tfw...

A roof of cloud stretching to every horizon held the air motionless beneath it, as though the earth and sky, pressing towards one another, had squeezed away its breath.

—Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast

labeling and organizing is so much harder irl than on the computer

When I first saw people organizing stuff into boxes labeled with labelmakers, I just thought, that’s silly, why wouldn’t you just use masking tape? I do have a bunch of boxes inside the cabinets that have strips of masking tape labeled in Sharpie on them, and masking tape worked fine for my spice jars,


although in retrospect, I wish I'd just written directly on the jars with a paint marker.

Unfortunately, on a non-porous surface like glass, over time the glue penetrates the paper and the paper starts to degrade, and then it's harder to get it off and leaves a gummy glue residue. This is not what masking tape does when it's NEW: if you put a strip of masking tape on a cabinet or a wooden shelf or a glass jar or a Tupperware for a few days or even a few weeks, it peels off easily and cleanly afterwards. (I think I used oil to get it off last time I had to deal with old masking tape... but I can't remember for sure.)

So if I want to wash the spice jars and label them with chalk or paint pens instead, I'll need to set aside a bunch of time for that. 😒

This is how I've gone from laughing at home labelmakers to thinking I might need one, because what else should I use to label the fronts of these?


(This one contains paper and stationery and fountain pen paraphernalia, but we need another 1 or 2 for other stationery and craft stuff.)

Oh, and here's a bunny. Ro gave me thirty seconds before running off, which is better than the other pets?