Paper Fetishism?

[TheWB]

I imagine this might be mainly a humanities thing, but anyone else a bit....unusual about books/notebooks/pens/pencils, etc.? 

 

I'm taking an online course and the reader has wafer-thin pages and weighs five pounds, and I find I'm treating it like it's a Bible just because it looks like one (okay, I'm writing in it, but only with a dull-point pencil, so it's still pretty reverential). 

 

Also, I've always written notes in those tape-bound composition pads (the marble or the solid black, you know the ones), but my tiny town doesn't have them, so I've got a perfect-bound ledger instead, and because it's such a formal-looking notebook, I feel the need to use a nice fine-point pen, which in turn means I write my notes carefully. 

 

Mental disorder? Or English student thing?

[fuzzylogician]

You're definitely not alone. See here:

 

[rathermarvelous]

Nope, normal. I get pretty obsessive with my own record-keeping/organizational systems. That, and I am a kinethetic learner and terribly fond of my own handwriting. Mostly, it's a way to procrastinate while feeling productive.

[Monochrome Spring]

I used to be really specific about what I wrote with. But I've started using my laptop for everything but homework assignments, quick notes, or diagrams. I just grab whatever is cheap or free at an event and use that now.