Added some cat tax: with bonus mech keyboard (Keychron V1) and rstudio window lol. Serena does not really like that she has to share the space with a keyboard but at least this way she doesn’t sit on CTRL or the space bar

Hey so did you know that laptop skins were a thing? Since my laptop lives out open on my desk (bc webcam for zoom) I thought it’d be fun to have something more interesting to look at. Hence: Lime green with flamingos 🦩 I know the decal application isn’t perfect but I don’t notice bc bright colors

I had to go to campus today (the horror) and saw this billboard at Craig + Centre and had to smile to myself. If you’ve never been to the Andy Warhol museum there’s a room painted like the sky and these foil pillows inflated with helium (not completely full) and you just walk in and play with them

Wanna see a pretty thing? Have a look-see at my vintage fountain pen collection. I've found out that I only want to use these, and rarely reach for my other (modern) ones. And look at how stinkin' cute they are:

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Current view. She will sit just to the left but make sure her butt and tail are contacting me. I’ve gotten really good at typing with a furry butt in the way lol

She has now lost even the energy to keep her head up and has now entered the belligerent-snoozing stage lol

Serena has decided that she is more important than the keyboard and has not had any treats for at least 3 hours and will certainly die of hunger at any moment. Also how dare I try to approach the keyboard thereby touching her august person. Clearly I have much repentance in my future

Important news: Serena is snuggling with me! Not quite laying-on-me-snuggles but it’s a lot more than previous. I would love to hold her for snuggles but something must’ve happened in her previous stray life bc she bolts away at the slightest touch of her legs.

Maybe they had ghosts in their blood

Pretty decent seats I think. It wound up not being too bad walking-wise bc I’m on the ground floor under the balcony. If this were opera, I may not be able to read the translator thingy but in this case I can see just fine

This is very niche content, but I just saw a post on the fountain pen subreddit and it was talking about vintage pilot 'lady' pocket pens (not necessarily the Elite/E95S style). I had to flounce in and talk about the lady-versions of fountain pens and why I love them. Lady Sheaffers are exquisite

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So I tried something with a new board I just got yesterday (3) that was very shiny but the gold keycaps are difficult to read with south-facing LEDs. So I switched it to (1). These look like a Starter jacket from a middle school dance in 1993. The (2) one is my pink one. Giant letters are nice

The current state of my fountain pen collection. I have one more gold-nibbed pocket pen that should get here Monday (its a Sailor), then I'll have the whole vintage pocket pen set! Also the Benus are HUGE. And I'm happy to have curated an even pinker collection than last time I posted it

Sometimes I have a very fuzzy little helper at work:

Oops! My bad. I looked up the one I was thinking of (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bra...) and he looked like this:

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I lol'ed (with alt-text)

Every time I hear ‘collaborators’ I think of her:

This is the one I have. I don’t think it’s an elite bc the cap is normal-sized. It’s a 14k gold nib, either fine or extra-fine. It feels like an extra-fine to me. It’s a real joy to write with. I found it scouring eBay. I want a Sailor and a Platinum too. But for now I’m enjoying shopping for them

New weather map just dropped

It’s probably more bc of the colder temps that makes her want to snuggle (partially, we’re not up to napping on my lap yet), rather than an increase of trust in me - the weird human who talks to her all day - but you know, I’ll take it

…did someone say GRITTY? This is likely not related at all the original post, but it’s where my neurodivergent brain went, so now we all must be there together

🚨POST AN EMERGENCY CAT PIC🚨 This is my darling Serena and she had a really rough life before so she’s pretty skittish. But she’s kind of snuggling(?) with me, prob bc of the cold but hey, I’ll take it

Ooh look it got better!

My patio window is making pretty colors right now

Cat tax:

My cat has a very cute “activation sound” that she does anytime I pet her. It’s so adorable. Her name is Serena and she had a rough life before, but now that she’s with me I intend to spoil her rotten 😍 She brings me joy all the time