I just came back from a trip there and I had a BLAST.

I was a cashier at Central Market in college and during the 2016 primaries he bought something from the store late one night. My stoned 18 year old coworker ringing up his groceries squinted at him and asked if he knew him from somewhere. I think about that a lot.

ALSO. Keep in mind paper matters with fountain pens, too. I have Rhodia notebook that I exclusively use fountain pens on and it's so fun to write with.

I like scratchy pens with a super fine nib, so keep that in mind, but I really love my Platinum Preppy pen. I got the JetPens black pen sampler last year and it was a great way to test more inexpensive pens: www.jetpens.com/JetPens-Begi...

For a slightly pricier pick, the Lamy Safari rules too!

OK, listen, fountain pens can be way cheaper than people expect (like $3 to $5 for a perfectly decent pen cheap) and I will die on the hill that it's an accessible hobby.

Dear god, I thought maybe you were joking with your earlier post about how it looked bad, but that looks BAD.

Drop the "h"!

Also, some of us are trans men with a terminal case of trans guy babyface. :(