As I Xi It

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve become more appreciative of a good notebook. At the moment I’m using a Bart Simpson A4 wire-bound notebook for my book chapter research notes and the holes in the paper where the wire goes through aren’t quite cleanly punched. It snows teeny bits of paper every time I turn a page.  It’s not as bad as my other generic notebook, that’s like a bloody blizzard! They might only have been £1 each, but I still expect clean holes. 

I’m finding that I’m vacuuming more often these days as a result.

I’m staring at my jazzed up Moleskine diary. It’s looks pretty neat. I’m still bummed about paying £10 for the diary iself. I jumped on the ‘net and had a look at what other diaries for a tenner there were which I could’ve got.

One of the alternatives of note were the diaries by Ciak. Soft cover, Italian bonded leather and with a horizontal elastic band rather than a verticle one. I remember handling one in Paperchase the other day, quite nice, oozes quality and looks like its worth way more than a tenner. I think I’ll get that one next year. It’s nicer than this Moleskine, oh well.

For my upcoming trip to South Africa, I might get a Ciak notebook and use it as my travel journal.