Comments on: Blotting paper http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/ Profane. Profound. What's your poison? Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: NK http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4351 NK Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:39:11 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-4351 OMG! sory, i stumbled on this old post of yours while searching notebooks online now. why i say OMG!, is because those exact books on your pic there, is the ones i am drooling over and so want, but always feel guilty about buying, cos of the price. For the past 3 days, Ive been drooling over it and ended up buying a cheap thing elsewhere. Reading this post, makes me want to go back and buy one now:) I, too, love all types of notebooks. OMG! sory, i stumbled on this old post of yours while searching notebooks online now.
why i say OMG!, is because those exact books on your pic there, is the ones i am drooling over and so want, but always feel guilty about buying, cos of the price. For the past 3 days, Ive been drooling over it and ended up buying a cheap thing elsewhere. Reading this post, makes me want to go back and buy one now:) I, too, love all types of notebooks.

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]]> By: Naqiyah http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3532 Naqiyah Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:28:14 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3532 im the same. i collect for no apparent reason. and the prettier they are, the more i think il write in them. i have the most beautiful one that i kept for so long, just for a baby journal. theres something special about finding journals in your cupboards, and that lovely oldness about them. can magazine cuttings and pastings be a journal? ... im the same.
i collect for no apparent reason. and the prettier they are, the more i think il write in them.
i have the most beautiful one that i kept for so long, just for a baby journal.
theres something special about finding journals in your cupboards, and that lovely oldness about them.

can magazine cuttings and pastings be a journal? …

]]> By: saaleha http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3499 saaleha Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:11:53 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3499 I would just cry if i lost a notebook, like having children abducted. Have any of you found that years of typing have made your hands sluggish for scrawling? I know exactly what you mean Tamara, that first line in a new notebook always feels like it has to be something really good to be worth the defacement. I would just cry if i lost a notebook, like having children abducted.
Have any of you found that years of typing have made your hands sluggish for scrawling?
I know exactly what you mean Tamara, that first line in a new notebook always feels like it has to be something really good to be worth the defacement.

]]> By: Tamara http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3497 Tamara Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:04:25 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3497 I always feel like I've ruined the purity of the paper once i've used the first page. Odd, right? Love the story of the boys who stole your notebook and ended up making you the coolest kid in class ;-) I always feel like I’ve ruined the purity of the paper once i’ve used the first page. Odd, right?

Love the story of the boys who stole your notebook and ended up making you the coolest kid in class ;-)

]]> By: shafs http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3488 shafs Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:44:40 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3488 cool sketches... i love non lined notebooks cos they allow the creative doodle along with the scrawl of words in prose and poetry that tend to happen every once in a while :) my fav notebook is a rough brown papered one that feels great to scribble in with a pencil... it has that something earthy about it. no matter how much we 'online journal' and digitize, the notebooks of old will have that eternal pull to something tangible and grounded. Literally speaking. cool sketches… i love non lined notebooks cos they allow the creative doodle along with the scrawl of words in prose and poetry that tend to happen every once in a while :)
my fav notebook is a rough brown papered one that feels great to scribble in with a pencil… it has that something earthy about it. no matter how much we ‘online journal’ and digitize, the notebooks of old will have that eternal pull to something tangible and grounded. Literally speaking.

]]> By: Azra http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3487 Azra Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:51:16 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3487 He he he...and here I thought I was the only one with a penchant for paper... I love my notebooks...but the problem with me is that I never seem to actually use the whole book. I seek and llke perfection...so I don't ever want to destroy the aesthetics of a new notebook with its fresh crisp pages and distinctive scent. But I acquiese and begin writing in the notebook...filling the first few pages with neat and beautiful handwriting...but then as time catches up and life becomes more hurried and frantic, so does the handwriting and eventually before I can even get to the end, I feel like I've desecrated my beloved and usually end up burning the book. Then I begin all over with a new one. I know Im crazy :P He he he…and here I thought I was the only one with a penchant for paper…

I love my notebooks…but the problem with me is that I never seem to actually use the whole book. I seek and llke perfection…so I don’t ever want to destroy the aesthetics of a new notebook with its fresh crisp pages and distinctive scent. But I acquiese and begin writing in the notebook…filling the first few pages with neat and beautiful handwriting…but then as time catches up and life becomes more hurried and frantic, so does the handwriting and eventually before I can even get to the end, I feel like I’ve desecrated my beloved and usually end up burning the book. Then I begin all over with a new one. I know Im crazy :P

]]> By: Seher K http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3486 Seher K Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:57:15 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3486 trail of thoughts and memories walk along with me. in moments where a thought is just revealed, i dont want to punch it in my cell phone unless absolutely able the situation is... being an srtist has helped me carry my set of notebooks all around me wherever i go. i was once an addict of roman and greek mythology and art. i could not sit idle without puttin in my piece of thoughts. your post just brings back more than the brand sense. it tells me i havent been stupid and i should let them all know. Thanks! trail of thoughts and memories walk along with me. in moments where a thought is just revealed, i dont want to punch it in my cell phone unless absolutely able the situation is… being an srtist has helped me carry my set of notebooks all around me wherever i go.
i was once an addict of roman and greek mythology and art. i could not sit idle without puttin in my piece of thoughts. your post just brings back more than the brand sense. it tells me i havent been stupid and i should let them all know.
Thanks!

]]> By: Aasia http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3485 Aasia Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:56:25 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3485 I used to have loads of note books at school. Pages filled with teenage angst and random dribblings. But now i have 3 A5 and smaller ones for those thoughts that whisper I used to have loads of note books at school. Pages filled with teenage angst and random dribblings. But now i have 3 A5 and smaller ones for those thoughts that whisper

]]> By: Fatima http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3484 Fatima Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:49:53 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3484 There's something so beautiful about this post and I just can't put my finger on it. I love notebooks. I share your passion for them. I'm always on the search for the perfect specimen. I'm currently working between 3 at the moment. They're filled with quotes, business ideas (i'm such a charou), half-finished children's fiction, an entry for some POWA writing competiition, etc. I've bought notebooks at the CNA at the airport. In fact, I've found my Hajj diary the other day :) Blogs are one thing, but getting your thoughts down on paper just cannot be beat. My next moleskine search is for the collage notebook. In red. :) There’s something so beautiful about this post and I just can’t put my finger on it.

I love notebooks. I share your passion for them.
I’m always on the search for the perfect specimen.
I’m currently working between 3 at the moment.
They’re filled with quotes, business ideas (i’m such a charou), half-finished children’s fiction, an entry for some POWA writing competiition, etc.
I’ve bought notebooks at the CNA at the airport. In fact, I’ve found my Hajj diary the other day :)

Blogs are one thing, but getting your thoughts down on paper just cannot be beat.

My next moleskine search is for the collage notebook. In red. :)

]]> By: Uj http://saaleha.com/2008/12/06/blotting-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-3483 Uj Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:19:35 +0000 http://saaleha.com/?p=1170#comment-3483 Notebooks are awesome :-) I remember my first: A Lion brand one, with the wire binding, the flapping up kind. I was heartbroken when I lost it after a year, was in bag that got stolen at the beach. All the amazing moments and pure emotions that had been captured in it's pages .. somehow gone forever. Notebooks are awesome :-)
I remember my first: A Lion brand one, with the wire binding, the flapping up kind.
I was heartbroken when I lost it after a year, was in bag that got stolen at the beach. All the amazing moments and pure emotions that had been captured in it’s pages .. somehow gone forever.

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