BrownTrout Publishers as seen on Amazon.
I went to the office supply store yesterday to buy a spiral notebook for school. I know laptops are all the rage for in-class note taking but I think all my years of scribbling in a reporter’s notebook have got me stuck on the paper and pen technique. So for now, I’ll stick with what I know.
While I was at the store, I wandered around a bit and discovered what has to be one of the top 10 most ridiculous calendars of all time. The Yoga Kittens.
I got home and checked it out online. If you’re interested, you can purchase your own Yoga Kittens calendar on Amazon. Or if you’re more of a dog person, there’s the Yoga Puppies calendar. I couldn’t help but check out the comments on the Yoga Cats calendar. Full of Cuteness said the calendar “has the name and description of the poses which the cats are doing.” Really? Are you planning to use the calendar to actually learn yoga poses? The second (and last) reviewer said she was “disappointed that these are just rehashed pictures from 2 previous calendars.” Really? Third year buying the cat yoga calendar? Maybe it’s time to try the Justin Bieber calendar – just to mix things up a little.
(And in case you couldn’t figure it out… I’m a pro at procrastinating. Now it’s back to studying.)
I’ve been told by both of my academic class instructors this term that they do not allow the use of laptops, ipads, recording the lecture with a smart phone or any sort of modern technology in their classrooms. I guess they’ve had too many students get sucked into facebook or youtube during class to allow it. As for the calendar, I have to say that I used to like buying comic strip books until I bought enough of one artist to realize that the books were all just rearranged and had basically the same material as the others. Booooo. So I can empathize with the woman who was disappointed after purchasing her third year of the same photos. Now I just read the dailies online and call it good. Glad you’re getting settled and hope all goes well for you.
~Melissa
What made me laugh is that last year someone gave me one of those calendars. I would not have bought one for myself. I imagine sometime in the future you will use a laptop, but I still like taking notes the old way myself also. Thanks for staying in touch.