Ah, the eternal debate of black vs blue pen.. who will win out??
After many hard years of black or blue indecisiveness, with a few purple-pen-leaking-through-the-page debacles, I have finally decided that the blue pen rules. To pay tribute, I’ve made this blog blue.
Picture this: it's Friday night. Two gorgeous young girls are drinking white wine at a Surry Hills pub. They're conversing intently, and onlookers are intrigued by what, indeed, their topic of engrossing conversation might concern. One girl slowly pulls an object from her bag. Her companion gasps in amazement and almost spills the $3 glass of house chardonnay. Is it...? Could it be...? Oh, yes, it's just as she thought...it's a HIGHLIGHTER AND POST-IT NOTE ALL IN ONE!!!!!
Hey. You there! Yes, you with the desk covered in summary notes, the fridge full of chocolate, the blistered-up writing fingers. You, with your bloodshot eyes. I know you’re “crazy busy” right now, and you’re probably only thinking about Inner Journeys and why Thutmose II was a useless excuse for an Egyptian pharaoh. That’s fine, that’s cool, because the HSC exams are very important. I certainly don’t want to distract you from your study.
OH WAIT A MINUTE. YES I DO.
Despite the fact that I’m a serial procrastinator, I always get excited about preparing before each academic year by buying and covering books, getting my pencil case ready and organising my pens, notes, textbooks. In fact all this may be a cleverly disguised form of procrastination in itself.
The only problem this year was that I didn’t know what to bring to uni! So here’s what I’ve found to be the best options for the newbies.
