Feb. 21st, 2007 06:57 am
Quick, to the bat, no, bookmobile!
Via Neil Gaiman. Someone find me a copy of The Higher Power of Lucky. STAT. Hell, get everyone a copy of the book for that matter.
Feb. 21st, 2007
I bought a Timbuktu courier/laptop sized bag over the weekend. It has many pockets, is waterproof and amazing... and it's just not right. At the time, ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
purple_terror said he'd buy it off of me if I decided it just wasn't right. Well... it's just not right. Darling, the bag will soon be yours.Someday I will learn that I am just not a Courier Bag Person. The good and bad:
+compartments
+lightweight
+straps big enough for 1 shoulder or sling over back
+waterproof
- squish factor, particularly with most of the lunches I ever pack.
- flap. Hate the flap. It makes everything a production that a simple zip top cuts out of the equasion
- too long to fit in my lap when sitting on the train. Really. I end up poking people with it, rather than have it fit within the parameters of me.
What I do want is a vessel that has a square or rectangular bottom, can easily fit a folder or manilla envelope without squishing, so a min. of 14" tall and at least that wide. It also needs to have a zipable top and some amount of organization or compartments within. Some on the ouside is not bad, but I cannot bear to have my phone, wallet and ipod so much in the public view. I have been living with straps that only do one shoulder, so could continue without the option of slinging over bandellero- style. Water resistant/proof would be nice. Light weight, no leather.
So I ask you, bag geeks- what is your favorite commuting bag and why? I am willing to get one online if it's recommended by a friend and I'm willing to spend 100 bucks on it, although less than that is never a bad thing.
purple_terror said he'd buy it off of me if I decided it just wasn't right. Well... it's just not right. Darling, the bag will soon be yours.Someday I will learn that I am just not a Courier Bag Person. The good and bad:+compartments
+lightweight
+straps big enough for 1 shoulder or sling over back
+waterproof
- squish factor, particularly with most of the lunches I ever pack.
- flap. Hate the flap. It makes everything a production that a simple zip top cuts out of the equasion
- too long to fit in my lap when sitting on the train. Really. I end up poking people with it, rather than have it fit within the parameters of me.
What I do want is a vessel that has a square or rectangular bottom, can easily fit a folder or manilla envelope without squishing, so a min. of 14" tall and at least that wide. It also needs to have a zipable top and some amount of organization or compartments within. Some on the ouside is not bad, but I cannot bear to have my phone, wallet and ipod so much in the public view. I have been living with straps that only do one shoulder, so could continue without the option of slinging over bandellero- style. Water resistant/proof would be nice. Light weight, no leather.
So I ask you, bag geeks- what is your favorite commuting bag and why? I am willing to get one online if it's recommended by a friend and I'm willing to spend 100 bucks on it, although less than that is never a bad thing.
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Feb. 21st, 2007 04:00 pm
Bagness, conclusion?
I thought that given how much I like Timbuk2, I should see what they have on their site (dur). And lo, they have more than courier.
It would have been nice to cusomize that, but I'd rather have an anonymous black bag than less in the internal organizational bit, which is exactly like the regular courier bags, so that's a win.
I shoulda just gone there in the first place pon realizing my displeasure.
It would have been nice to cusomize that, but I'd rather have an anonymous black bag than less in the internal organizational bit, which is exactly like the regular courier bags, so that's a win.
I shoulda just gone there in the first place pon realizing my displeasure.
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