Satisfaction
- Wow, the second day of the garage sale was quiet. My friend was our first customer lol at about 9am. And yeah, didn't sell much during the day even though we brought a whole lot of new stuff in. But we're thinking about having another one next month or something after the New Year. That makes me happy, I love hosting garage sales now! Despite that, I was not really into it today for lack of customers.
The most interesting one today (creepy dude didn't return) was a, like, 15 year old kid on a bike. My little cousin was selling his GBA and games and a few accessories ALL for $20 and the guy was really happy and said he had to go pick up food and come back later with money and he did. He came back with a pocket full of change and said it was $23.90 all up and we could just keep it all. Turns out it was $26.90. He must've been stoked to get such a bargain although I hope he didn't break his piggy bank to get all that!
I ended up taking my uncle's retro-80s/biker jacket home with me after wearing it for the cold part of the day as well as another gray jacket thing hehe and a couple of brooches.
My cousin Laura, who started me on the whole guitar thing, had started herself on a $50 Reject Shop guitar about a month or two ago. The fretboard was all stuffed up (the strings kept touching it) and she broke the 1st string today and so she went to Billy Hyde to get it restrung with nylons. They told her her guitar was too screwed and restrung it for free (still sounded awful) and suggested a new one. She ended up getting a Stagg and took it home. Then we couldn't work out the free tuner so we went back to Billy and they couldn't work it out either! So she got it exchanged for a Korg one like mine and Caroline's. Anyway, I picked up a Fender acoustic while I was there and MAN, it is amazing the difference price makes with instruments! It sounded and felt so much more amazing than mine. And at $475 - so it should.
What a wonderful two days overall! I'm quite brown/burnt now. Cool.
- Capped internets until tomorrow. Woe.
- In other news, I don't know how I'm generally feeling right now. Holidays are over and I'm back working with my mum tomorrow bright and early. On the one hand, I feel that my relationships with friends is okay or beginning to be okay and I'm glad that I've got a "proper" hobby for myself that I enjoy. But on the other, bigger, hand I feel that my life is going nowhere. I mean, if I think about the BIGGER PICTURE - the seemingly "important" things for one's life is finding employment and finding a partner. I am not really gagging for "someone special" at the moment and I don't know... I feel like I'm never going to get over feeling uncomfortable socialising with people. I've tried to pinpoint the problem and I think it's just that I'm an awful conversationalist with anyone - I don't think there is anyone I know that I can hold an active, impressive conversation with...
So taking that into account (the not-desperation for that part of my life), finding employment is a bitch - has always been! Right now, I feel like if I find a proper job for myself (and in my parents opinion - which is important unfortunately) I will be quite content with life. I'm sort of thinking about it like a Last Obstacle. Which I am struggling to hurdle.
In summary, I'm just feeling very depressed about not finding any proper work for myself. And I feel that the last 15 or years of education has been a waste.
And don't get me started about how depressed I feel regarding my health FAT.
And lastly, on a happy note: I have named my guitar Lucy.
The most interesting one today (creepy dude didn't return) was a, like, 15 year old kid on a bike. My little cousin was selling his GBA and games and a few accessories ALL for $20 and the guy was really happy and said he had to go pick up food and come back later with money and he did. He came back with a pocket full of change and said it was $23.90 all up and we could just keep it all. Turns out it was $26.90. He must've been stoked to get such a bargain although I hope he didn't break his piggy bank to get all that!
I ended up taking my uncle's retro-80s/biker jacket home with me after wearing it for the cold part of the day as well as another gray jacket thing hehe and a couple of brooches.
My cousin Laura, who started me on the whole guitar thing, had started herself on a $50 Reject Shop guitar about a month or two ago. The fretboard was all stuffed up (the strings kept touching it) and she broke the 1st string today and so she went to Billy Hyde to get it restrung with nylons. They told her her guitar was too screwed and restrung it for free (still sounded awful) and suggested a new one. She ended up getting a Stagg and took it home. Then we couldn't work out the free tuner so we went back to Billy and they couldn't work it out either! So she got it exchanged for a Korg one like mine and Caroline's. Anyway, I picked up a Fender acoustic while I was there and MAN, it is amazing the difference price makes with instruments! It sounded and felt so much more amazing than mine. And at $475 - so it should.
What a wonderful two days overall! I'm quite brown/burnt now. Cool.
- Capped internets until tomorrow. Woe.
- In other news, I don't know how I'm generally feeling right now. Holidays are over and I'm back working with my mum tomorrow bright and early. On the one hand, I feel that my relationships with friends is okay or beginning to be okay and I'm glad that I've got a "proper" hobby for myself that I enjoy. But on the other, bigger, hand I feel that my life is going nowhere. I mean, if I think about the BIGGER PICTURE - the seemingly "important" things for one's life is finding employment and finding a partner. I am not really gagging for "someone special" at the moment and I don't know... I feel like I'm never going to get over feeling uncomfortable socialising with people. I've tried to pinpoint the problem and I think it's just that I'm an awful conversationalist with anyone - I don't think there is anyone I know that I can hold an active, impressive conversation with...
So taking that into account (the not-desperation for that part of my life), finding employment is a bitch - has always been! Right now, I feel like if I find a proper job for myself (and in my parents opinion - which is important unfortunately) I will be quite content with life. I'm sort of thinking about it like a Last Obstacle. Which I am struggling to hurdle.
In summary, I'm just feeling very depressed about not finding any proper work for myself. And I feel that the last 15 or years of education has been a waste.
And don't get me started about how depressed I feel regarding my health FAT.
And lastly, on a happy note: I have named my guitar Lucy.