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[tinkaton]

➤ All I ever post these days is pictures of stuff I've bought, but that's because I'm not doing anything exciting except buying things. The world's a hot mess and I'm stuck in treat yo self mode. Anyway look at my amazing new shirts.


(Click to enlarge) In my defense, two of these are for work lol.
Some people on social media had teased that Arcane shirt being in stores at Hot Topic but it WASN'T ON THE SITE so I basically just stalked their site until it was finally put up and then I bought one immediately. I swear they only printed like, 10 of these things because it's already out, I don't know why Riot is so deathly allergic to making Jayce merch. Or Viktor merch where he's not in his Herald form.

(Then again, the monkey's paw curled so hard on this one because there'd been leaks about a Pop Mart collab for Arcane blind boxes so I was excited to see what they'd have because they've done some cute League figures before. And they turned out HIDEOUS like holy shit. They want THIRTY ONE DOLLARS for a single blind box. Insane. They finally release Jayce and non-Herald Viktor merch and it's like a slap in the face. But you know what, good for me at least I don't have to spend money on it now!)

The DnD themed shirts are for summer reading this year! The art's by Carey Pietsch, who illustrates the Adventure Zone comics. :D The dragon one in the middle is long-sleeved, the DnD party on the right is short sleeved. They were both soooo cute I couldn't decide which one so I shelled out for both lmao. But hey, more clothes I can wear to work!

➤ I took these last two days off from work and I've been trying to use the extra time to poke away at my current fic that I should've finished weeks ago (it's for a monthly fic challenge, I'm still working on March's and haven't even started April's yet lol). It's much more "serious" than my usual fare which I think is what's been blocking me. Well that and the fact I've been very bad motivating myself to write lately. I'm going to TRY to finish it this weekend though...

➤ New game mode in Overwatch! Has anyone tried Stadium out yet? I played a few matches, it's been pretty fun so far but I'm still trying to memorize all the item perks and such because right now it's taking me forever just to go over everything between rounds haha. Also that magical girl skin line is SO cute wtf... I want Kiriko's skin so bad 😔

➤ Wrapping up this post and my coworker texts me that our nail polish order from Mooncat arrived lmao I got peer pressured into getting actual polish, originally I was just going to snag a bottle of their fast dry top coat off ysay's recommendation, but my Mooncat-collecting coworkers were like you should get some polish too...so I did. I am weak. Their colors are SO cool though? I ended up picking Antifragile and Strangeberry. Now I just need to actually stick to painting my nails more than once a year!

Comments

[matsushima]

Is your library selling those t-shirts online, or only in person? I'd love to buy one!

[tinkaton]

They're from iRead! They usually have several cute designs every year (last year I got a shirt with an adorable otter on it) but this "level up" theme is probably my fave I've seen from them.

[lizardjay]

Nail polish! Those are so pretty. I'm trying not to buy more nail polish because I have so many but idk... It's nice that you could get in on a group order!

[tinkaton]

I have a ton of of old polishes I need to see if they're still usable, it's so fun to get new ones but I don't think I've ever used up a bottle lmao. I gotta finish the old stuff before I let myself get more!!

[adore]

That Antifragile nail polish is GORGEOUSSSS! And the library t-shirts are so fun :D

[tinkaton]

That's the color that initially caught my eye, hopefully it looks as cool in real life as the photos!

[straightforwardly]

I love the shirts! I agree that the "level up" ones are super-cute, both in design and concept.

[tinkaton]

The iRead program we get our shirts through usually have at least one pretty cute design but this year they really hit it out of the park haha.

[svgurl]

Those library shirts are awesome! :D

Good luck with the WIPS! I hope motivation strikes and lets you finish them.

Oooh pretty nail polish colors. I especially like the Antifragile one.

[tinkaton]

Thank you! Since posting this entry I DID at least finish the extremely belated March challenge fic! Miracles CAN happen if you just force yourself to make them happen sjdfhskjfs

The Antifragile polish looks so cool, I'm excited to try it!

[anirrationalseason]

Ooh, I love the library T-shirts! That reminds me, I should update my wardrobe with some new ALA Summer Reading T-shirts this year.

[tinkaton]

Now is the time of year for new reading shirts! ♥

[greghousesgf]

cool nail polish!

[tinkaton]

That site has some super cool colors/styles! I'm excited to try them.

[meikuree]

omg, that nail polish is so pretty! and same here on having nail polish but not doing anything with them > once a year, lol.

[tinkaton]

I used to buy sooo many cheap polishes, I need to go through them all and start using any useable ones haha.

[kissed]

LEVEL UP AT YOUR LIBRARY OR ELSE 🔫

I'm surprised there's so little merch of those guys (they're the gays...... right... idek) with how popular they are. That is my grievance with a lot of companies, even when like, Baldur's Gate 3 was at its peak why are you making one shirt each for everyone........

Man I NEED to try their nail polish one day (Holo Taco too)!! Lovely colors!

[tinkaton]

sdhfjshdf READ OR GET OUT OF HERE 🔫 that's going to be next year's summer reading slogan

lmaooo yeah they're the gays. I can only assume it's some combo of Riot being Riot and also them stupidly not realizing how popular they'd be. I can almost believe it re: Jayce because I think he's not super popular with League players? and that carried over into Arcane season 1, but all the haters LEARNED HOW WRONG THEY WERE in season 2 and totally flipped on him haha.

I have yet to try either polish I bought yet haha but my coworkers really seem to like that brand. Their colors are all super cool!