I have eight thousand pencils

[crantz]

And yet I crave more.

I'm not even that good of an artist but I was still cursed by a wicked fairy at my christening (when I was thirteen, mom's request upon hearing I was an atheist and I am nothing if not obliging) to crave all the art supplies.

72 pencils for 20 dollars canadian! That's 10 cents American! I can't beat that!

I have so many pencils already.

It occurs to me I should mention these are coloured pencils, not like a really excessive amount of hbs.

That was my other curse, from the other wicked fairy, to crave office supplies.

There were no good fairies.

I have a lot of enemies in the magic kingdom.

EDIT: after making this post, I found a box of 132 prismacolours on a shelf that when I pulled free, a bunch of hb pencils fell on me. This is not a joke.

Comments

[tainry]

THE PENCIL KINGDOM

[crantz]

My family accumulates art and office supplies like some families accumulate worthwhile uses of their time.

[rosefox]

Pretty sure that has happened to me with green pens.

[crantz]

including the assault?

Well, I'm glad I found these before I went to the store even if I have to sharpen them before using them.

It's 'fun' to sort 132 pencils into cups by spectrum when the lights are yellow and one's burnt out and it's two am.

[rosefox]

Very possibly. I have... a lot of green pens. Though not in the hundreds, these days.

I hope you get some rest soon. That sounds the opposite of soothing.

[phosfate]

*facepalm*

I hope you kept your receipt.

[crantz]

in your face, I never left the house to get the pencils! I saved 20 bucks through sheer laziness!

[phosfate]

WOW, YOU SHOWED ME!

[crantz]

this is why I keep telling you to stay inside!

[snacky]

I'm crying laughing at the edit.

[crantz]

I'm glad this happened well before I went to the store to get the new pencils, trust me.

I've been sorting them by colour into cups and there's like almost nothing in the yellow/orange spectrum but the cup for the blue/greens is full. I can only conclude it's easier to make distinct shades in that spectrum than the other.