Fitting

I came across this image and could not stop laughing - such a perfect shirt.  I was like, "That is me!".  I foget people are around and possibly looking and I just entertain myself.  I can let people in.  I am definitely social.  But I do totally have a laugh track that plays in my head as I watch this sitcom that is my life.

Aces

I was walking and saw this card sitting in the gutter.  So odd, so random - so of course I took a picture of it. What I thought though when I saw it was that even Aces can wind up in the gutter.  Good thing is that they do not have to stay there.  The next day I went on the same walk and it was gone.  Ah life is a mystery.

Salvation

Since my raise things are moving in the right direction.  I am so much better with money now after all of this but I continue to buy and resell on eBay.  Even though it is hit or miss - I never know what I will find, I have to find it at the right price and then I never know how well it will do or not - it has paid off, helped and I like doing it.  It is like a treasure hunt and then once I post them it is like gambling.  Today I had a really good day with my sales.  I had 17 items posted and 12 sold - for a good profit.  I focus on men's shirts - mostly polos and tee shirts.  I know all the brands that do well and what too look for, I have shipping down pat and just have the whole system worked out for myself.  It helps a lot too that the Salvation Army near here is like magic! I have all their sales down pat and work them to my advantage.  I feel a little bad making money off the Salvation Army but I am in need and I never play any games like asking for more discounts or anything.  It is insane though.  Last week I pulled out 3 Under Armour shirts and paid $8 in total for them - today they sold in total for $55 -- thumbs up.  One of those shirts even had price tags still on it!  This past Friday while looking for inventory I really did the happy dance - I found not 1 but 3 Burberry Brit polos for $2 each -- they are $150 shirts brand new.  I am super fussy to make sure that everything I get is in really good condition and these were excellent.  I could not believe it and even wondered if they were fake but I checked them over with a fine tooth comb with research on the internet and I believe they are real.  I posted each one for $10 with as much info and as many pictures as possible and they all had bids bids within an hour of posting them.  So I am already happy and if they get higher by time the auction ends in a week well then all the better.  

Domino

I watched a movie about teenagers and high school angst the other day.  It was alright but during the movie the female character references a song called "Pearly Dew Drops Drop".  That is a song by the Cocteau Twins which were very popular in the 80's so of course I was thinking about when I was in high school.  There was a bunch of us misfits.  I cannot even say were were all the braniacs because some of my friends I never understood how they even passed the test to get in.  Well one friend was kinda artsy and one was kinda rough and the artsy one introduced us all to the Cocteau Twins and got mad that the rough ended up liking them a lot.  It caused this huge, dramatic riff that made sense in the high school world but is laughable in the real world.  So silly and although I do remember all the details vividly I will just leave it at that - oh high school drama.

Today I was still thinking about the Cocteau Twins.  They were really amazing.  The singer sings in the amalgamation of languages, real and fake, and yet she still coveys passion, meaning and strength.  I pulled out my Treasure cd today and listened to it as I did stuff in the house.  It is one of my most favorite cd's of all time - Treasure is such an apt name for it.  I was enjoying the music and being productive but then my mind wondered as it tends to do on the weekends.  It wandered onto the fact that I have not made a video in ages and the Cocteau Twins would be perfect to make a video with.  Most of the images are ones that I found on the internet - a lot of stairwells and doorways - but I like them.  Plus it shows I do not just surf porn LOL.  I do not think I did the song justice, completely, but it is not a disaster either.  It was a creative wandering so I am glad with my Saturday activity.  Your thoughts?

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Soon

I booked my flight for August.  I arrive on Wednesday 08.07 and leave on Tuesday 08.13.  I am very excited and cannot wait.  It is always fun  to visit in August and we will be having a 50th Wedding Anniversary dinner for my parents - so they will be thrilled.  I just booked my flight yesterday and the odd part is that since I have booked it, I so excited to visit.  Truthfully since booking the ticket, I feel homesick.  Of course I want to be see my family and friends but also I just want to be in New England.  You do not see pictures like this in California.  I rarely get homesick so this has thrown me a bit.  Along with the homesickness I feel a touch of loneliness.  Some days I just do not want to go it alone.  I wanna stop over my sisters' houses unexpectedly just to gab.  I want to see green landscape and brick and houses painted colors other than sand.  I want to have good seafood and Chinese food.  I want to know where I belong in this world and know where I am going.  I want to speak like everyone else and maybe even get bitten by a mosquito .  It has me thinking and thinking and thinking and I cannot wait to visit.  

Carnegie Libraries

I intrigued as of late by the development of America especially in the late 1800's when we really come together as a country.  A lot of fortunes were made, both above and below the table, but when Andrew Carnegie became the the wealthiest man in the world, he left it all and focused on philanthropy.  Some say it was his guilt from having so much "dirty" money.  His prime focus was to build libraries across the nation and his foundation paid for 1,689 libraries in the early 1900's.  When something like this grips me then of course the next thing I think of is,  "I want to go to one".  Escondido had a Carnegie library but they tore it down.  As a matter of fact California had the second largest number of Carnegie libraries of any state and the majority of them are gone.  It kills me that California has no interest in its history.  Perhaps that is the Yankee in me coming out.  And speaking of Yankee, I then wondered where the Carnegie libraries were in MA.  After I looked that up, I became very happy as it turns out I have already been in a Carnegie library (several actually) -- the library in Melrose is one!  How exciting.  I spent plenty of time there.  Also Carnegie libraries are in Chelsea, Reading, Stoneham, and Rockport.  Wow so that went on and off the bucket list very quickly - how awesome.  Still leaves me with a sad feeling though.  Why does CA care so little it its history.  I know time marches on and you cannot save everything (there I said it) but somethings are worth saving.

Holy Smokes

Wow - this is my niece - how good does she look.  She is a sophomore but went to the junior prom last week - what a stunner.  I love all the color in this picture too.  I spoke to her tonight and she had an awesome time so I am very glad.  In addition to being attractive she is a very nice girl - very sweet and polite.  This picture makes me both happy and proud.  Yay.