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chocolatepotThe trouble with eBay is that I am a very, very competitive person. I try not to voice my competitiveness when I'm not just with my family, because it's really not an attractive quality, but I really am. I think it's what makes me occasionally so miserable when I'm feeling like crap over my job prospects - I always need to win, to get the highest grade, do the most thorough research, &c. &c. so I'm always comparing myself to other people, and it's dire when I'm not in the lead or at least a close second (depending on who the first is). And with eBay, you're always competing. So when there's a Delineator from 1886, and I want it, and someone else has bid on it already, it's like ... MUST WIN. MUST NOT LET THEM HAVE IT. Completely separate from how much I would actually like it for myself, I just absolutely hate losing auctions. And so I spend the last ten minutes obsessively refreshing the listing until I'm certain that I've got it. I think I'm done for a while, though, if only because I've bought nearly everything.
But now I really need to figure out what I'm going to do to share them, because that is how I justify spending the rather inordinate amount I have over the past week or so. Flickr and Blogger/Picasa want hosting fees for any real volume. Pinterest is very awkward for this kind of project. Maybe Mediafire, for a short time? That could be interesting. Or is there a way to upload to Google Books? Must find out.
In slightly related news, my heroine is blitzing through a dinner party that's supposed to be horrible for her. She was supposed to be loathed by the hero's family, but his father is clearly coming to respect her for standing up to him and his mother is happy with the way she's defending her son, why is this happening? I raise my eyebrow sometimes when people talk about characters telling them things but I seriously didn't intend for this to happen. Fortunately the brother and his wife have no reason to get along with her and will almost certainly continue to hate her guts.
But now I really need to figure out what I'm going to do to share them, because that is how I justify spending the rather inordinate amount I have over the past week or so. Flickr and Blogger/Picasa want hosting fees for any real volume. Pinterest is very awkward for this kind of project. Maybe Mediafire, for a short time? That could be interesting. Or is there a way to upload to Google Books? Must find out.
In slightly related news, my heroine is blitzing through a dinner party that's supposed to be horrible for her. She was supposed to be loathed by the hero's family, but his father is clearly coming to respect her for standing up to him and his mother is happy with the way she's defending her son, why is this happening? I raise my eyebrow sometimes when people talk about characters telling them things but I seriously didn't intend for this to happen. Fortunately the brother and his wife have no reason to get along with her and will almost certainly continue to hate her guts.
