what i really need to make my life more organised is a hole puncher. a massive one like the one in the english department, something mean and ruthless that goes through 15 sheets at once with a satisfying no-looking-back crunch and collects the punched-out bits of paper below, not this rubbish flat instrument i've got that punches about three sheets at a time if i'm lucky, and sometimes can't even manage that, and besides punches upwards so that the little bits fly about and have to be picked up later. (now i wish i hadn't promised not to tell the story of su-lin and the punch-poach-pinched. are any of her students reading this?) but three hole punches are difficult to use anyway. can't distribute pressure properly. also! if you had a two hole punch, you just need to fold the top sheet in two to centre the thing, instead of mucking about with sliding guides.