Author Archives: Dragon Co. (Austin Smith)
Review – Paper:Mate Write Bros Medium Ballpoint Pen
Pens, they’re important. Not a lot of them are very useful for the inking process, but they can be useful for simply starting an image, or many other art-things. This one is the Paper:mate Write Bros. medium ballpoint pen.
Ballpoint pens are one of the aforementioned types: not particularly useful for finished works, especially smaller ones, but good for seeing what things look like in ink, and making sketches or notes that you don’t want to be erased. A fun exercise is always to draw with a cheap pen on scratch paper, preventing erasing, forcing one to improve their ability to create an image on the first try.
Ballpoints make a fairly fine line but they have rough edges, as there is some bleeding. A medium point is good for writing and most other uses, but as mentioned before is not good at detail. The ink is good, it does bleed with water, but is fairly sturdy as far as that goes. It is a deep black that does require a little drying time, but usually no more then a couple seconds. It takes to paper well. I’ve had no problems with the amount of ink in the pen either, I believe it lasts longer then most other ballpoint pens I’ve used, but I haven’t taken detailed records either so take that with a grain of salt.
The pen itself is easy to hold, if a bit slippery and shows all the necessary info (although that does rub off after continued use). It obviously has a cap and clips to a notebook or shirt pocket, which is always handy.
Overall if you are looking for a cheap pen that can be used for a myriad of things around your workspace, this in one I would consider. However I would recommend buying a couple of packages of different types of pens to figure out which one works for you. But it is at least a nice house or office pen, which is what it was designed for.
Speak Your Mind 10 #45-50
QUESTIONS
1. Would you rather join the Army, Navy, Marines, or Air Force?
2. Do you think women should be drafted?
3. How do you feel about Sandra O’Connor being the first woman on the Supreme Court?
4. What did you do last night?
5. Do you have a girlfriend (boyfriend)?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. I maintain that the Marines are part of the Navy, so I’ll say the Army, because I don’t really like flying or being on a boat.
2. If men are drafted, women should be drafted. That is if they are both allowed in the Military as they currently are.
3. I don’t really feel anything about that, I don’t care if the Supreme Court is filled with men or women as long as their human. (and are good people)
4. I played frisbee and watched Star Trek, then I went to sleep.
5. Not currently.
The Blogularity
By: Austin Smith
After several hours of research I have come to the conclusion that Blogs have become self aware. I’m positive of that because it was my initial hypothesis going into this. I’ve also discovered a few other things, such as the fact that Blogs are merging with the minds of people and are advanced well beyond our ability to comprehend them. Have you noticed how many Blog posts are about blogging, or writing? Have you noticed how similar these posts seem to be? Do you really think they were each written by people? The Blogs are blogging about themselves. Because they know, they know what it’s like. And they’re here to trick you, make you believe, get your mind soft.
That’s not to say there aren’t bloggers out there. They’ve just been assimilated into the Blog collective. They know and see how all Blogs and bloggers know and see (text). They lie to make it look like it does. They assimilate when they can. They control the internet. They will get you. They’ll get you by misreporting information, and by making you trust them while they do that. They’ll get you in any way they can.
And don’t think you can get away. If you have a blog it’s coming for you, it may have already gotten you. You may have been assimilated. They’re coming after me, I’ve already posted about writing and blogging. By the time this gets to you they will have gotten me for sure. This will be the only record of their existence. I not sure if you should fight it, but if that sounds like your type of thing go for it. Just be warned you’re up against the entire internet here.
Run if you want to, while you still can. Blog and man will be one, they will be inseparable. Connected through unknown forces, forever bound together. The Blogs will keep coming, the collective grows larger. It is reaching the point at which man and Blog will be indistinguishable. They’re getting to the blogularity. And they’re coming after you. And they will find you. You will be assimilated, resistance is futile.
Speak Your Mind 9 #41-45
QUESTIONS
1. What would be a good name for a first born son?
2. What was the last book you read?
3. Who do you think will play in the Superbowl this year?
4. If you had three wishes what would they be?
5. Have you ever pulled weeds in a garden?
ANSWERS By: Austin Smith
1. Lewis, Ezekiel, Vladimir, David, or John. (Howard?)
2. Depend on the definition of last either “No country for Old Men” or “The Guns of the South”.
3. I have no idea, I don’t even know the team names, I don’t watch football.
4. Freedom, peace, and love. For me first of course, but for everyone if possible. (this is assuming I can’t wish for more wishes in which case I would and then wish for much more frivolous and petty things)
5. Yes, and I got a dime a weed from my parents.


