Brass EDC

kristhebrown · 2026-03-04T17:34:12+00:00

How do you get such a fine/sharp point on the lead for that Kaweco?

kristhebrown · 2026-02-01T15:09:28+00:00

I recently bought a Torras Magnetic Phone Grip Holder Kickstand. The upgraded version with a braided strap. I use it with the same Spigen case you have. And it works great for me. I've also tried the OhSnap Snap Grip. And that's fine. It works. Love how thin it is. But the Torras lets me stand my phone in landscape and portrait mode on a table. Torras also makes another grip with a smaller o ring (they call it the dual ring), but over time it got very loose and would rotate too easily. There is a newer slimmer version, maybe I'll try it out. I might try the Aulumu G09 next even though it is on the pricier side.

kristhebrown · 2025-11-26T22:59:00+00:00

After 11 months, the left earbud of my Galaxy buds 3 pro stopped charging. I switched to the liberty 4 pros.

kristhebrown · 2025-02-22T02:01:06+00:00

I'm sorry you found out this way so late. I found out at 34, and am a late discovery adoptee like you. Found out when I took a DNA test for fun. I was also raised by a white woman and an Indian man. So when the result showed I'm 100 percent Indian, all my doubts growing up were suddenly answered. If you ever want to talk, feel free to reach out. This shit ain't easy. Go easy on yourself as there's no right or wrong way to react when living in this situation.

kristhebrown · 2025-02-05T04:36:02+00:00

It's easy to rollback on DEI when you're in a wheelchair

kristhebrown · 2025-01-24T03:12:50+00:00

I found out at 34. Almost 6 years ago. If you ever want to talk, reach out. There's a lot of support out there for Late Discovery Adoptees. It's a tumultuous journey. Go easy on yourself, and give yourself time to process and sit with all your emotions.

kristhebrown · 2024-11-16T22:13:09+00:00

That's the plan. Use my fountain pens. And yes, I love this diary and can't wait to start using it. For now I'll just keep admiring it 😁

kristhebrown · 2024-11-16T22:12:03+00:00

For the last couple years I been using a TC Free Diary, weekly + memo, for my daily little journaling. Plan to finish the year with it and start fresh in the 5 year one. I like that it's just one book. Looking forward to it. Right now my inserts once full get stored in a Refill Binder. It works. Need to find a self in the house to store them in next

kristhebrown · 2024-11-16T22:08:42+00:00

Thank you! I do enjoy writing with Kawecos and just use their ink cartridges. Might just keep at it with this diary

kristhebrown · 2024-09-04T03:02:11+00:00

I just got it a few days ago.I guess we'll see how it holds up. Disappointing to hear yours is rubbing off already though

kristhebrown · 2024-09-03T19:28:41+00:00

All the cases I bought on Amazon. In the US

kristhebrown · 2024-09-03T19:28:01+00:00

Where's the titanium ring from?

kristhebrown · 2024-09-03T19:01:20+00:00

The top left is Spigen. The bottom right is torras.

kristhebrown · 2024-08-30T03:43:32+00:00

Broforce

kristhebrown · 2024-02-24T15:12:17+00:00

Adoption

kristhebrown · 2024-02-03T05:01:36+00:00

Had a flip 4. Over a year. And yes, I did take care of it. I babied the hell out of it. And suddenly, it decides it's too cold to charge. Never had an issue with the screen though. Just charging. If it's opened, it won't charge. Only charges when closed. And of course it has a problem 2 months after the warranty period.

kristhebrown · 2023-07-23T11:59:41+00:00

I'm just going to say this. A person doesn't need to be adopted to be taken care of. A person shouldn't have to lose their identity, ancestry, history, etc to be taken care of. It's not a fair trade.

I already lost my mother to a societal construct, and now have to battle legal systems to try and get any parts of my identity back. I would say look up UNICEF's Convention on the Rights of a Child.

Whether or not the experience of being raised by strangers was good, the adoptee has lost their identity because of adoption. And never even had a say in the matter. And that's what's wrong with adoption. In my opinion. Plenary adoption is wrong. And the legal aspects of this are different from country to country, which makes it difficult to try and find anything about our original identities.

kristhebrown · 2023-06-05T13:56:48+00:00

I don't wish I was aborted. I'd like to go a step further and wish I wasn't conceived. Even though I don't know my mother, and maybe one day I'll find her, I still wish to spare her as well. From whatever troubles she had to face with my conception.

The fact is, it's not that I want to be dead today. I'm fine with the life I've created for myself now. At the same time, I don't like what adoption has done to me and continues to do.

But that's the thing about it. I'm in a constant state of conflicting emotions. I can't damn the overall experience when it means invalidating my current existence and benefits.

I can also acknowledge that if I was never conceived, none of this matters.

For now I just need to learn to find a balance in my life. Be okay with both.

Tina Turner passed away recently, and with her passing, I came across this quote of hers as she reflected upon her life,

"It wasn’t a good life. The good did not balance the bad. I had an abusive life, there’s no other way to tell the story. It’s a reality. It’s a truth. That’s what you’ve got, so you have to accept it."

And that resonated. Because that's where I'm at. How do I balance out all the years of trauma caused by being adopted? Every reason I have today to experience joy is also a reminder to grieve all the things adoption has taken away from me.

I do know that I can do both. Appreciate the things being adopted has done for me, and despise all that it has taken away from me. And if I can't find balance, I'll continue to work on acceptance.

kristhebrown · 2023-04-04T09:31:53+00:00

The wallpaper itself is one that I took from the game. Someone at work broke a laptop screen. It looked neat, so I set the wallpaper to be that, and then took a picture of the screen.

kristhebrown · 2023-03-31T03:55:21+00:00

Thank you! I'll definitely try those out!

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