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I left some stuff for sale at a local convention, not expecting to see any of it sold and worrying about having to bring it all back again.

Well, I was wrong. All but three things worth less than 20 in total is now sold. It's something silly, but I'm just happy I managed to sell them instead of having them around, gathering dust. Hope to keep selling stuff, I have A LOT of money in stuff I don't use (Magic cards, video games, etc.)

Smile: I just got back from a super cool weekend. The Legacy Music Hour did a live podcast recording in Massachusetts on Saturday, so I spent the morning at the Bit Bar Arcade sitting in on that and eating Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs (the place had an open cereal bar for us), then spent the afternoon tromping around Salem with Brent and Rob, then headed back to the bar at night for about a three hour long VGM danceparty. And then a small group of us went out for a midnight dinner to top it all off. I also got to meet out-of-town podcast hosts and podcast listeners alike all throughout. It was so much fun.

I think the best part was how relaxed it all felt. Since the recording was at 10:30 AM and the dance party at 8:30 PM, there was so much downtime in the middle to just hang out at the arcade and play games, eat, whatever. Rob got a Street Fighter II tournament going, of course, there was pinball in the back... I even got on the bar's top ten high score list for Galaga even though my score was not remotely impressive. It felt like an infinite day, stretching lazily on and on.

At one point we were wandering around an old graveyard and Rob started playing this tune on his phone. I thought it was funny the first time, but when we passed the graveyard again and he did a reprise, it was even funnier.

Anyway, I've said it a few times to different people, but if you could go back and tell 7-year-old baby Key that in 25 years she would be dancing to a VGM DJ set with people who loved video game music as much as she did, baby Key would have believed the future was made of magic. And it was, really. They played a few tracks between them that were things so beloved to me in childhood that as I was dancing, I closed my eyes and really did feel like I was little again.

: Been hiking a ton recently and I'm still psyched up about trying the Appalachian Trail next year. Good news is I have everything I need to hike the trail right now bad news is thanks to a few cheapo items and winter gear my pack is 50lbs right now and I want to try to dial it down to at least 40 so if I have extra cash I'm going to upgrade some stuff.

: Don't really like eBay but it is still about the most efficient way to sale stuff online right now so I've gone back to it for now. Will be a "power seller" by the end of the month for the first time ever as long as I don't make a 0.0001% error on something or get a single disgruntled buyer every 200-300 customers or whatever their insane policies are now .

Really need to pick up the pace my goal was to list 50 items a day and I've fallen way short of that since I've been hiking every day will probably cut down on that the rest of the month and focus on selling crap. Good news is I have a lot more money then I expected in my games so hopefully I have a pretty good cushion to live off of till I get my next job .

Key-Glyph wrote:Smile: I just got back from a super cool weekend. The Legacy Music Hour did a live podcast recording in Massachusetts on Saturday, so I spent the morning at the Bit Bar Arcade sitting in on that and eating Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs (the place had an open cereal bar for us), then spent the afternoon tromping around Salem with Brent and Rob, then headed back to the bar at night for about a three hour long VGM danceparty. And then a small group of us went out for a midnight dinner to top it all off. I also got to meet out-of-town podcast hosts and podcast listeners alike all throughout. It was so much fun.

That whole thing sounds like a blast. But I have an important question; what kind of milk do you use with your Reese's Puffs Cereal?

MrPopo wrote:That whole thing sounds like a blast. But I have an important question; what kind of milk do you use with your Reese's Puffs Cereal?

Nothing on it. Just dry.

I've been running a lot lately, not aiming for a marathon, but it feels like that is coming in a few years, and i love when people chase you with the looks.
I run at night so it is not as usual, they might think i am running from someone as i like to vary from jogging to sprinting lol

Sideer wrote:I've been running a lot lately, not aiming for a marathon, but it feels like that is coming in a few years, and i love when people chase you with the looks.
I run at night so it is not as usual, they might think i am running from someone as i like to vary from jogging to sprinting lol

Awesome! I also enjoy running (although I’m only OK at it). What’s your routine?

Gonna be a rough week or two. My friend got her dream job, which is good. But, that also essentially ends our friendship as she moves off somewhere for it. This really sucks- I honestly kind of hoped she wouldn't get it, as terrible as that is.

I had a super fun day out with a friend today ^w^
Her and I walked all around my old college town, got lunch, talked a bunch, and then played through Snipper-Clips and had a blast
Hopefully planning to hang out at my place next week and play Battle Block Theater and binge through a lot of fun TV on Netflix~