HOW could I forget?

No, I didn't forget. You see, THIS favorite thing is my MOST favorite thing. It deserved a post of it's very own!

I've always been a pen freak...no, really, a pen FREAK! Ask anyone who knows me well, I have a panic attack if I'm in the grocery store about to sign my receipt and I can't find my pen in my bag. "NO WAY, I don't want to use your blue BIC pen Mr. kind cash register man. Can you wait a minute while I run out to my car to get MY pen?!?" (about that bad)

Once I find a pen I love I am a VERY VERY loyal fan. I've been this way since I can remember. Pilot pens have always held a special place in my heart. I recall going through High School totally in love with the RED and/or BLUE Pilot BETTER Retractable Ballpoint Pen (Fine Point Please)
During the beginning of my mission I was introduced to the Pilot G-2 Retractable Gel Roller Ball Pen. While this was a wonderful pen and I quite enjoyed my relationship with it, the time came to say goodbye. You see, I'm left handed and pens just don't write as well for me as they do for the rest of you right handed people out there. It just wasn't SMOOTH enough for me. (But would be for any of your right handed people out there)
For the majority of my mission I used THE pen! I was lucky enough to be introduced to it by an elder...This pen became DOCTRINE for the missionaries. No seriously. EVERY Elder had one in his pocket with his blue planner (yes, I'm older than some of you out there, we used BLUE planners). This pen is called the Pilot G-TEC-C4. I NEVER left home with out it! We have a very intimate relationship! (Did I tell you that I only found them in blue or black?)


I brought about 5 of these pens home with me from the mission but they only last so long. It didn't take me long to find out that the USA does NOT sell them! After a brief panic mode, I called Pilot Headquarters. You know what they told me? They told me I could ONLY get them in Japan. It is a special fine point pen for the Japanese people so they can write their characters easier. I told the lady that I actually bought some in Canada and WHY are THEY so lucky to have them there? She told me that she was very surprised and that Pilot does NOT have a contract to sell them to Canada. (whatever, I call that MISCOMMUNICATION)


Long story short...I have searched HI and I have searched LOW...and in the mean time, had family visiting from Canada bring me these pens. Well, about a year ago, I had my lovely pen in my hand as I wrote a few notes during church (of course, duh, what else would I be writing with?). This girl leans over her husband who I was sitting next to and asks me if I was holding a Pilot G-TEC-C4...WHAT? You KNOW what these are? After a much enthusiastic conversation about a pen, I told her about how I can't find them anywhere (including online). She gave me a web site that sells them. Guess what else? They sell them in many many many colors AND you can get them up to .25 fine!!! I can't even tell you how that day changed my life forever! The PILOT HI-TEC-C (as shown in the picture below) is the exact same pen however the ink is much more superior ink that is highly insoluble with most pigments.
Is there such thing as a 'professional pen user sponsor contract'? Pilot should TOTALLY pay me to use their pens! Let's give it up to PILOT! Woo-Ya!


OK - I just went through my bag and found: 1 Pilot G-TEC-C4 pen in BLACK, and 8 HI-TEC-C pens in BLACK, YELLOW OCHER, APPLE GREEN, CLEAR BLUE, CAMELLIA PINK, BROWN, CORAL PINK, BABY PINK. I told you I was a pen freak!