Jinked

All the zines I got in the mail today. I'm so excited!

I had looked at laser printers all day yesterday and part of the day today. I didn’t think it would be such an ordeal, one smothered with quick bouts of obsession and uneasiness. Why does making a big purchase always turn me into a quivering sack of bones? WHY?

I’ve been looking at printers because by the time I run my next zine, I want to have my own means to run copies. Donna has been so supportive and gracious, letting me use her printer free of charge, but it’s time for me to grow wings and fly away with the others in the world who are stuck with buying toner every few months.

I really appreciate all you’ve done, Donna. Seriously. You are an amazing woman. Thank you for all the free copies, but more importantly, thank you for believing in me. I think about what you said to me every single day. I will not die with a story inside. Never. <3

Donna gave me an old xerox machine today, which rocks. I’m trying to get it to work. It keeps saying there is a paper jam, so we’ll see. It’d be pretty sweet if it does work though. Copies! A lot of them!

In other news, my new mail carrier is an ass. I used to have this awesome mail carrier, who sympathized with me when I had a package stolen a couple years ago, and who went out of his way to make sure I got all of my mail. He has since retired, which is awesome for him. He deserves it!

This new mail carrier though, ugh! I want to grab her by the neck and shake her. I had gotten a package of zines today in a larger envelope and instead of just setting it by my door or leaving a note to say it can be picked up at the post office, she just bent the shit out of it, and crammed it in my tiny mailbox. All the zines are creased and bent in random places.

It’s just paper, cheap paper nonetheless, but still, it irks me. Next time I order from Click-Clack I’ll have her put a note on the package that says DO NOT BEND. Stupid mail lady.

I can’t wait to read the zines though. Looks like there are some good ones in the pile.

I ran off issues of all four of my zines at Donna’s place one last time today. Putting them together takes a lot of work. I need to look into my own long-arm stapler as well. I have Donna’s because she’s so sweet, and I lack an adequate stapler. :)