Editing The Pen Addict 21/transcript (section)

== Favorite Pens ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, what's your favorite pen, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I can't even remember.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So that's what's been going on with me. I had an inadvertent pen vacation as well as a regular vacation. But I'm back in the saddle now. What's been going on with you?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I haven't. Unfortunately, I've not purchased anything recently. I'm going to have to make a change to that soon. But I haven't really got anything burning on the must-buy list at the moment. But I've been continuing to use and love my Pelle journal with the field notes and notebooks inside that I spoke about for a couple of weeks. I've been... You know, with all these sorts of things, with a notebook that you're carrying around with you, you've got to use it to get the most out of it. And I really have.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That was such a cool idea. I'm still really, really excited about giving that a shot myself. I haven't done it yet. But when you said that, I thought that was just like the biggest no-brainer idea ever. Something so simple.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know, the product that you like and use and are familiar with, you know, to slide into that Pelle and, you know, allows you to... Do you have it with three field notes in it yet? Are you still using some of the Pelle paper for now until you use it up? Or how is that working?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I haven't really worked out how you could comfortably get free notebooks in it. If I'm being totally honest.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It gets pretty fat. Yeah. You know. It's certainly not something you could carry in your pocket with three notebooks.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. Do you carry it in your pocket with just what you have or do you just keep it in your backpack or something?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I keep it in my backpack, but I carry it around a lot. So I'll pick it up and take it to places with me, you know? Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Just like, you know, carry it in your hand. Like if you're going to walk around the office or going to Starbucks or whatever. Exactly. Kind of like your man purse.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Just like my man purse, which I also carry around when I'm drinking my girl drinks, eh, Brad? And, yeah, it's been just an excellent experience. And I'm happy with just, I just have the one field notes and then the Pele insert.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. So you've got two inserts in there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I've got two books in there.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. You know, I'm sitting on one. I've got one. I've got the black leather one. And I haven't used it yet. It's, you know, I got kind of, I don't know, I got a few things stacked up I need to get trying. And, you know, notebooks are harder to test out for me than pens, right? I mean, that's a lot bigger commitment than, you know, I can take a pen out for a couple days, you know, just use it exclusively. You know, take it for a test drive, do whatever, and write a review on it. It's not that easy with a notebook for me. You know, I want to give it some more time, you know, break it in. And see more about how I'm going to use it than, you know, just a straight review, you know, paper quality and build quality and things like that, like I do on a pen. So I tend to, you know, I have several cool notebooks I need to review. And those, for whatever reason, tend to get pushed to the side a little bit.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know why. I think it's just a time thing. I can do the pens quicker. And the notebooks, you know, it's a bigger purchase, so I want to give it more time. So I just, I need to get on that one because you're making me, you're making me anxious to try it out and make a, kind of make a conversion, you know, make it, make that notebook something I carry around with me all the time. And I need to get on that.