The Yb Romantic Club

[Redonna]

 

A lovely letter that would have been a sure prize winner had it mentioned blood.

 

Well, the fact that Papa went off to war surely implies blood was spilt.

[MisterBoll]

 

Well, the fact that Papa went off to war surely implies blood was spilt.

 

The passion was starting to take hold but it never quite took. If you need inspiration listen to this -

 

Remember that Yama Budo is symbolic of emotions that are deep and powerful.

 

Either that - or pretend you are a pisces.

[GabrielleDuVent]

My inks arrived yesterday! Haven't decided which pen to load grape juice with. But here it is:

 

http://i1332.photobucket.com/albums/w614/GabrielleduVent/IMG_20130720_0001_zps403f52fe.jpg?t=1374250102

[MisterBoll]

Lovely.

 

Just when I was beginning to think the YB Romantic Club had been forgotten like a ballroom in Detroit.

 

Yesterday's kiss will be cold by tomorrow

[GabrielleDuVent]

Lovely.

 

Just when I was beginning to think the YB Romantic Club had been forgotten like a ballroom in Detroit.

 

Yesterday's kiss will be cold by tomorrow

 

Never! Romance may be dead in the contemporary society, but it shall live on in our hearts (and in our inks).

 

My YB looks awfully pink. Dunno why.

[MisterBoll]

My YB looks awfully pink. Dunno why.

 

It is said that certain bottles of Yama Budo have the ability to reflect the disposition of the writer - particularly someone prone to being a delicate flower. The lighter it remains the more delicate you are.

 

Yama Budo does not lie.

[GabrielleDuVent]

 

It is said that certain bottles of Yama Budo have the ability to reflect the disposition of the writer - particularly someone prone to being a delicate flower. The lighter it remains the more delicate you are.

 

Yama Budo does not lie.

 

Yes. I'm the epitome of a delicate flower, a demure maiden, a lady in white. Ha ha.

 

I do have a delicate disposition though, and my sensitivity is very delicate - I get offended easily .

[The Good Captain]

 

Yes. I'm the epitome of a delicate flower, a demure maiden, a lady in white. Ha ha.

 

I do have a delicate disposition though, and my sensitivity is very delicate - I get offended easily .

It's possible that you won't like my next poetic paraphrase, then...

[MisterBoll]

I do have a delicate disposition though, and my sensitivity is very delicate - I get offended easily .

 

Do I detect a capricorn, Madame DuVent?

[inkstainedruth]

 

It is said that certain bottles of Yama Budo have the ability to reflect the disposition of the writer - particularly someone prone to being a delicate flower. The lighter it remains the more delicate you are.

 

Yama Budo does not lie.

Well, the sample I have of it is decidedly red-violet (a bit redder than Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses) and *not*, IMO, "pink": Kosumosu is pink; PR Rose Rage is pink; Noodler's Shah Rose and De Atramentis Rose are both rose-color (i.e., pink). So what does Yama-budo being red-violet say about me...?

(Delicate flower I probably am not; I'm a Libra, which, if you believe Linda Goodman's _Sun Signs_, suggests a white lace glove hiding a steel fist.... )

My entry into this thread has been written -- I just haven't had time to scan and upload it. And then the pilot light on the hot water heater went out and won't stay lit, so I have a call in to the HVAC people (who of course are CLOSED on Saturday) and tried calling my husband repeatedly on his cell phone about the problem -- can't really do dishes, can't run the bleach load through the washer, can't wash my *hair* (he knows his phone has software issues -- even though it's in *theory* identical to mine -- and he *knew* I was supposed to have been calling him anyway, so you'd THINK that he'd at least have had it in his pocket; especially when he used to complain that I didn't keep my phone turned on all the time...). Many swear words ensued before I actually got hold of him.... This happened just as we were about to go away, and also just as we are taking in a houseguest/cat sitter for an indeterminate amount of time. I will be quite miffed if the *only* way I can get a shower for the next few days is to go CAMPING... so I took my sweet time in making the shopping run to get dinner for the people in our campsite (needed to decompress -- so a couple of pens got inked up for the next couple of weeks, and then I have to check on the fill of Yama-budo tomorrow before going back up to the campground, and maybe flush the pen that has El Lawrence in it (which seems to be a really good ink for writing not-love letters -- not sure at this late hour I mean hate mail or "no longer in love with you" letters. Or maybe "I am SOOO not in love with you anymore" letters....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[MisterBoll]

Man oh man.................the spirit of the Yama Budo bottle has lots to say about Ruth.

 

But commentary will be reserved until your entry is posted.

 

Good luck with the pilot light.

[GabrielleDuVent]

 

Do I detect a capricorn, Madame DuVent?

 

Ha! I'm a Libra!

 

 

It's possible that you won't like my next poetic paraphrase, then...

 

Noooo! I was waiting for it for hours! OUT WITH IT! OUT!

[inkstainedruth]

Well I meant to upload it just now, but apparently l saved the scan in the wrong format -- the Upload feature doesn't seem to like .pdf format. And at this hour (after the day I've had, scanning an image into to supported format) was kinda a low priority...

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[MisterBoll]

 

Ha! I'm a Libra!

 

 

Born, no doubt, between noon and 2 pm?

[MisterBoll]

Well I meant to upload it just now, but apparently l saved the scan in the wrong format -- the Upload feature doesn't seem to like .pdf format. And at this hour (after the day I've had, scanning an image into to supported format) was kinda a low priority...

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

We'll wait. This week will be much mellower for you anyway.

[GabrielleDuVent]

 

Born, no doubt, between noon and 2 pm?

 

Nope. Around 6 AM. I was born during a thunderstorm.

[MisterBoll]

 

Nope. Around 6 AM. I was born during a thunderstorm.

 

I'm batting an astro one thousand.

 

Is this why you're called 'Stormy' in certain circles?

[GabrielleDuVent]

 

I'm batting an astro one thousand.

 

Is this why you're called 'Stormy' in certain circles?

 

Probably. Either that or it's my temper.

[inkstainedruth]

 

We'll wait. This week will be much mellower for you anyway.

Not holding my breath on that. Tomorrow they come to replace the gas line to the house (there is apparently water in the line, possibly due to a leak; that was roughly $1500 that was originally earmarked elsewhere ) -- in the meantime, no hot showers, no laundry, and only doing dishes by putting a filled 4 qt. Pyrex measuring cup in the microwave to heat.

And then I have to curtail my (alleged) vacation twice more: once to try and sign up for the nib smoothing class at DCSS, and then to do massive loads of laundry before flying to the West Coast -- I have exactly one day to do that.... At least I did find my passport, in case we decide to go up to Vancouver (although it still feels really weird to not just cross the US-Canadian border without one, like we used to be able to do).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[inkstainedruth]

Okay, here is mine (it may look pinker than the original because I wasn't up to trying to tweak the scan, other than cropping it in order to it fit in the 1 MB size limit). The paper is Clairefontaine Triomphe 90 gr.

Still thinking of doing the anti-romantic one/hate mail (not quite "love lost but self-regained", it's the lyrics to a song I like) -- but that's going to have to wait until El Lawrence becomes available again (it's about as 180° from Yama-budo as I can think of anyone getting... ).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth