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Date Posted: 00:57:09 12/12/02 Thu
Author: tint
Subject: Re: Opportunity versus Actualization
In reply to: Tarnish 's message, "Opportunity versus Actualization" on 23:18:28 12/10/02 Tue

Remember the cliches (paraphrased on-the-fly):

"The fun is in the journey, not the destination"

"Anticipation is greater than the realization"

So, spend all your time coveting things! That's the exciting part! Actually getting things is what sucks.

I used to collect sports cards. Back in '98 I just HAD to have a Kobe Bryant Topps Chrome Refractor rookie card. Second baby had just come yadda yadda and I couldn't justify the expense but one was about to be sold on eBay for a song. Okay, a song and a few hundred bucks (song optional). So I trumped with a last second bid and sold the very computer I'd used to place the winning bid to pay for it.

But, hey, a Kobe Bryant rookie card! THE rookie card! When it arrived in the mail I placed it on the desk where the computer used to be and stared at it. It wasn't quite big enough to cover the spot where the monitor stand had left indentations on the desk surface.

But, there it was, a colored piece of cardboard.

When people came over to the house I'd show it to them proudly. "Check it out, bro. Kobe Chrome." They'd pay disinterested homage before invariably asking, "Hey, where'd you move your computer to? I need to check my email"

Eventually I relisted the card (using the local library's computer) on eBay and broke even on the deal, except for the extra $100 I had to kick in to buy my computer back.

That card is worth $15-20k now.
Depression is imminent.

The moral: Everything is a paperweight, but not all paperweights can check your email.

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hey weezlboy, I miss you -- snotty, 18:08:56 12/12/02 Thu
- hey snotty, I miss you -- Su, 23:45:22 12/13/02 Fri
  - miss you, Su -- LS, 23:52:18 12/13/02 Fri
    - Re: miss you, Su -- Su, 18:36:20 12/14/02 Sat
  - Su! -- snotty, 11:11:58 12/14/02 Sat
    - lol, ummm yeah, good idea (NT) -- Su, 18:37:03 12/14/02 Sat
- Re: hey weezlboy, I miss you -- tint, 03:52:18 12/16/02 Mon
  - me too? (NT) -- snotty, 10:03:37 12/17/02 Tue