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I can save you scrolling Reddit /pens for hours. Take that overpriced Mont Blanc out of your cart, you want a Prera. You have to get the "extra fine" Pilot nib from the Pilot Desk Pen which doesn't come with the Prera, but once you have the set up, you're golden. Lightweight and writes like butter. As a leftie, this pen makes my handwriting look 3x better than it does with a Bic Crystal. Takes both cartridges and converters, but I didn't need converting! My Prera colour of choice is "Ivory" - c'est chic!
Dec 28, 2023
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I love my Pilot VP. It's lovely. Clicky fountain pen! Writes like a charm
Mar 6, 2025
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Pilot precise v5 extra fine. I love a good inky pen, and these set quickly
Apr 22, 2024
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- fountain pens are clearly superior (the infinite inks! the ritual of cleaning them!), but i will settle for a uni jetstream in .5 (for ballpoints) or a uni signo in .038 (for gel)
- any nice pencil works, but my favorites are blackwing pearls (smooth and dark, but keeps the point) or any mitsubishi, with a nice pencil cap so you can throw in your bag in peace.
- for erasers: tombow mono or sakura foam. that's it.
- would try out which paper works better with what you choose, fountain pens are very inky and will be way better on soft smooth paper. i'am a tomoe river girl, but rhodia and several other brands do nice paper and you just have to touch to find out
Feb 12, 2024
Top Recs from @mimsydeux
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Yes, itâs 5 hours without an intermission. I saw it in Melbourne in 2013 and went back to see it again in the same run. Itâs been over 10 years (wowwie!) and I canât think of another piece of art that has imprinted on my imagination the way that performance did. I was also eighteen years old and green and wide-eyed! What a time that was.
Jan 5, 2024
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Boring meals/leftovers delight (less time fussing over the stove)Â
Underwire bras
Yuzu-flavoured everything
Jewellery with a historyÂ
Dark painted interiorsÂ
Bare nails (preferably bitten, shows character)Â
Self-publishingÂ
Re-reading books you love and ignoring TBR lists
On that note, not reading books youâre âsupposed toâ have read
Too many coffees (weâve been playing it too safe, people. Let your heart remind you it exists, like a pitter patter of rain inside your chest.)
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Kitten heels
Long manicuresÂ
Natural deodorantÂ
Linen sheets (cotton percale all day)Â
Wolf cutsÂ
Pay-in-4 - itâs a money trap, friends. Save your coins! By the time youâve saved up the $, you might not want it.
Dogs with backpacks (smelling treats but not being able to access them is a special kind of torture)
Carrying everything you need (then you miss out on the beauty of that spontaneous Duane Reade trip where you leave with mint-flavoured toothpicks and a bag of gummies! What were you there for again??)
Dec 28, 2023
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I have to start off this recommendation with an apology, as for all your Northern Hemisphere-based folks wont be able to find this easily as I stock up when I go home to Australia. BUT, in all my years of hunting for the perfect white t-shirt that hangs just right, I have found my holy grail. Specifically, the Boody menâs crew neck t-shirt (NOT the new âclassicâ which is mostly viscose, ew), bit the original which is 95% bamboo. I buy them in a Small and they are the perfect oversized t-shirt. Buttery soft, expensive-looking and, most importantly, stay looking fresh after theyâve tumbled about in a washing machine. Iâm hoarding a few!
Jan 1, 2024