ampersand

who the fuck gave me food poisoning on valentines

highly recommend checking out mountainofink.com and the "ink by color" pages on the right side of the website. lots of ink swatches to ogle

i was a fool

buying something from yahoo auctions japan and thinking to myself i'm gonna save some money then getting hit with the price to ship to us

honestly my top 5 pens are probably
1. uniball vision, either 1.0mm or .38mm
2. uniball zento body w/ uniball one .7mm refill
3. zebra sharbo x lt3 w/ zebra 4c refills and uni .3mm b lead
4. hmm aluminum ballpoint w/ parker .7mm gel refill
5. kaweco liliput stainless steel fountain pen

even though i have 4 zebra sharbos i still have a soft spot for uniball visions

also what i have in my case atm #stationery

i dunno why the tiny drafting erasers are still around in 2025 when we can have twist erasers or ones like this

don't think i mentioned it yet either but i 3d printed an eraser adapter for my zebra sharbo. right now it's using a rite in the rain eraser #stationery

the metal index tabs are actually very nice and i've also come to the conclusion that zebra 4c refills are the best d1 ballpoint refills. they work consistently every time with no start up, almost every other ballpoint refill i've tried needs some scribbling to get going.

recent pickups #stationery

it’s so easy to poorly justify text that i think most people should just never attempt it unless they’re a designer who knows what they’re doing

i know technically you can do this on the web but practically no one ever does and for good reason

i’ve been on the internet too long that i can’t enjoy looking at hyphenated and justified text. ESPECIALLY when it’s done poorly

i just want to live a mediocre life where i get by doing what i know best. i don't want to sell my soul making the world worse just so a corporation can increase their bottom line in a world full of inequality

you are in constant competition with other people and if you aren't doing more than them then its a personal failure. you must lie, cheat, and manipulate other people to get whatever scraps are left

i feel increasingly like much of the culture in the us is about putting other people down to get ahead in life

like wtf

found out zebra sells a 1.0mm version of their d1 ballpoint refills but for some reason they're hard to come by in america

kinda grim how capitalism is slowly killing all the free over the air stuff

imagine telling kids that music and tv streaming used to be free you just had to connect an antenna and turn on your tv/radio

slowly making my way up the ladder

at what point does the game decide i'm not allowed to have fun anymore #deadlock

gonna sleep so good

warden gaming #deadlock

I OPENED THIS BAG AND ITS JUST SEASONING???

i have white nose hairs i'm officially unc

i mean i know why they do it, there's enough people that just completely bullshit and lie their way through interviews that they need some way to weed people out, but man it feels awful having to jump through so many hoops

one company told me they want me to do a portfolio presentation with 2-3 case studies for the design manager, then do a team interview a couple people, and then a fucking exercise on top like how can you not make up your mind by then

i also hate that companies are getting away with significantly underpaying, one was willing to offer a max of 83k when i'm looking at senior roles starting at like 120k