On OC-ness and a Fetish for School Supplies

So I've been reading the Bhagavad-Gita and have found some passages that I want to mark. Since college my habit has been to always carry 2 highlighters: pink and yellow or orange and yellow. Yellow is used for explanations and longer passages. A pink underline signals an important or topic statement. Full pink highlighting denotes a term or phrase that must be remembered; the definition is then underlined in pink as well. This way, I always know what I'm reading and can find things easily.

My copy of the Gita now looks like this:


(Yes, when I take notes in class, they are two-toned as well. Red for terms/phrases/important statements to be remembered and black for everything else. I am not a fan of blue ink.)

My preferred highlighters have always been the Stabilo yellow and

this pinkish-orange-light salmon-I-don't-know-what color.

(Shown here compared to their regular pink version)

Yesterday though, I found erasable highlighters in National. That's what I used this afternoon on the Gita. Lovely. Not the unknown salmon color that I love, but it'll do and it's so handy.

You find all sorts of wonderful stuff in National. I love wandering the aisles both there and at Office Warehouse. *sigh of contentment* Yeah, I'm a nerd. So sue me.