#ntro9

New Post Office Bounty! 

Actually some old post office bounty too. I have to apologize to JM because you sent me salted egg treats in MAY, and I have only just now posted them, and also I fucking LOST YOUR USERNAME. I have a note with your username on it somewhere but I can’t find it. I did EAT them and they were delicious -- the chips had a very specific flavor that is tough to quantify, but was very nice -- and it’s inexcusable that it took me so long to thank you and that I don’t even have your handle. Please comment and tell me what it is. I am so sorry. 

Also there were many postcards! Clockwise from the Stone: 

The Stone of Destiny from @ntro9 -- I hope to have time to visit EVEN one Scottish castle someday! 

Good wishes for the cryptids from Pusheen and @nissus, and also the Cutest Sneeze from same; thank you for the sparkly stars and the birthday wishes! 

An anonymous but highly amusing Unbirthday Card that was sent in AUGUST -- I swear I’ve checked since then, but a bunch of my stuff apparently went into the box next to mine at first, if all the A3308 stuff I got in mine is anything to go by. I love the creep crepes menu!

The fancy retro card with the dome building is the Barnum Institute from @scifigrl47, and yes, SOMEDAY I will make it to the Big E. :D 

The Two Donkey Race is from @daroos -- thanks for thinking of me in Greece! And for not buying me any owls. :D 

And two cards, Born to be Mild and some very punny cheese from @la-rainette, who also sent me some nice birthday treats -- taffy, mustard (of course), and blue cheese shortbread, plus some fun socks, thank you! 

And finally, @memprime made me some delightful buttons of the Cryptids, which Polk thoroughly inspected and approved of, though she really would rather have been chewing the packaging they came in. Thank you!

POST OFFICE BOUNTY. OH man I am so late posting some of these.

Top, we have a package of the amazing and the strange from @221squee, who sent me cash, chips, and cards from Thailand, including an amazing “ghost card” with the legend of a ghost woman on it. Also that white packet with the squirming centipedes on it is centipede cough drops. Not gonna lie, I was nervous to eat them when I thought they were some kind of snack, now that I know they’re cough drops I’m even more hesitant. That said, I swear to try them for science. Thank you so much for the wild gustatory adventure I’m about to have! 

Middle photo, clockwise from top left: 

a lovely holiday card from @kayquimi which by request I am pretending got lost in the mail for a few months :D Proceeds from the card go to ODIS, which provides legal services for immigrants, so hooray! 

The red and gold print, which I believe is of a Kabuki actor, and the mystifying but charming little owl envelope and polaroid snap of a beverage case, come from a random Tumblr follower -- glad the packing spreadsheet helped you! 

The postcard of the buildings is from my own dear Chicago, the Riverview Condos, which are not far from where I used to work! Thank you @ntro9, I’m so glad you enjoyed Russian Tea Time and Pret.  

And the superheroes going on strike is from UNION AGITATOR @scifigrl47, who points out that the Atom’s protest balloon merely reads UNFAIR. 

AND FINALLY, bottom photo, thank you very much @superqueerpasta for sending me the astounding Tom Of Finland rubber stamps you came into possession of. I plan to make a lot of art with them :D :D Tell your ma I’m grateful.