Particular to certain writing utensils

I think every serious student has a pen/pencil that they love. And being a science student, you usually need various colors to accurately take notes. But you need something eraseable otherwise your notes are full of scribbles and crossed-out crap (or at least mine are.) I've tried colored pens, colored pencils, crayons, markers, Magic Markers, blood of a virgin, etc, but nothing compares to an actual mechanical pencil. Unfortunately, there are no reliable mechanical colored leads. Sure you can buy Pentel leads in blue and red, but they are so fragile that you can't take notes. They break after every letter.

Me: O-r-g-
Pencil: *snap*
Me: Dang it! *click click* a-n-i-
Pencil: *snap*
Me: For God's sake! *click click* c-M-
Pencil: *snap*
Me: F...!

I wished for eraseable colored fine pencils, or even better, eraseable colored fine pens. In the early 80's PaperMate came out with the first-generation eraseable pens called EraserMate. I was so excited to try them but after using them once, I was more disappointed than the day I realized that Mel Gibson was a racist. They had these concrete gray erasers that tore through the paper if you tried to erase anything. And the dang ink didn't come off anyway, since it clumped like blood clots when you wrote.

So imagine my skepticism when I got this recently as a freebie in my pen pack: the FriXion Eraseable Highlighter. A highlighter that erases? Whatever. (I held both my hands up in a "W" shape to an audience of no one.) But omg, it actually erases. I couldn't believe it. Mouth agape, I slapped my cheek in mock surprise.

Being energized but still cautious, I searched to see if they made pens. I've been burned before, so I didn't get my hopes up too high when I found a black FriXion pen at my local store. And immediately I fell in love with a new pen. I haven't felt that much love towards an inanimate object since Comedy Central bought the rights to MST3K from the Sci-Fi channel. I own this set of pens and couldn't be happier. (Although perhaps this pen would be better suited to my feminine needs. The comments already fulfill my need for snark.)

And a bonus for those with children or those with just a magic side- they act as invisible ink pens. Heat removes the writing and cold restores it. Awesome!