#1024; In which a Pen is lost

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[[A hip, young individual talks with a much older woman, who seems to be working on some sort of knitting.]]
Youth: Have you seen my pen?
Senior: Here, I have a pen.
Youth: No. My SPECIAL pen. The pen I got in Amsterdam.

Senior: What’s special about this Amsterdam pen?
Youth: I got it in AMSTERDAM! From the HOTEL ROOM! When I went with JANINE!
Senior: No. I haven’t seen your HOTEL ROOM PEN.

Senior: This is why I don’t assign sentimental value to normal things. You spend all your time worrying about these OBJECTS that don’t matter.

Senior: Did I lose my PEN? Where’s my LUCKY SILVER DOLLAR? Oh NO, Grandpa’s rusty old RAZOR got cracked, now I feel AWFUL!
Senior: Just use things for their purpose. SIMPLER that way. You never have to rent a STORAGE UNIT because you can’t bear to part with a lifetime’s worth of PSYCHIC ANCHORS.

Youth: Whenever you wear that shawl, with that top, with that bonnet, I’M going to remember it as your ARGUMENT OUTFIT.
Youth: It’s going to remind me of this day, and this conversation, and the lovely time we’re sharing as friends.
Senior: YOU KEEP YOUR WITCHCRAFT AWAY FROM MY ACCESSORIES

{{header: save that WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It was a nice pen, though. White barrel. Ballpoint. Blue ink. Said ‘Marriot Amsterdam’ on the side in red printing. Probably a PaperMate.}}

#1024; In which a Pen is lost transcribed by in

Senior: What's special about this Amsterdam pen?
Youth: I got it in AMSTERDAM! From the HOTEL ROOM! When I went with JANINE!
Senior: No. I haven't seen your HOTEL ROOM PEN.

Senior: This is why I don't assign sentimental value to normal things. You spend all your time worrying about these OBJECTS that don't matter.

Senior: Did I lose my PEN? Where's my LUCKY SILVER DOLLAR? Oh NO, Grandpa's rusty old RAZOR got cracked, now I feel AWFUL!
Senior: Just use things for their purpose. SIMPLER that way. You never have to rent a STORAGE UNIT because you can't bear to part with a lifetime's worth of PSYCHIC ANCHORS.

Youth: Whenever you wear that shawl, with that top, with that bonnet, I'M going to remember it as your ARGUMENT OUTFIT.
Youth: It's going to remind me of this day, and this conversation, and the lovely time we're sharing as friends.
Senior: YOU KEEP YOUR WITCHCRAFT AWAY FROM MY ACCESSORIES

{{header: save that WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: It was a nice pen, though. White barrel. Ballpoint. Blue ink. Said 'Marriot Amsterdam' on the side in red printing. Probably a PaperMate.}}

It was a nice pen, though. White barrel. Ballpoint. Blue ink. Said 'Marriott Amsterdam' on the side in red printing. Probably a PaperMate.

#1024; In which a Pen is lost

— April 29th, 2014

[ Tags: fashion, nostalgia, our surroundings ] Permalink: https://wondermark.com/c/1024/

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In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one, except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.

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#1024; In which a Pen is lost

— April 29th, 2014

Event alert!

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