Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Put it in your Moleskine!
As some of you may know, I am horrible at journal keeping, every one of my journals has about three days in a row, and then an entry every few days, then once a week, and then once a month. It get just tapers off after that. Some of my friends starting carrying little notebooks around to record funny quotes, thoughts, etc. So I figured that would be a good idea for me, so I bought one, but not just any one. I bought a Moleskine, which according to the packaging, was the brand of choice for both Hemingway and Picasso. I love writing in it, I take it with me everywhere and it is full of thoughts, quotes, and excerpts from things I read that mean something to me right now. A Christopher Marlowe poem, a sonnet by Shakespeare, a Victor Hugo poem, and a quote from a Lily Allen song. Just a few of the entries from this last week. Now when my friend yells, "Put it in our moleskine!" I really can.
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Why exactly would your friend say "put it in your moleskine" before your purchase??
Seriously though, I really like your idea...much less pressure than a traditional journal and probably a more accurate reflection of who you are. Maybe I'll copy you, thus avoiding starting my new journal with..."Dear Diary,
Well, a lot has happened since I last wrote. I'm married and have a baby."
p.s. I'm digging your writing voice, Jack!
Apparently "Put it in your moleskine" is actually a common turn of phrase in the indie/art/literature crowd around here. I'm just glad I got on board before I really looked stupid. But it is nice, it is more like a stream on consciousness and very informal, which I think always comes across cooler and more readable
Wow. I feel so important, having coined this phrase. It's really an expression, I must say. I might write a paper about it. The funny thing is, for all this talk about Moleskines... I don't have one. I guess my roles in relation to the pretentious little black notebook involve:
telling other people to use them
trying to get quoted
What a great idea! I love it, and agree with Kate, although my diary knows I'm married, but I'm not sure it knows about Luke. Hmmm. It looks like I have the same disease you do. Maybe we all need moleskines.
Well, Heidi maybe you will get one for your birthday as I try and convert the world to the moleskine
wait.
I'm confused... where exactly on the anatomy is the moleskin?
Hemingway, by the way, wrote every morning without fail, in long-hand, and then had lunch and took the rest of the day off to hunt cape buffalo or fly fish or get divorced.
I don't "put it in my moleskine"; I prefer to blog.
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