why ebay is both good and bad for my soul

since being home so much lately i've had more opportunity to tool around ebay. this is both a good and bad thing.

i am currently in a bidding war on a snow globe. i will give you thirty seconds to mock me, starting now.

no but seriously. i love snowglobes so much but i never find ones i like bc i dont like overly christmasy ones and i dont like angels or carousel horses. i do think i'm going to start acquiring those cheesy plastic ones in touristy gift shops. but the one i found is so neat. its a ferris wheel. i know we've discussed my love of ferris wheels on here. this one is ww2 era from austria. how neat is that? but someone else out there also finds it awesome. and i'm nearing that price i put in my mind that i will not cross. and if that happens i will be a sad panda.

so thats the baddish portion. the good is that in a round about way ebay has accidentally made me feel better about myself. so i get many of my old black and white photos on this magical bidding site. in fact i just bought some of a far away land of people i dont understand. but in looking through the photos i always break it into the subcategory of original print, pre-1950, black and white. and do you know what most of the photos are? half naked women. and some very attractive half naked women to be more specific. with their garter belts and thigh highs and bustiers. and i think they are just absolutely gorgeous. and it made me feel alittle bit better about the way i look, bc i'm built more like the bettie pages of the world than the twiggys. in the famous words of sir mix-a-lot, i've 'got much back.' and i feel like i have to justify that in no way is this me being narcissistic, bc we all know i have the self esteem of a rock. but i just like seeing real women of real sizes and being able to admit that they are beautiful.

completely different topic- the number of times the Life Alert commercial is on the Hallmark Channel during the day is astounding. for reals.

but back to ebay. i'm looking for 2 things on there because of memories. one is a cameo necklace bc i remember my great grandmother wearing one and i thought it was the most beautiful thing ever. and the other, i cant figure out what it was called which has really hindered the whole locating process. i'll describe it and if you know what its called, you tell me, ok? for lack of a better term i want to call it a horizon sand art. its rectangular and the long portions are 2 panes of glass. well, i guess its 2 glass panes with a framing thing around it but theres space btwn the panes of glass for water and sand or metal shavings or whatever it is. so that when you rotate it the sand falls slowly in cool and unique patterns. my mom's dad had one and i remember that the glass was a strange purpleish color and the sand inside was grey and black so that when it fell it looked so cool and i could sit and stare at it forever. it looked like what i imagined the sand dunes of the sahara to look like.

so that is my ramble for the day. i hope you all are staying warm and happy. i love you all in my own screwed up way, the best way that i know how.