just the mere mention of a road trip makes me all tingly. it's the idea of getting away, relaxing, breathing fresh air, eating, having fun.. or, at the very least, a chance to clear my head. also there's the hope of finding inspiration; to come up with that "thing" that's amazing and beautiful and original. i've never really had that unique moment of enlightenment since most of the time that orginal "thing" i've gotten all excited about turns out to not be as original as i thought. but still, i want to be prepared because who knows when inspiration will strike, right? :) a tin of colored pencils. really, really handy. i found most of them like that-- short and really used-- but the other colors i wanted were too long so i just cut them with a saw. at least now i have two, hehe i stuffed them all in an old mint tin. mechanical pencils. i like these two since they have a considerably thicker lead. and they're really cheap-- les...
