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i took a nap following work and then went to run at brmhs's track.
Good Will had set up several booths and stands, apparently having some kind of outdoor bazaar.
i was a little annoyed because a crowd was building up, but i could still continue to use the track.
running by, i noticed that the items being sold were extraordinary.
for example, there was this set of 4 monumental pieces.
each had treelamp streetlights featuring chandelier bulbs + what looked like a different iron-cast parkbench for each, set into this marble base.
as i came closer i saw that the pieces were part of some ornate kitchen set using a courtyard motif with all the different appliances. each was only $97.23. the set had been cut into smaller pieces for easy transport, to be put back together again in someone else's house.
i pondered running back home to grab my credit card.
the crowd was deep at this point and the track had become a full festival.
apparently Lionel Richie, due to circumstances unmentioned, had been forced to sell most of his possessions.
he was allowed to sell the majority of it through a private auction where he could name the minimum opening bids. the rest would be sold through Good Will, pricing at their discretion.
of course he wasn't there, just the merchandise.
i came across this stand set up with a load of knick-knacks.
stacked and thrown near the stand was a collection of six 16x20 inch paintings.
each had a different black 1920's pin-up star on them, rendered pretty realistically, yet using glass as the medium.
Good Will had priced them individually at $219 each.
rummaging some more i came across at least 8 of Richie's violins.
there was a little price tag on one that said "$147. best quality" written with dull pencil lead.
i opened the case just to look.
the violin, made by Pittsveigler (wtf), was antique but still playable.
there was another violin, by another brand, probably "best quality" too, though Good Will decided to mark it down to $7.41.
i went to my car to get the cash i did have one me.
even in the seconds after i finally awoke, i was struggling with vague conflicting thoughts of "what a bargain" vs. "poor Lionel; imagine what all of these are actually worth."
though i'm always weirded out by the details i choose to embellish subconsciously, ex. coming up with names like Pittsveigler, written in a distinct cursive on the head of a violin,
i can correlate everything in that dream with actual occurrences of the past 3 days.
tralala.
i'm obviously off work completely this evening.
this is my second to last friday at WH.
just one more week left there.
Good Will had set up several booths and stands, apparently having some kind of outdoor bazaar.
i was a little annoyed because a crowd was building up, but i could still continue to use the track.
running by, i noticed that the items being sold were extraordinary.
for example, there was this set of 4 monumental pieces.
each had treelamp streetlights featuring chandelier bulbs + what looked like a different iron-cast parkbench for each, set into this marble base.
as i came closer i saw that the pieces were part of some ornate kitchen set using a courtyard motif with all the different appliances. each was only $97.23. the set had been cut into smaller pieces for easy transport, to be put back together again in someone else's house.
i pondered running back home to grab my credit card.
the crowd was deep at this point and the track had become a full festival.
apparently Lionel Richie, due to circumstances unmentioned, had been forced to sell most of his possessions.
he was allowed to sell the majority of it through a private auction where he could name the minimum opening bids. the rest would be sold through Good Will, pricing at their discretion.
of course he wasn't there, just the merchandise.
i came across this stand set up with a load of knick-knacks.
stacked and thrown near the stand was a collection of six 16x20 inch paintings.
each had a different black 1920's pin-up star on them, rendered pretty realistically, yet using glass as the medium.
Good Will had priced them individually at $219 each.
rummaging some more i came across at least 8 of Richie's violins.
there was a little price tag on one that said "$147. best quality" written with dull pencil lead.
i opened the case just to look.
the violin, made by Pittsveigler (wtf), was antique but still playable.
there was another violin, by another brand, probably "best quality" too, though Good Will decided to mark it down to $7.41.
i went to my car to get the cash i did have one me.
even in the seconds after i finally awoke, i was struggling with vague conflicting thoughts of "what a bargain" vs. "poor Lionel; imagine what all of these are actually worth."
though i'm always weirded out by the details i choose to embellish subconsciously, ex. coming up with names like Pittsveigler, written in a distinct cursive on the head of a violin,
i can correlate everything in that dream with actual occurrences of the past 3 days.
tralala.
i'm obviously off work completely this evening.
this is my second to last friday at WH.
just one more week left there.