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[channonyarrow]

I...am seriously going to kill something.

Okay, look. This is what I want, in bullet format! I want:
- A planner, in black, size 3-3/4" x 6-whateverthefuck"

To go with that planner, I want:
- A dated, two-page-per-month calendar
- A dated, two-page-per-week calendar
- An address book refill
- A ruler
- A things-to-do page refill

I want all of those things to be:
- Six-ring, loose leaf
- Matching, or at least complementary, styles
- NOT FUCKING ANNOYING AS ALL UNGODLY HELL TO LOOK AT.

Seriously. Is it REALLY not possible to buy a planner, with said components, in the size I have ALREADY FUCKING PURCHASED, that is not a) a fifties design; b) PINK; c) the goddamn annoying cat-hurl-appearing "regular" format but instead POSSIBLY gives me a HOPE IN MOTHERFUCKING HELL of appearing to be the TINIEST bit professional? Is it REALLY not possible to get ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS in a way that MATCHES? Is this REALLY the end of the planner? Did someone NOT SEND OUT THE FUCKING MEMO THAT AS OF END-OF-YEAR 2007 NO ONE WOULD MAKE THIS SHIT EVER AGAIN?

I am so very, very seriously about to return the fucking planner TO THE COMPANY THAT MADE IT because it is not the STORE'S fault I am pissed off, no, it is the MANUFACTURER'S. Am I on Candid-fucking-Camera here? Is it REALLY not possible to get all of those things in ONE FUCKING PLACE AT ONE FUCKING TIME?

An aside: Dear Office Depot, Office Max, and Day Runner: I SHOULD NOT BE FINDING OUT AT THE SHOPPING CART THAT AN ITEM YOU STILL HAVE LISTED ON YOUR WEB PAGE WITH NO STATUS INDICATION AT ALL IS OUT-OF-MONKEYFUCKING-STOCK. I really, really, really, really, REALLY should not. Dear Staples: The ENTIRE POINT of a website is "useability". YOUR WEBSITE FUCKING FAILS.

I really DO NOT consider brightly coloured flowers acceptable for a professional planner. I do not consider Day Runner's Christingly awful default colour scheme that makes me want to run barbed wire over my EYEBALLS to be acceptable for ANYONE'S planner (I realise this is why they make it). I do not, REALLY REALLY DO NOT, consider it "okay", on ANY FUCKING PLANET WHATSOEVER to make a "pro" edition of planner refills that does not come in the size I have purchased which already has the "pro" edition in it but that happens to be undated so that everyone will scream and buy the new, APPARENTLY COMPLETELY UNAVAILABLE, dated refills. SERIOUSLY. If you can MAKE IT AND SELL IT TO ME IN A PLANNER, you can MAKE IT AND SELL IT TO ME IN A COCKBITING REFILL. You really, really, really can.

I realise that half the world is going electronic. I DO NOT WANT TO. This is not me being a Luddite, this is me considering, and addressing, my-fucking-needs, and my needs are: PAPER, YOU INBRED CRETINOUS GNOMES. PAPER PAPER PAPER. WITHOUT PAPER, I HAVE ONLY DEATH.

I hate this so fucking hard.

I am going to eat someone's spleen.

Comments

Not a Luddite

[jacesan.livejournal.com]

But I play one on the interweb. I prefer hard copies to the info I've got stashed on my needs-to-be-reset-every-so-often PDA. I don't HotSync it often enough with my PC to update information, and lost a shit-load of phone numbers after I had to reset it coming back from Seattle. I'd HotSync them more often, but they're very independent and have told me they only prefer a one-night stand every so often.

Want to know another company's website that used to be full of fail? Try applying for a job with Intel through their website. They didn't even support mozilla after I graduated, and started trying to get a job at their company. You'd think the #1 chip manufacturer would have some competent person running their website. Think again.

[emjay42.livejournal.com]

It could be worse: your planner could be a 7 Habits deal. *gun|head|joyful_release*

As much as I keep trying to goad myself into being a good little PDA user, I still prefer my little fat notebook. A little hard to organize everything in it, but I'd rather be able to jot stuff down in pen or pencil and not have to relearn how to write just so my frakking touch screen can recognize the letters.

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

Seen that one. Whee! 7 habits of highly unoriginal people, really.

That's the thing, is that I want that instant flexibility of being able to write something down and being able to SEE it, immediately, without worrying about batteries and computers and whatnot. If I WRITE IT DOWN, I will remember it a lot better, and I don't trust that "writing on a computer screen" counts.

[trickykitty.livejournal.com]

May I introduce you to Levenger then? I know it's not exactly cheap, but they are damn classy, basic, and wow you should see all of the options for their note card-sized product line.

My roommate loves the note cards that are vertical with lines instead of horizontal and also the ones with graph grids on them.

[trickykitty.livejournal.com]

PS - request a catalog, as it's much easier to comb through.

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'd just gotten to that conclusion. *g* I'll check them out! Thanks for the tip!

And if I only have to buy one planner and can refill it, then I really don't care about the cost, honestly. I got rid of three old planners (and have probably had four others in my life) to get the new one and I still am not happy, nor do I think that the new one will be refillable next year, which means it's worthless.