by Jillian Leigh, Ampersandology
So. Moleskine is cruelly trying to bankrupt me. CRUELLY. I thought they loved me. First, they started making their standard notebooks in new, EXCITING colours. Then, they changed their dayplanner, almost DARING me to buy a new one. Then they made...they made... THE FOLIO.
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And quite frankly, they are beautiful. I was in the market for a bigger notebook to supplement my research, and I saw this and...it's $32, which I'm fairly certain, no matter how thoughtfully I explain to Irene, my accountant, is NOT tax-deductible (she recently figured out that I use colorful pictures and loud noises to distract her, and our professional relationship went downhill from there: the trust is gone). My usual model is the unruled, 5" x 8" plain notebook, so indulging in this folio would be a happy new adventure.
SIDENOTE! A friend of mine who lives in England knows a guy who works with Moleskine. This was surprising to me: until that point, I had no idea that Moleskine had to be manufactured. I thought they just emerged from the foaming sea on a conch shell, surrounded by angels. Or some near approximation. If I disappear one day without explanation, it may be to make this man my bride, thus gaining the inheritance of unlimited lifetime Moleskines.
Stuff White People Like can make fun of them all they like, but the Moleskine is a different creature altogether (also, Stuff White People Like, we're still totally feuding, so your opinion is stupid anyway). HEMINGWAY USED THEM! ...probably. Use a pencil on their delicate, acid-free pages, and the friction they illicit is something near holistic. Also, they feel good in your hands. Also, it's my money and my children aren't starving (thanks to the fact that abstract figments cannot starve --that proviso has saved my conscience more than once, let me tell you!) so shut up I'm going to buy overpriced notebooks all I want.
LOOK. I take notebooks very seriously. It's an occupational hazard, as I end up with a lot of notebooks. When it comes time to give me gifts, people assume that one thing a writer will definitely need is more paper to write on. And some of my collection have great stories attached to them: one was bound by an old esoteric boyfriend, and another (one of my favourites) was a gift from an charming older artist I used to pose for. I have convinced myself, the same way I convince myself that Gossip Girl is a modern retelling of Edith Wharton, that you can never have too many.
Now, in this sense, 'too many' is abstract enough to excuse any manner of sins, including the fact that I purchase replacement Moleskines approximately 16 pages before I need them. Someone, please help me. Help me before it's too late. Because I think I might buy the Folio. I buy them because I use them up, and I use them up because I keep buying them. VICIOUS CIRCLE!
So. Moleskine is cruelly trying to bankrupt me. CRUELLY. I thought they loved me. First, they started making their standard notebooks in new, EXCITING colours. Then, they changed their dayplanner, almost DARING me to buy a new one. Then they made...they made... THE FOLIO.
Moleskine recently launched the Folio Collection, a new series of large format notebooks, sketchbooks and accordion portfolios. Aimed at the fine art and design communities, the line simply scales up the classic hardcover Moleskine to either the standard A4 format (8.25″ x 11.75″) or to an impressive A3 format (11.75″ x 16.5″). Both sizes feature the traditional rounded corners, back pocket, elastic closure, and internal bookmark of the familiar pocket and A5 lines and the paper used in all Folio Collection products is FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)-certified.
And quite frankly, they are beautiful. I was in the market for a bigger notebook to supplement my research, and I saw this and...it's $32, which I'm fairly certain, no matter how thoughtfully I explain to Irene, my accountant, is NOT tax-deductible (she recently figured out that I use colorful pictures and loud noises to distract her, and our professional relationship went downhill from there: the trust is gone). My usual model is the unruled, 5" x 8" plain notebook, so indulging in this folio would be a happy new adventure.
SIDENOTE! A friend of mine who lives in England knows a guy who works with Moleskine. This was surprising to me: until that point, I had no idea that Moleskine had to be manufactured. I thought they just emerged from the foaming sea on a conch shell, surrounded by angels. Or some near approximation. If I disappear one day without explanation, it may be to make this man my bride, thus gaining the inheritance of unlimited lifetime Moleskines.
Stuff White People Like can make fun of them all they like, but the Moleskine is a different creature altogether (also, Stuff White People Like, we're still totally feuding, so your opinion is stupid anyway). HEMINGWAY USED THEM! ...probably. Use a pencil on their delicate, acid-free pages, and the friction they illicit is something near holistic. Also, they feel good in your hands. Also, it's my money and my children aren't starving (thanks to the fact that abstract figments cannot starve --that proviso has saved my conscience more than once, let me tell you!) so shut up I'm going to buy overpriced notebooks all I want.
LOOK. I take notebooks very seriously. It's an occupational hazard, as I end up with a lot of notebooks. When it comes time to give me gifts, people assume that one thing a writer will definitely need is more paper to write on. And some of my collection have great stories attached to them: one was bound by an old esoteric boyfriend, and another (one of my favourites) was a gift from an charming older artist I used to pose for. I have convinced myself, the same way I convince myself that Gossip Girl is a modern retelling of Edith Wharton, that you can never have too many.
Now, in this sense, 'too many' is abstract enough to excuse any manner of sins, including the fact that I purchase replacement Moleskines approximately 16 pages before I need them. Someone, please help me. Help me before it's too late. Because I think I might buy the Folio. I buy them because I use them up, and I use them up because I keep buying them. VICIOUS CIRCLE!
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