Johanna-21-she/her

Just your friendly neighborhood bookstore clerk who decided to have a quarter-life crisis and rejoin this absolute bog of a website.

[1-800kanye]

u know whats wild. everyone on here like 20 and when i first joined everyone was like 14 15. u ask anybody n they been here for years. nobody new on here. staff locked the doors n were all Stuck Inside

[lupinelolita]

Tag your current age and how old you were when you joined Tumblr

[agentmika]

[bookstore-confidential]

what she says: i'm fine

what she means: sure the hobbit movies were a shitshow and didn't live up to the lotr movies and took wAy too many plot liberties but jesus christ the acting was so much more dynamic and at least we didn't have to sit through 11 hours of elijah woods' shitty english accent

[pukicho]

I hope everyone is having a fucking day

[pukicho]

[bookstore-confidential]

Item #2044743, $75

Enlightening Europe on Islam and the Ottomans by Carter Vaughn Findley

The cover on this book has the most pleasing, subtly cross-hatched, vinyl-y feel you could imagine. Forget the Ottomans, I'd buy this book just to run my nails over it for hours on end. All your friends will ooh and aah at this textural treasure. Board corners are bumped and spine is slightly cocked, but binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked; very good condition.

[bookstore-confidential]

Item #2044509, $500

Case Classics: Best in the Long Haul by Jim Parker and Bill Penley

I abhor the faux-rock background on these pages, it disgusts me to no end. Do not buy this book; the same effect can be achieved by alternating between staring at a rock and reading a book printed on a good Christian blank background, and you will save $500. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked; very good condition.

[745-deactivated20200621]

if u and I were little frogs. we could sit on leaves together. u ever think abt that.

[bookstore-confidential]

[weirdlandtv]

[donnerpartyofone]

I will never write anything this great in my life.

[afklancelot]

you’re laughing. olive oyl fainted after hearing the sad news that popeye has “bonkus of the konkus” and you’re laughing.

[photo-frier]

[doolerdip]

this passes the bechdel test

[toast-potent]

i was gonna say “but they don’t have names!” but they do. the blonde’s name is dumb thotticus and the brunette’s name is m-seq

[ifonlymp3-deactivated20220624]

strong contender for post of the decade

[studentlifeproblems]

[toastbutteregg]

[bookstore-confidential]

oldie but goodie

[bookstore-confidential]

Things my coworker did yesterday:

Convinced me they didn't have jumping jacks in Russia (he's Russian) and that he had never seen or done one, and then cackled with glee and confessed to his trickery after I demonstrated one. They do, in fact, have jumping jacks in Russia. Do not be fooled by your devious coworkers, my friends.

Shortly after this, the sound of crying babies started playing over the speakers. I assumed it was just the end of a song bc coworker had been playing some weird music, but then I went to change it and saw "crying baby sounds" pulled up on spotify.

It was a cursed day.

[tf2mobilegame]

not to get political but im begging you guys to stop coming to hawaii. in maui theyre asking to put a ‘pause’ on flights bc we literally do not have enough room or staff to service you. the roads are so full that its causing a major backup when ppl need to get to work.

on top of this, i heard that by September? theyre expecting to get rid of the mask rule (if 70% of ppl are vaccinated/all goes well) but ill be honest w/ you, i know many locals arent getting the vaccine and i know plenty of tourist arent gonna take the necessary precautions.

[oh-okay-kay]

homeless hawaiians aren’t even allowed to sit or lay on sidewalks to keep up the “paradise” image for tourists

[tf2mobilegame]

“Hawai‘i has the highest rate of homelessness per capita among the 50 states” (another source)

do you remember when zuckerburg bought hawaiian land in kauai? then filed lawsuits agasint families that lived their? that land BELONGS to the natives and its extremly harmful to the community.

at this very moment, hawaii is one of the most EXPENSIVE places to live on top of not having a liveable minimum wage ($10.10) this is why many children still live w/ their parents (+ having no space) in order to SURVIVE here, youd have to work full time for at least $15.50 (more links)

in this article it states that “The Living Wage Calculator from the MIT says that one adult in Honolulu needs to make $16.59 per hour for a living wage. If that is a couple with 2 children, each adult needs to make $17.70 per hour.”

everything is more EXPENSIVE; food, household appliances, clothing, etc bc everything is shipped there.

“the median price for a single family home in Hawaii was $885K. Condos are selling at a median of $454K.”

“Average rent in Hawaii (Oahu) for a studio will vary based on location but expect to pay around $1,670 with Waikiki studios going from $1,400 to about $1,700.  Average rent for one bedroom apartments in Hawaii (Honolulu, Oahu)  is $1,743”

[friedchiliflakess]

PLEASE stop vacationing in / moving to the occupied Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. You are actively participating in violent settler colonialism when you do, even if you aren’t white. Never in my whole life have I seen our airport THIS packed!!! Our islands cannot support this many people – especially during our dry season and in the middle of a PANDEMIC!

Tourism makes it impossible to keep up with the rising cost of living. It brings in revenue and with that, becomes the fake state’s priority. Tourism pushes native Hawaiians from their land and homes, puts locals at risk for covid19, directly harms the delicate environment and native species here, houseless folk (many whom are native Hawaiian) are being illegally swept to make room for tourists at beaches, and locals are being restricted and fined for using water on east Maui, all while hotels can use up all the resources no problem and our government approves a million dollar home construction for new part-time residents (when locals who have been here for generations are being thrown into poverty, barely staying afloat, losing businesses and even their homes). “Hawai’i has become the Blood Diamond of the Pacific. We are mined for our splendor, and our residents live the every day, complex consequences.” 

It’s absolutely VILE what is happening here. I hope yall know that Hawaiʻi was overthrown and occupied by the US military, and isn’t even legally a state! Hawaiʻi is not your vacation spot, so you better tell your family and friends to stay at home.

Here is a linktree by my friend with petitions to protect sacred, native Hawaiian land on Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi. Sign them.

Here are a few Kānaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) folk in need you can donate to (if you know more please add to my thread!)

[drunp-archive-deactivated201711]

this is peak Craigslist

[dankmemesreasonforliving]

[center4ants]

[bookstore-confidential]

clearly no one at hsmtmts has ever worked a service industry job bc honey that's not how tips work