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Cake day: June 2nd, 2023

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  • Next Gen actually flexible livescribe fountain pen?? I honestly spent WAY too long trying to design a system that would automatically digitize what I wrote but work with a fountain pen. I eventually gave up and moved on to designing a system for a single handed braille keyboard to let me text while walking. Which I also have on hold. (I HAVE completed some projects, I have a knit shawl of silk/yak that I spun all the yarn for and then added 4000 beads to the edge work. I actually made two of them in different colors and materials. And I’ve made some crud apps and artwork. There is just too much that is interesting!)

    Favorite fountain pen and ink (or at least your favorite at the moment)?

    I love vinta perya (I dilute it further with water) in my Noodler’s clear flex pen. I have a million pens and inks but that’s the combo that makes me happy and that I keep going back to 💕


  • I also did well in school (have my Masters too!) and I got diagnosed with ADHD at around age 30 (I’m female so that made a difference in people’s expectations of how it presents). Totally no need to pathologize a trait or to pursue a diagnosis even if the traits do fir you, but I did just want to chime in that there are plenty of us who managed to defy the trope of “doesn’t apply themselves”.

    For me, I totally do what you do with hobbies! It’s actually why I went into library science - ADHD is my superpower that allows me to be a generalist :P

    I spent last night learning about wood pit clay firing techniques and learning about table saw safety. Why? Idk. I have Ehlers Danlos and I’ve had to give up sewing, spinning, etc, so it’s not like I’m going to be out there making slab tables or digging my own clay but… It’s REALLY fun to imagine and learn all about!

    I love learning about new hobbies and I so rarely find the hobbiest of… Hobbies! Thanks for sharing :)


  • I’ve been car free since I moved to NYC around 4 years ago and I love it. I do wish car rentals were easier for those odd cases where you need to move something big but don’t want a U-Haul, but I love just being walking distance from everything I need. My whole world fits within about two long city blocks.

    If I weren’t in the city (and specifically this city - Boston is not as friendly to car free folks) it would be a lot more difficult. I especially don’t know how people with disabilities manage because public transit here is, for me, not super disability friendly.