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scheming on how to steal blue ballpens from a bank

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My brother and I went to a convenience store to buy some snacks. He wanted to get a hot dog from the hot dog roller machine, but he couldn't open the door with the handle. After a while, I went over to help him open the handle, thinking about how I'll show off to him about how I can open a hard-to-open door handle. But when I pulled on the handle, I struggled to open the little door as well. Even when I tugged and pulled at it towards me in different directions, no matter how hard I pulled, it didn't open. Suddenly losing my motivation to showcase my competence, I eventually left my brother to deal with his problem by himself. It's not like I wanted a hot dog anyway. Though when I walked away to grab a drink, I noticed the two staff members at the cashier started laughing.

I didn't know why they were laughing, but I could make a good guess. They weren't holding a phone where they could've seen something on it, we were the only ones in the store, and we just did something funny right in front of them. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that they were probably laughing at my brother and me. If it were the case, I wouldn't even be mad at them. It was a silly moment. I even laughed internally after noticing them myself. After a few moments of laughter, one of them then approached my brother to help get a hot dog from the machine. I was curious about the proper and intended way to use the handle, so I peeked at my brother from the drink fridge. The staff member then opened the handle by pulling upwards, then pulling it towards themselves. I remember being so shocked when I saw that handle move. From the design, it wasn't obvious at all that you had to lift it up first, at least to me. After that, my brother and I paid for the stuff we got and went back home.

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Right now, it's 3am, and I'm watching a longsword duel from 13 years ago on a YouTube video with around a thousand views. What am I doing with my life...

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I went to a McDonald's drive-thru recently and wondered why it took a bit longer for them to complete my order. When I got my order, I saw a little kid at the cashier wearing a little McDonald's branded hat, and I realized that the branch was hosting that activity where they have kids come to their workplace. It made me recall the time when I also went to one of those activities as a kid, and I forgave the wait time in my heart. Take me back.

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I keep starting ideas for posts that were supposed to be short and sweet, but they keep turning into these ambitious ideas that need more time and effort to flesh out completely. More often than not, they just rot in my drafts, begging me to finish them every time I open the graveyard that is Google Docs.

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I snapped my wooden utensils on accident while eating and didn't have a spare, so I just ate my meal while holding the broken head of my spoon instead of the handle. It was strangely amusing to me, trying not to snap the spoon even further.

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Have you ever had that moment where you are about to walk around a corner, but you cut the corner instead by taking the diagonal path because it's shorter? People keep justifying their decision with the Pythagorean theorem, but when you actually try to connect the theorem with the scenario, it doesn't make sense. That's because the theorem that they should be actually using is the triangle inequality theorem, which directly tells you that the path with the corner is longer than the diagonal path. Ever since I learned this, I giggle a little internally whenever I see someone joke about cutting the corner because of the Pythagorean theorem.

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Conversations after midnight are pretty funny to experience since, technically speaking, the next day has already arrived.

"Are you gonna finish that sandwich?" "No, I'll just save it for tomorrow." "You mean today?" "...Right, today."

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I need to stop making things hard for myself. I keep placing unnecessary restrictions on what I do, like how I shouldn't take the easy way out of a situation. While it can improve my experience, it really decreases the number of things that I produce, and I lose all motivation to continue.

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It's so awkward whenever someone tries to shake my hand or give me a fist bump when I'm carrying something. If my left hand is free, I try to subtly encourage them to use their left hand instead by putting my left hand forward, gesturing towards theirs. If both of my hands aren't free, I just put the stuff I'm carrying down on the floor to greet them, and I can't help but feel embarrassed.

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Most toilets that I use usually have two buttons, one smaller and one larger, with the difference being in the strength of the flush. The intent behind the design was to provide the option to do a "half-flush" through pressing the smaller button, which used less water for flushing down liquid waste. Despite the best wishes of the designer and the toilet, I've personally flushed the toilet with the smaller button every time.

Whenever I did a half-flush for solid waste, the toilets would always flush properly for me without any issues. So I figured, if the half-flush uses less water and always flushes liquid and solid waste, I might as well just press the smaller button every time to save water on my bathroom trips.

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Life feels suffocating when the only things that plague your mind are what ifs and if onlys.

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Being able to rest after a school day feels so liberating; the long hours at school and the lack of sleep make the nap lift the figurative weight off my shoulders. Sometimes, I sleep so hard that once I get home, I don't wake up until the next day.

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I feel like I've had raindrops and leaves fall right on top of my head more often than anyone else, as if they are specifically targeting me for some reason. Every time it happens, I always look around, thinking to myself, "Did anyone else see that??"

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My hair has been drying up more often, possibly due to the rising temperature where I live or my inconsistent shampoo and conditioner routine. The constant dryness of my hair has started to bother me lately, and sometimes I like to imagine myself wearing a hat that seals the top of my head with a pocket of water inside that would keep my hair wet.

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Buying a game the weekend before my exam week was a mistake. I swear, I wasn't planning to waste time when I got it. It was on sale! For 75% off! I had to get it!

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I’m so hungry right now that even a slice of plain white bread would taste as sweet as sugar.

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Ordering chicken sandwiches for delivery has always been a gamble for me. Every time I'm halfway into eating one, it's as if my stomach flips a coin to decide whether or not to toss itself into a blender.