During the time that there was no Internet (well, there is but a few people could afford it) and sending an e-mail was still a pain in the ass (e-mail client is still in blue screen, DOS mode, mind you[!]), people, particularly of my gender, collected stationeries like crazy.

Stationeries, like trading cards (i.e. Pokemon, Magic Cards, NBA Cards–the latter’s the counterpart), are available in various designs and can also be traded to fellow stationery collectors. The key here’s to buy a pack full of stationeries and trade some of them (but save a pair, say a paper and an envelope to your collection) and haggle for unique designs. Read the rest of this entry »