One thing I forget about August is planner season being under way and all of the Hobonichi lineup reveals, which means all of the planner companies are also doing reveals. And that, of course, reminds me that we are well over the halfway point of the year and I\u2019m marching ever closer to 30 where all of the stress my body has stored away will probably just explode into various health problems (next year aaaaaa).<\/p>\n
I never was one to follow the planner lineups closely, though. Hobonichi doesn\u2019t suit my needs, and I\u2019ve frankly had no energy since moving so my Sterling Ink Daily Planner has been hanging out in my room on the corner of my new desk (that I haven\u2019t used because I haven\u2019t gotten around to cleaning up the scatter across the floor in front of it and I still haven\u2019t gotten around to getting a chair but also my laptop is mostly gathering dust anyway). I guess it\u2019s about time to sit down and decide how my journaling needs have changed throughout the year as 2027 looms ever closer. Currently I\u2019m looking at the Sterling Ink Core Planner<\/a>, Take a Note<\/a>* (maybe the Taiwan Holiday Version for the lunar calendar even though I can read only some of the characters), or one of the Midori<\/a> diaries!<\/p>\n *Super delighted that Yoseka Stationery<\/a> carries them!<\/p>\n (I found out Hobonichi was doing a collaboration with Hello Kitty a few days ago, and I would literally commit crimes for her \u2013 not as much as Kuromi or Cinnamoroll, though \u2013 but then I found out it was Japan only. T_T At least I have stickers to decorate a cover separately, though.)<\/p>\n I went with a friend to a local bookstore earlier in the month and got two books: Dominion<\/em> by Jean Kwok (I trust Ruby\u2019s word<\/a> that it\u2019s excellent) and Prince of Swords<\/em> by Elise Kova (I wanted to go to the event last month since I really liked Dragon Cursed<\/a><\/em> but I had to work that day, so I\u2019m happy that I managed to get a signed copy of the second book regardless).<\/p>\n There\u2019s a few books I\u2019m eyeing from the Barnes & Noble sale currently going on for the next few days, but I\u2019m really wanting to read those books first before I decide whether or not I want to purchase them. I did get a few, though! Kiki\u2019s Delivery Service<\/em>, which I read and loved, and its sequel, Kiki and the New Magic<\/em>. I also got Afia in the Land of Wonders<\/em>.<\/p>\n And finally, my Illumicrate copies for The Heroes of Olympus<\/em> came! I never continued with the universe after finishing this spin-off, but maybe it\u2019s time to get around to doing that in the near future.*<\/p>\n *I\u2019m the biggest liar and will probably never get around to it. But I have the new book from the Camp Half-Blood<\/em> series on hold so maybe I\u2019ll get around to it!<\/p>\n As for reading, August wasn\u2019t too bad though (more accurate: solid graphic novels, manga and manhwa but not so solid on novels) I did have two DNFs in a row and honestly, I was scared of picking up another book in case it was going to be a third<\/em> DNF. \ud83e\udee0<\/p>\n I would love to say I kept up with releases that I enjoyed and music I discovered throughout August, but alas this was the most empty section of the month. Anyways, I tried tracking them down in my playlist.<\/p>\n I finally got a portable DVD player near the end of the month so I didn\u2019t have to pull out my laptop and the external drive every time I wanted to watch a movie! I think I\u2019ll make good use of it; I\u2019ve already watched two movies that have been collecting dust a little: The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em> (very nostalgic, but I loved it) and Hoppers<\/em> (the lizard, of course, lives rent free in my head).<\/p>\n I had plans to watch more that I\u2019ve hoarded in the past month or two, but that didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n The first half of the month I was absolutely obsessed with Palworld<\/em> and then suddenly I wasn\u2019t. Or more accurately, I had no energy to pick up a game since I tried picking up Cult of the Lamb<\/em> to change it up a little thinking I was just tired of playing Palworld<\/em> and didn\u2019t want to do anything much with it. It\u2019s fun, though \u2013 I think I\u2019m just tired of gaming at the moment. Aniimo<\/a> comes out next month (day before my birthday hehe), though, so I might pick up gaming again.<\/p>\n A breakdown of what the universe had in store for the month (or longer).<\/p>\n August was a fairly low energy month for me \u2013 when I wasn\u2019t working, I was either resting (by doing the bare minimum) or attempting to unpack. Most of the month was sweltering hot and humid, so I didn\u2019t do too much unpacking unless I was searching for something I needed. There were a few days that were relatively cool and I had a little more energy, so I did manage to clear out a few more boxes (they\u2019re mostly books and since I don\u2019t have a bookshelf, they just returned to their respective tote boxes). Looking forward to cooler temperatures being more regular in the next month or so and pulling out my newly acquired hoodie from earlier this year that was a replacement for a super old one that probably should\u2019ve long been gone. I\u2019ve already put my newly acquired mug to use (no photos of the delightfully cute mug because it\u2019s my work one, and I don\u2019t need anyone potentially stalking me).<\/p>\n I also had a lovely trip to a local bookstore and stationery store with a friend and then we hung out with their partner for a little bit (found out Minecraft<\/em> is too much for me due to my motion sickness; maybe I should get one of those specialized glasses that make my eyes look like they\u2019re drowning) before I had to head home lest I want too many questions. I found out they carry a few items from one of my favorite small businesses (Unicorn Eclipse<\/a>!), so that was a delightful discovery. Outside of the two books from earlier in this post, I got this very delightful \u201cThis is Fine\u201d figurine. It was the last one at the time and in true friendship form, my friend was very much the devil over my shoulder telling me to get it.<\/p>\n I got my first ink bottle for my fountain pen, though! It\u2019s Diamine Brrr! from their Inkvent Teal Edition in 2025, and it sparkles a little. Sadly it doesn\u2019t show up on cheap paper, but I honestly expected that to happen since 1) I prefer fine nibs and 2) cheap paper. I\u2019m also not a huge fan of a lot of shimmer in my ink, so I was very intentional in choosing my first bottle even though I spent way too much time debating between quite a few different inks.<\/p>\n The others I was looking at for the curious folks:<\/strong><\/p>\n I could\u2019ve gotten another one, but cartridges have given me a good estimate of how quickly I go through ink (roughly), and I think I\u2019ll be good for the next year with the one bottle even if I use it daily. I\u2019m also not the biggest fan of glass bottles so I really don\u2019t want them clacking against each other or risk breaking them even if the chances of that are fairly low. But since I\u2019m coming back later this year, I might buy another bottle* depending on how much I have left in the first.<\/p>\n *\u201dNo, Hannah, don\u2019t! It\u2019s only downhill from here!\u201d \u2013 the fountain pen people in my life.<\/p>\n I\u2019m learning just how thorough I need to clean my fountain pens with the shimmery ink, and that I kind of need to use it daily (at most a day can be skipped) to keep the ink flowing. Luckily I really like the color I got (I\u2019d hope so considering I spent so long trying to decide \ud83d\ude2d), and I got some Mohjohn A1 cartridges that come with a stopper so I can use it with my Pilot Vanishing Point Decimo, which is my current daily driver (after using that for about a week or two and now nearly 3 months, I\u2019m thinking I really should\u2019ve just gotten the VP from the get go). I honestly wish the empty cartridges for international short and long converters had a stopper, though; I\u2019m finding I like to carry 1-2 additional cartridges with me in case I run out on the go.<\/p>\n And then not long after I found that my Cinnamoroll pen case that I got a few years ago is starting to peel (the very one I listed in my 2025 Stationery Faves<\/a> that they no longer carry). T_T It\u2019s still usable at least, and thankfully I did get another pen case a few months ago (when I first got it I looked at the material and figured I would get at least 2-5 years before I would need to replace it so I knew that it was coming but I\u2019m still sad about it*), but I still need to move my stuff over and take it out for a run in my usual bag to see if it fits. I think that\u2019ll be a September plan.<\/p>\n *First World Problems.<\/p>\n This was kind of hastily put together (considering the time it went up isn\u2019t my usual time oopsies; in my defense it was too hot to finish this last night), so if you see a little typo anywhere, no you didn\u2019t. Anyways, tell me how August was for you!<\/p>\n Hannah has a penchant for chaos, which is probably how she ended up blogging since 2012. That, and she was probably too expressive for her parents to handle, so it had to go somewhere. She can be found occasionally at The Arts STL<\/a>. If you\u2019d like to fuel her boba addiction or just enjoy her posts and want to support her, stop by her KoFi<\/a> or Buy Me a Coffee<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One thing I forget about August is planner season being under way and all of the Hobonichi lineup reveals, which means all of the planner companies are also doing reveals. 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