Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Today has been quite an up and down day. I went out to FedEx to get my business cards printed. I knew I didn't have TOO much time, and that business card printers are rather expensive. I decided on them, since they're close by and I wouldn't have to worry about shipping. I wasn't looking forward to the price though, considering it'd be around $45.00 + tax, and that's if I chose the basic one. On top of that, the minimum was 250, and I only need 50 at most. The worst part is that I really don't have much cash, so it hurt.

When I got there I said I'd be getting business cards printed, and he said, "How many do you want?" I said, "Whatever the absolute minimum is". He replied, "Well, you can get however many you want. 250 is just for our printing press." I found out it would only be around $30, and that they'd be done in a few hours. I was ecstatic.

I got a call around 9:00, saying that they were all done. Instead of waiting until tomorrow, I wanted to see how they came out so I went and got them right away. I checked them out to make sure they printed okay, and they seemed fine. When I got home, and on further inspection, I realized they were horribly thin. "I can't give these to designers. They can't even support their own weight." Mind you, this is for a class where we'll be meeting with local designers to show off our work. This is when I realized that this kind of business card was for local businesses who didn't care.

As each minute passed, I became more and more disappointed. I looked to my fragrance collection, and decided to make a few posts in some fragrance groups I'm a member of on Facebook. I told them I'd sell whatever I had. I need the money. I refuse to give out these business cards, and I don't know if they will return them.

In a few minutes time I get a message from one of the members. He's on my Facebook and I had conversed with him a few times previously. He asked, "What's your Paypal address?" I responded with it, and asked, "Which one are you interested in?" "Whatever one you like the least." At this point I realized it was almost like a donation, and I felt pretty damn elated that someone this kind existed. "Actually, whatever one you like the best", he sent shortly thereafter. I then checked my Paypal, wondering if he actually sent me something. I was selling everything for $35, with an exception of a rare one that was discontinued years ago. I was selling that one for $50.

He sent me $75.00.

He responded, "I already have too many fragrances. Just hold on to that one."

I feel like I'm on a cloud. A man I've never met in real life sent me real money for an issue that doesn't affect him. Unbelievable.

Originally Posted by duga

No prefix but I can put MS after my name now. Maybe I'll change my username to duga, MS.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

You are over-thinking it. It's a pretty simple game: Rock breaks twig, twig trips guy on bike, guy on bike falls on rock. Don't tell me you never played "Bike, Rock, Twigs" when you where a kid?

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by FETCHER.

A friend of mines sadly lost her ongoing battle with cancer yesterday, I'm absolutely gutted. The cancer had got to stage 4, so we all knew it was coming just didn't expect it this soon. I done a sponsored walk with my sister and loads of her other friends and family so that she could go somewhere nice with her fiancé and she never got to go anywhere, breaks my heart. It especially tears me up that I didn't realise how weak she really was and that she didn't get away before she died. My only consolation being she asked not to be informed how long she had left so she never knew they were her last moments, which makes me think her last moments were in happiness.

Originally Posted by duga

Just passed my defense. Thesis rewrites aside, looks like I'll be getting that Master's degree this semester after all...

Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

My life is one surreal coincidence after the other, I think their regularity is increasing as well.

Originally Posted by Sansa Stark

"check yr fucking posable limbs privilege you ****s"