Tag Bag!
My occlupanid bag is here! Check it:
(The color looks dramatically different in those two pics, haha. It’s just the lighting.)
It’s super sturdy and well-made.
You can also grip it from the teeth if you don’t want to sling it over your shoulder with the strap.
It’s so weird and funky. I love it.
PFFT FUCK IT
I bought it, I don’t even care.
It’s so weird and offbeat and totally funky – I HAD to get it.
I’ll show you pics when it comes in the mail.
Because I’m All About the Weird Earrings
So remember Studiocult, that funky jewelry/bag shop I mentioned a while back?
I bought a few of their earrings and they came today.
Observe!
I didn’t know this thing actually had a name, but it’s called the “Cool S” according to Wiki. And now I have earrings in that shape:
Also, freaking OCCLUPANID earrings!
I don’t know why I’m so obsessed with these, but I love them. It’s taking all my will not to get one of their occlupanid bags. If I was at all a purse person, it’d be here already, haha.
Sorry about the picture quality. It’s hard to take a good pic of your ear.
Run, Jacket, Run!
So I broke down and bought one of these jackets from the Running Room a while ago because I’ve seen a lot of Cool People out running in them and I wanted to be a Cool People, too.
I got the “racing red” one, because of course I did.
(I’d get one of those brighter ones, but my running gear gets SO DIRTY SO QUICKLY and I don’t want to run around in a grimy bright green thingy.)
I finally got the chance to wear it on my run the other day and it’s FREAKING GREAT.
It looks like it would be like any other jacket of this material and not breathe at all, but it does. It’s also got mega armpit vents that you can unzip to keep cooler if needed.
The small is really big on me ‘cause I’m short as hell, but it’s still big enough to go over my running pack rather than having to fit underneath it. And the sleeves are nice and long, too, which makes up for the lack of thumb holes.
So if you live in Canada and/or are ever up here looking for a nice running jacket, give this one a try!
AIRPODS TO THE MAX
A few days ago, an AirPods Max review video showed up in my vids on YouTube. So I watched it. This, of course, caused similar review videos to be recommended, so I watched those well.
And I guess I am easily persuaded, because I totally want an AirPods Max now, haha.
Let’s be clear: I am a Sennheiser girlie. I love my Senns. But the only problem with them is that they are not portable. They require an amp and that requires a USB connection to my compy to work. They’re exclusively for use at my desk at home.
But apparently the sound quality of the AirPods Max is really, really good. And they’re wireless and thus portable (though the case apparently looks like a bra?).
Also, noise cancellation. It would be nice to have a really good pair of noise cancelling headphones (I say as my poor Bose QuietComforts sit sadly on my old computer desk, collecting dust and sadness).
Also also, given how much I like my AirPods, I suspect I’d probably really like these as well.
But they are expensive ($780 up here).
And I wouldn’t know if I’d like that weird green they’ve got unless I saw it in person (which I guess I could do – Market Mall has an Apple Store).
And they’re old enough that there are rumors that a second gen might be coming out soon, possibly with more colors (PURPLE?!?!?!?!?), so it may be worth waiting.
I dunno. Maybe I’ll wait until my mom comes up here and we can go have a fun little adventure to the Apple Store and try on headphones together.
WOO!
This sweater!
This thing right here (from Ragged Priest):
UGH.
There’s something about this sweater that reminds me of something…some article of clothing…from my childhood. And I hate that I can’t picture the specific article of clothing.
It’s not the shape of the sweater but rather those dangly fabric pieces. I can’t figure out why and it’s driving me crazy. There’s some memory all crumpled up in the back of my brain that’s trying its hardest to uncrumple and appear clearly, but I can’t get it to.
Mom, do you have any idea what I’m talking about? I don’t know if I had an article of clothing that looked kind of like this or if there’s something with dangly strings that I used to wear as a kid, but I can’t figure it out and I’d really like to, haha.
More Colorware Stuff
Just testing out a few ideas for some colored AirPods (my present to myself if I get tenure).
Any thoughts?
Bling-a-Ding-Ding
Oooh.
So like all of those earrings are fire, but why in the hell am I so into those bread tag bags? Like, I don’t even carry a purse (I use that Kipling bag that my grandma got me like 20 years ago), but the weirdness of those bread tag bags is unparalleled and I love them.
Ugh.
I like a lot of the rings, too, but I’m not a ring person and DAMN those are expensive.
What kind of SCAM…?
The key features are great.
- “Meticulously calibrated magnets in the base mimic the magnetic field of the Earth’s core”
This is why the dinosaurs died out, guys. THEY DIDN’T MAGNETIZE THEIR WATER. - “Multi-functional offering 3 cycles to align with your daily rhythms.”
Is this referring to the three eight-hour cycles of our circadian rhythm? If so, WHY DOES MY WATER NEED TO SYNC WITH THAT? - “Chromotherapy features radiating a choice of colours”
Take it to a rave party! Be the envy of all those fools who didn’t spend $500 on a water vessel. - “Sleek design for a lightweight and ergonomic experience”
Put your H2O in a Nalgene bottle, goddammit! It’s cheaper and has this same feature.
Again, people are weird.
iPad Time!
Guys, I finally got an iPad!
Here is my swag bag:
I got an iPad Air (in purple), a Magic Keyboard, and an Apple Pencil.
Here it is all set up:
I’m super excited! This will be good for meetings and for helping students if I ever do those Engineering Calculus courses again.
Plus, it’s cool.
Woo!
I have acquired THINGS!
OBSERVE!
I guess technically I got these books yesterday, but today we went to Fleet Feet in Coeur d’Alene and I got new shoes plus some energy GUs that I’m going to try on my longer runs (especially as I build up to the 37-mile ultra next year).
WOO!
BOOSHATHON
If I get tenure next year, I think I’m going to get myself a Coloware item as a celebration present.
AirPods Pro, maybe.
It’d be hard to pick the colors, haha. I might have to get some of their sample colors to see what they really look like in person.
Touch
I am a very tactile person. I love touching things and feeling different textures (I can’t go through a store and not touch stuff; I’ve always been that way).
So these look pretty cool.
I’d love to get a few and stick them to various items in my office that I touch a lot!
Stress Mode ACTIVATED
That means I want to buy stuff.
That’s dangerous.
Well, I got a new phone
I went to Market Mall this afternoon to pick up my snazzy new phone: an iPhone 13 mini! I originally wanted an iPhone 12 mini because I wanted that beautiful lavender color, but I got the (PRODUCT)RED color of the 13 mini and I’m digging it.
I can’t take a picture of it because the only thing I own that takes pictures is my new phone, haha, so have a pic from the Apple website:
Yay!
Florida Man, Florida Man
Remember catalogs?
Like, catalogs you’d get in the mail and were (possibly) subscribed to?
I don’t know if it’s just me, but it seems like that’s not really a thing anymore, or at least is not as big of a thing as it used to be.
We used to get a TON of catalogs in the mail when I was growing up. Especially my dad, because he was on the mailing lists for so many weird-ass things. I LOVED looking through them and wishing I could buy half the stuff in them, haha.
Here are a few I remember:
Pottery Barn Kids always had the COOLEST furniture and stuff.
(The irony of this being the blurriest image)
I LOVED this one. So many random things.
The memories, man. The memories.
Want some good running (or just general exercise) clothes?
Try baleaf!
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned them on here, but they make really high-quality clothes that are quite inexpensive. I have a pair of these fleece-lined leggings for running in the cold and they fit PERFECTLY. Not too loose, not too tight, and they have a back pocket that fits my iPod nicely.
I also have a fleece-lined long sleeve thingy I run in when it’s REALLY cold, but I don’t see that on their site anymore.
Anyway.
New Coating
So because I’m the supreme procrastinator, I hadn’t yet gotten a new coat after my orange one died in…April?
But now it’s starting to get colder and I’ll need one soon, so I finally went out and got this guy:
I feel bad that it’s down-filled, but all of the other options of that thickness also had fur on the collar/hood, so of the options, it was the best one.
Shoutout to Fitly
I’m pretty sure I’ve posted about these before, but if you are into running and want a fantastic running pack, give Fitly a try.
Their minimalist pack is SO light and comfortable. I wear this in the fall/winter/spring (when I don’t need to take water with me) and I seriously forget I’m wearing it.
Their hydro running pack is what I wear in the summer when it’s hot enough that I want to bring water just in case. Compared to a lot of the other water-carrying running packs I see people wear, this one is super low profile and doesn’t bounce around much (and probably wouldn’t bounce at all on anyone who’s even a little bit larger/taller than me. I’m so short I have to have everything on the tightest setting and it’s still a bit big, haha).
I’ve only seen one other person with a Fitly up here, which is shocking, ‘cause they’re SO GOOD.
Get one!
(I’m not getting paid by them, I promise.)
Hey Moscow Nerds:
Do y’all remember Hastings? The store that sold books, games, movies, and miscellaneous other stuff and was in that weird little back building of the mall behind Macy’s?
I miss Hastings.
Back when I would go to the mall every Saturday with my dad, he’d give me $20 and set me free for an hour or so to get whatever I wanted to get. I’d usually end up at Hastings at some point during the hour, and while I rarely bought anything apart from used books (CDs were like $16.99 and that was a huge chunk of the $20), I always loved to look around at everything.
It’s too bad they died. Hastings was fun.
Palouse Mall needs more fun shops.
I must be super stressed out
‘Cause all I want to do is BUY THINGS
It’s a problem.
Price TAG YOU’RE IT
This is a super interesting and informative list. I’m sure we’ve all been aware of some of these strategies, but probably never considered a few of them.
Purch
HERE’S CRAP I WANT TO BUY
I DON’T EVEN CARE ANYMORE
James Webb Space Telescope earrings
Another thermal case for another one of my electronics
Sir +
Bro, you can buy surplus shit from the CITY OF CALGARY?
This is in the “Court Seizures” section, OH MY GOD
Hahahaha, where the hell does half of this stuff come from? A whole subsection is titled “Helicopter Parts.”
Like…what?
WHERE DID THE KAYAK COME FROM
Edit: IT’S A SIGNED KENNY G SAXOPHONE WHY IN THE HELL IS THIS IN A SURPLUS SALE IN CALGARY???
I love this so much.
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