Dear Binda,

Remember that pencil sharpener you bought me for back on my 21st birthday? I still have it! I found it underneath some old photos, in a box from labeled “Stuff,” of all things.

And it guess what? It works. The irony is that I have no writing pencils. Remember when I went through that eye makeup phase? Well the only reason I’d stopped wearing eye makeup is because the guy-liner pencil dulled. At one time I tried using a knife to sharpen it but I kept losing how chunks of the stuff that way. I gave up. But now I have your pencil sharpener. Thanks to you,  my eyes are lined. My eyes pop.

Here’s the thing: no one noticed. Not even close colleagues at work. I finally had to show my boyfriend and even he didn’t notice. But clearly there’s a difference. I mean, you guys used to make fun of me wearing it back then. Why not now?

Is eye-liner just dull no matter how sharp the pencil?