{"id":532,"date":"2006-11-01T17:04:22","date_gmt":"2006-11-01T09:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/11\/2006_11_01_1704.php"},"modified":"2006-11-01T17:04:22","modified_gmt":"2006-11-01T09:04:22","slug":"moleskine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/11\/01\/moleskine","title":{"rendered":"Moleskine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/113\/285500908_0279cc9957_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/113\/285500908_0279cc9957_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>I was able to buy <a href=\"http:\/\/moleskines.com\/\" title=\"View product\">Moleskine notebooks<\/a> for me and my girlfriend. These notebooks are awesome, and would make perfect gifts if only they weren&#8217;t so damn expensive. The <em>pocket<\/em> versions cost PhP 900 locally (I got the regular\/large sizes, which set you back PhP 1,250 each).<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moleskines.com\/\" title=\"View product\">Moleskine notebooks<\/a> are somewhat cult-products in my opinion. While it&#8217;s true that the craftsmanship is second to none, the real appeal of the brand comes from the fact that famous people use it. To quote the site:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>MOLESKINE<\/em> is the legendary notebook, used by artists and thinkers for the past two centuries, from Van Gogh to Picasso, from Ernest Hemingway to Bruce Chatwin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s the sort of thing that not everyone would know about, I myself became aware of it when I saw Rica with it, and it looked damned sexy, then the other &#8220;more literate&#8221; <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_532_1('footnote_plugin_reference_532_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_532_1('footnote_plugin_reference_532_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_532_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_532_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Hardcore bookworms<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_532_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_532_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bukaspalad.com\/\" title=\"BukasPalad Music Ministry\">BP<\/a> members started talking about it. Hell, my GF is pretty hardcore when it comes to books, but she hasn&#8217;t heard of it as well. In any case, I&#8217;m sure she&#8217;ll like what I got her since she keeps a journal. As I would always say: <em>&#8220;if you&#8217;re going to do something, might as well do it in style!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I got her the ruled version, while I stuck to the classic plain (non-ruled) because I want the freedom to decide how much I can cram into a page. 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