Posts Tagged ‘eBay’

Let It Be


06 Jan
Boudha-sur-rivière...!!!
Image by Denis Collette…!!! via Flickr

I thought I’d beat my head into my desk in order to knock something out of it to write about, and then I saw this photo of Buddha. First I heard the Beatles crooning, Let it be, let it be, there will be an answer. let it be. Good words, those.

I don’t know why, but this blog lately bugs me when I look at it. Not the front page that you see, but this posting form. It’s like looking at a brand new blank journal and not having a thing of intelligence to write.

Why must I write something? Why allow myself to be so pressured? Habit, I suppose.

Let it be, let it be, there will be an answer. let it be.

I then look at my epic fan fiction and I just have to wonder at myself. Almost 300,000 words over six months and it’s come so easily. Damn that.

What’s different about that story and writing on this blog?

Somewhere along the line, probably near the beginning of 2008, I started forcing myself to post in this blog. Next thing I knew I was staring at this posting field on a daily basis thinking to myself, I MUST WRITE SOMETHING INTELLIGENT TODAY.

I have no life. I don’t go anywhere and I read a lot. I shop at Amazon and eBay. My bum goes numb in my desk chair, and my eyes are going bad from my time in front of the monitor.

Ahhh yes, so thrilling.

This is what I like to write. Just going off in my mind and following little strange threads of thought to see where they’re going. Maybe not something most people want to wade through, but people do drop by, read, and comment, so I must be making some sense to several someones out there. As for an intelligence factor… well, I’ll let someone else be the judge of that.

Seems to me I just need to quit worrying about my lack of exciting life and just write whatever comes to mind. If I spin you, my helpless reader, that should keep me sufficiently entertained until the next thought thread goes whooshing by.

And on that note, here are those philosophical four:

Let it Be.

eBay Notes


06 Dec

My husband has a singularly wicked sense of humor. It’s kind of like a cobra strike; you never see it coming.

One of the things my husband likes to do, when he is at work and has way too much time on his hands, is to go and browse around at eBay. Sometimes I shop for clothes on eBay and so there almost is always something on the watch list. Lately I’ve been going back the next day to check out my watch list and this is what I’ve been seeing:

eBay screenshot

Click on the screenshot to read the comments highlighted in yellow.

My husband’s slightly crass, tongue-in-cheek humor stems from a favorite book of his called In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot by Graham Roumieu. The illustrations are wonderful and the book will make you laugh until you’re weeping.

Tired But Good


26 Dec

Got all the relations talked to yesterday. Always good to catch up with my brothers. Of course, since Jack’s online, it’s not difficult catching up with him. Jim doesn’t “computer” so we talked for awhile, got a bit silly over ulcers and alcohol, and dreamed about our favorite chocolate confections.

Christmas is over and I’m breathing a sigh of relief. Even though we didn’t do much in the way of decor, it still managed to get under my skin. New Year’s Eve is no big deal. I’ve never been into celebrating it other than to have an extra day off from work when I was working.

Is anyone into ACEO/ATC? I’m going to dive in with some of my artwork. This might be a good way to sell small pieces of my art. If you’re into it (Art Cards, Editions and Originals/Art Trading Cards) let me know so I can pick your brain.

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