since I usually like to waste the original lead first. It also takes me FOREVER to actually finish one piece of lead.

 The Uni Kuru Toga 0.5mm lead pencil seems to be awesome, at least for my boyfriend. I find that 0.5mm lead is too thick for what I like when I'm using this pencil. Even though it automatically turns, I find that the "even-ness" it writes in tends to be more smudge looking. Maybe if I used harder lead it won't look that way but I have yet to test that out.

Few days later...

Well I finally decided to buy from Jetpens. I got myself the most expensive mechanical pencil I will own to this day. It was the Pentel graph 1000. I really like 0.3mm lead now so what better way to complement it with something nice. Last thing I got was the Pentel Hi-Polymer Ain Eraser. Apparently this is one amazing eraser so I figured for $0.99 I could try it. Also my boyfriend was saying how he needed an eraser. He lost my eraser I gave him so I can bet he probably lose this one too.

Can't wait to test the Pentel 1000 out against my Pilot Airblanc. Also can't wait to see how the eraser compares to my old one.

Few more days later...

Addiction to Office Supplies Part 1

Addiction to Office Supplies

I know, addiction may be too strong of a word in this case but judge that later. I was going through some stuff online and well...I just love the look of some office supplies. Mainly I try to study Japanese a few times a week, so I write a lot. Seems like this pencil I got not too long ago ended up bent (did not realize how strong I was gripping it). Anyways, I remember I always had a hobby of collecting pencils and journals and stuff. I still have that cup that holds all those pencils I saved from my childhood that is filled with dust too (I refused to use them). As I was reliving the joys of pencils and paper, I was sharing this joy to my "I could care less" boyfriend. As he puts it, it doesn't matter what you use as long as it works. (No worries, I'll get him sucked into the world of where it does matter eventually >:])

So looking around online, I remember browsing through Jetpens.com a while ago so I started there. If those notebooks just were not so expensive, I would get some. It is just cheaper to get it at Kinokuniya store in NYC, whenever I decide to go back home there. However, I did remember some binders I really like on Jetpens and I "may" order some soon.

I really would like a new mechanical pencil and some different leads to try but Jetpens is a little pricier than I would pay. I found jstationery.com and found very similar stuff but not as extensive or expensive as Jetpens. So after deciding I would make a purchase here, I have placed an order.

Cute sharpener, lead case and eraser. All from my sister who didn't want it anymore. I miss those gift shops.

From a new gift shop that opened up about half a year ago and the top one is slightly bent.

From my college store. One of the best pencils I have used in a long time.

Fan Air Conditioner Project Part 1

Fan Air Conditioner Project

Summer is coming and it is already hot. It was super hot for the past week, and like most people who don't like heat, I couldn't take it anymore. I actually tried this project first on a small desk fan a month ago and it worked except it is a small desk fan so it does not keep the room cooled. I finally gave in and started using the AC but it's expensive to be using AC only in May so I wanted to use a fan. I had my boyfriend order in a pump and it came in yesterday (Yay!). So, we quickly tried it on our small fan and wow it worked like we wanted it to. We did not actually look up in using a pump as a close loop system as there are many tutorials online about it. I found out after the fact when we wished our pump was stronger (Oops). We also didn't own a fan other than a desk fan until yesterday too. Finally went out and brought one, couldn't be happier.

I am not sure how many apartment places are like this but there is only one AC and it is in the living room, not the bed room. This is the second apartment I had that is made this way and I get jealous every time I visit a friend with AC in both living room and bed room that came with the apartment. I wasn't sure if I could even fit a AC in my bedroom window, it is wide enough but it can't be opened up very far. Also I live on the 3rd floor, so heat was always an issue even in the winter.

So, onto the cooling project...

Coasters

Coasters!

Today,  I looked at my bamboo coasters that I've had for many years now and I wanted to make some myself. So first thing I do is Google how to make coasters. They are really simple to make and I just had the idea of painting pictures on them such as scenery or animals or something. I do not have any spray paint which most of the tutorials require. I doubt it is a good idea for me to sink my money into spray paint right now so one day in the far future, this will happen.

 

The two types of coasters I currently use. Sadly, the dust and small scraps of food always fall into the small cracks.