Category Archives: Review

My two-cents on things that I buy, events I attend, and people I dislike (just kidding).

info @ the P.Pole 12.30.11

Note: I was thinking of posting pics of the teeth I got out, but they’re pretty gross looking and I can’t afford to lose all three of my remaining readers, so I decided against it. I promised my dental surgeon that I’d give his practice some good words if/when I fully recovered from my wisdom [...]

Hori Real Arcade Pro V3 Special Addition

I really like fighting games, from 3D franchises, like Tekken and Soul Calibur, to the strictly 2D series, like Street Fighter (classic!) and all its crossovers with other universes (eg: Marvel vs Capcom, Capcom vs SNK, etc…). I own a few of these games for my PS3 but I’ve only been playing using my controllers, [...]

Rotring 600 and Pentel Graph 1000

This morning I was happy to find two packages waiting for me in the car for the morning carpool commute to work! One small manilla package and another similarly sized and padded white package. Once I saw them, I instantly knew what I would find inside… My pencils were here! I spent the better part of [...]

Review: Pilot Vanishing Point H1005

I am quite a fan of fine stationery, as is evidenced by my ongoing fetish with fountain pens + inks (from Lamy and Noodler’s, respectively), Japanese notebooks (of the Muji and Campuswide varieties), and mechanical pencils. This review is a farewell of sorts to my current mule of a mechanical pencil, the Pilot Vanishing Point [...]

An Epic 21st

Yesterday evening, I went to dinner with housemates Connie and Ashna, along with our communal friend Bolun. We went to Marbles for dinner and the Sangria was pretty awesome to sip at. If you’ve never been to Marbles here in Waterloo, you should check it out because they have a pretty eclectic menu and the [...]