Pens Week: Multi-Color Retractable "Click" Pens

These were "my jam" in the years before I had any diplomas. After posting two "dorm weeks" & a "cross country/running week", before Labor Day & the "unofficial start of the school year" for those who haven't yet begun arrives it only seems appropriate to dedicate a week to these.

I could stare at them in their glistening aisle for hours [read: too many minutes]. At least Mom knew right where to find me when it was time to get going - or at least accomplish some of the shopping we'd intended to complete before stopping by the checkout line.

I'd like to begin the week with these as it was with my desire to own one of them as soon as someone (probably a few "someones") showed up to class with one. Little did I know that these were just the brink of coolness to come. Anyone could have written in the black or blue colors (& because our teacher's were adamant about grading our papers only if written in lead, blue, or black ink, we did stick to the appropriate options for classwork. Though we enjoyed as we could, the red & green options too. The red one, obviously, made us feel like we were correcting papers, yet the green one had a uniqueness all of its own.

This one only had these four colors, though this one had six. Orange & yellow, or whichever the manufacturer of the day chose to include, made for even more interesting (& eye-rolling) homework assignments.

This one is advertised on Amazon as "10 in 1!" - as in, the website denotes an exclamation point. I agree it's a worthy mechanic, & I definitely would've been looking to add such a writing implement to my repertoire, yet I feel confident in noting that I had one with quite a few more color options even than this. I believe I had one with twelve or fourteen, maybe sixteen included. I mention this because that's "how cool" - all of those various color options *were*!

I was writing in light pink, hot pink, turquoise!, beige & ecru...even mauve, &, of course, in three different shades of blue too: light blue, navy blue, & the typical blue. The listing is endless & so was the awesomeness! Oh, the innocence of elementary school & the fun times playing with color options, even if only on paper & in various scrawl. This must be how I studied; I kept on writing in different ink colors & therefore better learning all of my subjects.

I'm not sure. The studying came as it did & naturally so - albeit, I wasn't the best student, & my test scores were far from "top of the class". What I do recall is that I made the most of writing in various pens & handwritings & different types of paper too. I was thrilled to try my hand at college-ruled filler paper rather than the ordinary "rule" of common filler paper. Anything that would allow me to keep on playing & writing in the various pen color options. After all, how many people could write a note in yellow ink?


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