So, no job for moi. I’m sure everyone is tired of hearing about it. So am I. I’ve pretty much defaulted to selling shit on eBay for the rest of the summer. God knows I have some excess built up around here. The work is interesting enough, and it keeps me out of my own head. That’s the most important thing.
eBay, and politics. My family has fallen prey to the election year, it seems – a chorus of voices emanates from the living room every time Hardball is on, often including my own. I park in the recliner in front of the television, jump between the cable news channels, and write listings. It won’t put my finances anywhere near what a job would, but it’s income. It could be a lot worse. For one, I could have not snagged that Altec driver off the Ann Arbor craigslist three months ago. Then I’d really be in a world of shit.
All this free time and e-commerce shit has provided me numerous opportunities to hone my photography skills. I’m especially proud of this one:
Click for a bigger version, that puny scaled-down thing really doesn’t do it justice. Just check the color balance on that! Those contrast ratios are my kind of thing.
Really, you can do wonders with a decent digital camera, a tripod, and a little bit of Photoshop (but not too much). Really, I wonder why more people don’t go that route. You’re not going to sell that McIntosh with a cell-phone photo.
But anyway, regarding eBay: the economy’s in a bit of a nosedive, but people still seem to buy shit there. I guess it’s the tax rebate, or something. I don’t know.
