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Lateshift XIV: The Search For Pie

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20:38 / 29.03.04

I missed my e-bay auction for purple shoes, so I'm fussy. I'm probably gonna go get dinner soon. I took out another thirtieth of the university library, this time on Druids and Romans.

One of my cats is hiding entirely in my fiance's pants, which, fortunately, he isn't wearing, while the other one sits on the waistband so he can't get out.

It's that kind of a day.

20:38 / 29.03.04

The right to lie in history essays to make things more interesting/able to be written about would be great right now.

Or some pouting Jake Gyllenhaal action.

Goodness Gracious Meme

20:40 / 29.03.04

keg: : + p (lowercase)=

20:41 / 29.03.04

Pin: Just googled it and that's one nice piece of kit. Pricey at $99 but it looks well worth it, considering what it does. Still, if you can't afford...well...hmm.

Mazarine:
The only way that day could get any worse (or rather more interesting) is indeed if your fiance was wearing those pants.

20:42 / 29.03.04

During the one history module I did in my degree I was hopelessly out of my depth. On the day of the exam I was badly hungover and lacking sleep. I felt my chances of getting higher than 40% were pretty much shot so I started making up facts, and using metaphors like 'On the monkey of history, this man was surely sitting on the tail'.
This story would be so much better if I got a fantastic grade. Shame I got 32%.

20:43 / 29.03.04

ancient, elephant-sized beer/wine barrels. LOL! Actually the only time I've ever seen an actual wooden keg (its all glass carbouys now-a-days)being used by someone in the family was to collect sap for making maple syrup.

20:43 / 29.03.04

I hate missing the deadline on eBay auctions. You'll watch something for a couple of days, then it'll end while you're combing the goldfish, or doing something equally banal.

Goodness Gracious Meme

20:44 / 29.03.04

I don't know, that might be the only thing that could rescue Maz's day...

Pin, I'll swop you. You find me Zoe Wanamaker, Stephen Fry and Jude Law, and get 'em to re-enact 'Wilde' in my flat, and I'll see if I can get you some Gyllenhaal action. (want 'em both, if i can get 'em)

20:45 / 29.03.04

While you people are getting each other some action be one the lookout for some Audie England action for me.

20:46 / 29.03.04

Rah. Thanking you kindly.

Goodness Gracious Meme

20:48 / 29.03.04

I dont understand EBay, I'm a tech-illiterate, it confuses me.

(a friend of mine went through a bad stage of getting stoned and then roaming round EBay buying shiny things. Thusly, I think EBay also scares me a litt.e)

20:48 / 29.03.04

Well, I'm off to bed. With the Gyllenhals. Night all.

20:49 / 29.03.04

the pleasures of ebay have thus far eluded me - i'm not sure if its cos there isn't much i want or that I'm far too lazy/lack desire to track down the odd objects of desire that elude me...

20:51 / 29.03.04

Weird Al's I Bought On E-Bay (sung to the Tune of I want it that way by N'Sync (Backstreet Boys?)

Yeah
A used ... pink bathrobe
A rare ... mint snowglobe
A Smurf ... TV tray
I bought on eBay

My house ... is filled with this crap
Shows up in bubble wrap
Most every day
What I bought on eBay

Tell me why (I need another pet rock)
Tell me why (I got that Alf alarm clock)
Tell me why (I bid on Shatner's old toupee)
They had it on eBay

I'll buy ... your knick-knack
Just check ... my feedback
"A++!" they all say
They love me on eBay

Gonna buy (a slightly-damaged golf bag)
Gonna buy (some Beanie Babies, new with tag)
(From some guy) I've never met in Norway
Found him on eBay

I am the type who is liable to snipe you
With two seconds left to go, whoa
Got Paypal or Visa, what ever'll please
As long as I've got the dough

I'll buy ... your tchotchkes
Sell me ... your watch, please
I'll buy (I'll buy, I'll buy, I'll buy ...)
I'm highest bidder now

(Junk keeps arriving in the mail)
(From that worldwide garage sale) (Dukes Of Hazard ashtray)
(Hey! A Dukes Of Hazard ashtray)
Oh yeah ... (I bought it on eBay)

Wanna buy (a PacMan Fever lunchbox)
Wanna buy (a case on vintage tube socks)
Wanna buy (a Kleenex used by Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre)
(Found it on eBay)

Wanna buy (that Farrah Fawcet poster)
(Pez dispensers and a toaster)
(Don't know why ... the kind of stuff you'd throw away)
(I'll buy on eBay)

What I bought on eBay-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y

20:51 / 29.03.04

G'night Biz.

I was addicted to eBay this time last year. The twin joys of looking at things you've always wanted and laughing at the shit that you could never possibly have desire or a need for were strangely therapeutic.

20:51 / 29.03.04

intoxicate retail therapy is always bad - oh for the halcyon pre web days when being drunk in a shop meant that you were likely to get thrown out rather than given a crewdit agreement...

20:55 / 29.03.04

I got it! I can actually afford it. It's just I'm affording it with a student loan.

I once aced a history exam I knew nothing about, by talking about modern economics and then throwing in something about enclosure at the end.

Now, ofcourse, I am totally fucked. Also, am not tired. Which is hardly surprising.

Goodness Gracious Meme

20:55 / 29.03.04

'night bizzy.

sorry pinster, looks like he got there first.

Sleaze: agreed. These days its dangerous to have intoxicants in the house, thanks to internet shopping.

I blame progress.

20:55 / 29.03.04

I recommend finding a significant other who will act as a surrogate common sense. That way, even if ze isn't present, you'll hear their voice going "You don't need that you bloody fool!" when you consider bidding on that shiny thing. Works for me. Haven't bought a shiny thing in months.

20:56 / 29.03.04

so pin are you selling shit on ebay aswell?

20:57 / 29.03.04

WEll I dont have a significant other and I havent bought a shiny thing in years. However my tinfoil collection is second to none!!!

Well, gotta grab some food then its off to work! G'night alls!

20:58 / 29.03.04

that works on shiney things but what about foamy things like more beer or greasy things like pizza?

21:00 / 29.03.04

My ebay experience led to me obsessively buying a huge collection of Doctor Who videos, piece by piece. Which I still have a couple of years later. At some point I’ll figure out what to do with them, now that I no longer have either a telly or video player. Aside from my current trick of descending on people’s houses with a sack of tapes and hijacking their living rooms for marathon Who sessions, because I’m running out of casual acquaintances I can spring that one on.

G’night Keggers! don’t work too hard!

21:00 / 29.03.04

damn - now i'm assessing the value of my comics collection via ebay...

21:02 / 29.03.04

No, I'm an awful hoarder. This is also the first thing I've ever bought on there.

And my other half's shit at stopping me with these things. The conversation today was "I want it!" "But you can't afford it" "You bought that dress!" "Fuck off".

The 4-track will, of course, come back to haunt me.

21:03 / 29.03.04

bedhead -seel em all on ebay then by a laptop with a dvd player with the proceeds and all ovem on DVD (this might end up being more expensive than simply getting a tv and video...)

21:04 / 29.03.04

G'night Keggers...don't forget: You're hosting the next party! Mwah-ha-ha-haaaaa!!! (cue lightning, thunderclaps and a dramatic organ).

I once started to assess the value of my Magic the Gathering cards online. Four hours later I went on E-Bay and nearly bought a fire-proof trunk. While I didn't end up buying it, I am keeping a very close eye on my mother. Mother's being the main reason most comic/trading card collections are worth what they are.

21:08 / 29.03.04

ooooh you bastards you've got me bidding on stuff on ebay - see how weak i am at midnight...

21:14 / 29.03.04

Can you tell us what you're bidding on, or is it hush hush in case we all want it?

21:16 / 29.03.04

oooh i'm safe again - in a fit of paranoia i decided to reset my browser's cache forgetting that that would shut it down and thus i now have to register right from the beginning - my natural laziness has again reasserted itself...

21:18 / 29.03.04

so, i'm curious - how long was it after registering that people bought their first thing off ebay?

21:26 / 29.03.04

They used to let you use the advanced search options without having to be registered, but that seems to have changed. It meant that you didn't have to register unless you wanted to place a bid, so that's what happened - I registered and placed a bid right away.

Goodbye money.

21:27 / 29.03.04

And is it really worth giving your credit card details to a bag internet company just so you can pick up a few comics for slightly less money than you might otherwise pay?

21:28 / 29.03.04

was your first bid successful?

21:29 / 29.03.04

I registered with the intent of buying an MP3 player...so in my case, it was about twenty seconds after the regustration confirmation came through. Since then, my purchases have been few and far between...

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