Garage Salin'

as you all know, i've been trying to sell off a few of my swords for many, many moons now. it has been a trying affair, and my success has been limited to the sale of a $20 ninja sword out of the trunk of my ford focus to a guy in a BP gas station.

...not so awesome.

as another kick in the nuts, i recently let another sales opportunity slip through my fingers. hunter's creek, our cozy, leave it to beaver-esque suburb of orlando, recently had a community-wide garage sale. i'd like to believe i could've possibly off-loaded a few of my wares had kris and i been able to set up a table and convinced a few passersby that they couldn't live without a tulwar or cavalry saber. call me optimistic, but i think it would've been possible.

anyway, our own chances squandered, we decided to put some cash in our pocket and see what all the rich people around us were dumping off on the lesser masses...

to make a long, long story short, we made out like friggin' bandits. for a measely $19, we scored hundreds of dollars worth of loot (the vinyl, which i collect as passionately as indiana jones collects shankara stones, especially was a good find). what follows is a brief list of our plunder:

- crab-shaped floating pool toy (not for me, for the baby) - $3

- the dark knight (dvd) - $2

- push and crawl learning playskool toy (again, not for me) - $3

- ten vinyl records (classic and 70s rock, most of them double albums and limited editions - very good find) - $1
- baby einstein's 'baby santa: christmas music box' (dvd) - $1

next year, when they do this again, i'm going to be ready for them. i saw no swords or knives being sold in the numerous subdivisions we drove through, which leads me to believe that not only are the people of hunter's creek unarmed and defenseless, but that there is definitely an untapped market that yours truly can break into: the arms market of the garage sale industry.

of course, taking this into consideration, yours truly is left with a stack of swords in my closet for the next 364 days. that ain't so awesome...

- brian