Seriously girly taste in coffee mugs.

But... oh hell, if we're back to pens again: As one of the original Jimnie/Sarasa fans, I found two more affordable substitutes:

"Universal" brand 39312 ("Gel RT"): Extremely affordable, very similar to the Zebra cartridge with deeply pigmented fast-drying ink. Also, decent industrial design and, though retractable, the button doesn't rattle.

Zebra Z-Grip ballpoint: Better fit-and-finish but clunkier to hold than the Universals. The trick here is that Zebra's regular ballpoints are all extremely smooth and gel-like.

I've run across some ludicrously smooth Bics lately too, but those seem to be given out by hotel chains and I don't know how to identify the specifically awesome ones over the counter.

On reuse: I also tried two relatively expensive Pentel Gels (the Hybrid as featured and.. some other one), in search of something both comfortable and refillable, and both kind of sucked. Why are all the best pens sold without refills in the US?