So, I've been conducting an inventory of my apartment, and I am somewhat shamed to admit that I just logged my 1667 DVD/BluRay.
Yes, even I was a bit surprised at the number. One Thousand, Six Hundred and Sixty Seven titles. Granted, when you work in video stores for 16 years, you tend to acquire some of your own inventory. Most were purchased at good deals, (or won for trivia knowledge), but I just cant seem to stop buying.
1667.
And that number doesn't include films on OTHER mediums, like digital copies or LaserDisc or even. (gulp) VHS. (Yes, even I still have a few of those barbaric relics laying about.) but still, this means that I could conceivably watch a new film every night for four and a half YEARS with no repeats.
The question now becomes, does anyone REALLY need this many movies? I mean, there are some nights that I don't watch a film at all. Some of the films on the shelf are ones I have seen several times, and some of them are ones I have never watched, just bought on someone's say so and never got around to them.
Please tell me I'm not the only one with this problem! Is there a movie buying group or program I can check myself into?
Hello, my name is Shaun, and I have a problem...
Showing posts with label Collectables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Collectables. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Recycling Your Collectibles
One of the things that geeks, (and most people in general) probably accumulate a lot of over their life times is collectables. Now, not to point fingers, but I am an obsessive collector. I have a movie collection, autographs, action figures (NOT dolls. Don't go there), books, video games, toys, movie paraphernalia and more that I don't care to think about. I haven't had to break down and rent a storage unit yet, but I'm sure my mom would like me to move some of my stuff out of her garage and basement.
Last year I was complaining about all of the Star Trek T-shirts I had purchased over the years at different conventions or what-not. Most of them didn't fit, (There you go judging again, I was in high school!) but being the obsessive collector, and because each of them did have some sort of assigned meaning to them, I couldn't bring myself to just toss them away. There had to be something that could be done. I hit upon the idea of making a blanket with them. Cutting up the panels of the shirts and then sewing them together into one collage. Great idea, and one that of course, I did nothing with. (I think that's something else I collect: wasted opportunities!)
My girlfriend Mel decided it should not be so, and embarked on a sneaky, underhanded campaign of lies, secret meetings and clandestine projects. In simpler words, she surprised me with it for Christmas.
Not only is this bad boy HUGE, (I like big blankets), eco friendly (since we're recycling) but it's incredibly warm, and with the sudden cold snap we're experiencing here, I love pulling it out of the closet and snuggling up with it. Our next project involves all those old, cheaply made Concert T-shirts that shrunk as soon as you got them home. Have any of those lying about you want to recycle?
Oh, and check out TeeFury, QWERTee, and Shirt.woot, these sites have new shirts daily, only available for 24 hours. There are other shirt sites, but these are my favorites. (And obviously, they're not helping my compulsive disorder.)
Last year I was complaining about all of the Star Trek T-shirts I had purchased over the years at different conventions or what-not. Most of them didn't fit, (There you go judging again, I was in high school!) but being the obsessive collector, and because each of them did have some sort of assigned meaning to them, I couldn't bring myself to just toss them away. There had to be something that could be done. I hit upon the idea of making a blanket with them. Cutting up the panels of the shirts and then sewing them together into one collage. Great idea, and one that of course, I did nothing with. (I think that's something else I collect: wasted opportunities!)
My girlfriend Mel decided it should not be so, and embarked on a sneaky, underhanded campaign of lies, secret meetings and clandestine projects. In simpler words, she surprised me with it for Christmas.
Not only is this bad boy HUGE, (I like big blankets), eco friendly (since we're recycling) but it's incredibly warm, and with the sudden cold snap we're experiencing here, I love pulling it out of the closet and snuggling up with it. Our next project involves all those old, cheaply made Concert T-shirts that shrunk as soon as you got them home. Have any of those lying about you want to recycle?
Oh, and check out TeeFury, QWERTee, and Shirt.woot, these sites have new shirts daily, only available for 24 hours. There are other shirt sites, but these are my favorites. (And obviously, they're not helping my compulsive disorder.)
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