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Bad On Paper

Virgo Season: School Supply Nostalgia & Office Obsessions

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

Skincare, Beauty, Society & Culture, Comedy, Advice, Books, Arts, Careers

4.94.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

It’s back-to-school season! We don’t have a school to go back to, but that won’t stop us from stocking up on new office supplies for a little refresh. We talk about our love for back-to-school shopping, wrapping books vs book socks, finding the perfect bookbag, statement pens, Lisa Frank, and the “school supplies” we use in our adult lives. Olivia also treats us with some journal entries from her back-to-school era.

Becca’s adult school supplies are Legal Pads (both from Erin Condron and Amazon), her 5-year journal, lined sticky notes, Zeyar highlighters, Semikolon sticky tabs, her time timer, and her home printer. Sharpie fine-tip pens, Papermate Flairs, Pigma Microns, and a le pen for her 5-year journal.

Olivia’s adult school supplies include a spiral college-ruled notebook, 5-year journal, writing journal, TWSBI fountain pen, customized stationery from Papier, golden scissors from ban.do, Rifle Paper Co. grocery list/magnet.

Obsessions

Becca: Industry Season 3

What we read this week

Olivia: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Becca: Big Fan by Alexandra Romanoff (out 9/10)

This Month’s Book Club Pick: All Fours by Miranda July (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're going to go. Hi everyone welcome back to bat on paper podcast I'm Becca Freeman and I'm

0:21.9

Olivia mentor and today is the episode of my dreams

0:25.4

We're talking about office supplies. It's back to school and we don't have a school to go back to you

0:31.1

But we do have an office supply shopping problem.

0:34.0

Yes, this is your school supplies deep dive that I don't think anyone asked for

0:39.0

but we're giving it to you. I don't know. I feel like there's a strong overlap in the then diagram of people who like

0:47.3

reading books and people who like buying school supplies. I feel like these are our people. It's also Virgo season. Like I feel like these are our people. It's also Virgo season.

0:53.0

Like I feel like the podcast has very strong bookish eldest daughter energy.

1:00.0

Oh yes, don't get me wrong. I think everyone will appreciate this.

1:03.6

Oh, just nobody asked. Maybe not the first thing they're expecting.

1:06.6

Or actually, you know, they probably know us at this point, but I think it's going to be a hit.

1:10.8

Well, tell me your high before we get into the school supplies. My high is that on Sunday,

1:16.3

I had the genius idea of going down to the river, which is approximately a 25 second journey in my car.

1:24.6

And bringing my zero gravity chair in my book

1:27.9

and I just sat there by myself and was in complete silence except for the occasional boats going by and stuff.

1:36.0

It kind of sounds like the ocean because there's like waves or whatever you would call it, not waves.

1:43.3

When the boats go by it creates a wave, yeah,

1:46.6

I don't know, I don't know anything about water clearly.

1:49.4

Anyway, it was really nice just to be in nature

1:51.8

and to be like in silence and read and it was just like, oh, I can do this whenever I want, I guess.

1:57.0

I don't know why I've never considered this, but it was great.

2:00.0

You're throwing your heart out.

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