An $800 Loss
Oh, poop. Today was such a different day. It was filled with so many different things that I'm not exactly sure where to start. For some reason last night I was dreaming about getting a keytar. I don't know...seriously I've been obsessing over this strap on instrument since the day that I found out about Mute Math and it's been killing me badly. I don't know why I care about having one so much. It's really not the biggest deal. But anyway I did. Before the summer was over, I was planning on saving up and nabbing a Yamaha SHS-200. It has mini keys like the SHS-10 and my microKORG, only it has 2 more octaves, a bigger body, 2x the voice, and a "single hand mode" that plays accompanying chords to the ones I would play with one hand. It's pretty neat and I figured that I would invest in one.
I had this dream last night that I was at a music shop and they were selling the Korg RK-100. The RK-100 is like the ideal keytar. It's a sweet MIDI controller and I got to put it on and test it out. I woke up from my dream seconds later desperately needing one more than ever so I hopped on eBay to drool. It was terrible. I was googling keytars and I came across a Craigslist listing of the RK-100 for $200! It's typically $1,000. I was either gonna do 1 of 2 things with it: Keep it or sell it. The latter would be wiser. For the whole day this kid and I were getting things organized so we could make a sale. I was so excited! They are so hard to find and they are such legit keytars. The kid lived all the way in Albany and i wasn't about to drive there so I asked if he new a legit way that we could make the transaction. He responded saying
"Yes. If you put money in my paypal account or send me some kind of check, I will ship the item to you. I'm not interested in taking advantage of anyone. I'm a very honest person."
Uhh...hell no? I found an ebay-like site where we could make a transaction and we both set up our accounts and everything to do it. By the time we were all ready, he asked me "So what am I selling to you?" I said "The keytar," and he's like "That's what I was afraid of; I sold it days ago." Oh my goodness. I lost. But man, my emotions were so wrapped up in that. I wasn't depressed otr anything, but I just...don't want to drool over anything anymore. That's the only thing that had me by the leg and willing to shell out cash. Screw that. I need no treasures from this world, which is why I'm banning myself from searching for keytars on eBay AND Craigslist for the whole summer. Let's see what it's like to hold onto money for once. I always find this ONE thing that I've gotta chase after. Forget about it. I'm fine with all that I have now. A good lesson learned.
Oh yeah and today was a great day. I got to chill with Pak and Hillary. I tickled Peter and he hurt his arm. Ballin'
I had this dream last night that I was at a music shop and they were selling the Korg RK-100. The RK-100 is like the ideal keytar. It's a sweet MIDI controller and I got to put it on and test it out. I woke up from my dream seconds later desperately needing one more than ever so I hopped on eBay to drool. It was terrible. I was googling keytars and I came across a Craigslist listing of the RK-100 for $200! It's typically $1,000. I was either gonna do 1 of 2 things with it: Keep it or sell it. The latter would be wiser. For the whole day this kid and I were getting things organized so we could make a sale. I was so excited! They are so hard to find and they are such legit keytars. The kid lived all the way in Albany and i wasn't about to drive there so I asked if he new a legit way that we could make the transaction. He responded saying
"Yes. If you put money in my paypal account or send me some kind of check, I will ship the item to you. I'm not interested in taking advantage of anyone. I'm a very honest person."
Uhh...hell no? I found an ebay-like site where we could make a transaction and we both set up our accounts and everything to do it. By the time we were all ready, he asked me "So what am I selling to you?" I said "The keytar," and he's like "That's what I was afraid of; I sold it days ago." Oh my goodness. I lost. But man, my emotions were so wrapped up in that. I wasn't depressed otr anything, but I just...don't want to drool over anything anymore. That's the only thing that had me by the leg and willing to shell out cash. Screw that. I need no treasures from this world, which is why I'm banning myself from searching for keytars on eBay AND Craigslist for the whole summer. Let's see what it's like to hold onto money for once. I always find this ONE thing that I've gotta chase after. Forget about it. I'm fine with all that I have now. A good lesson learned.
Oh yeah and today was a great day. I got to chill with Pak and Hillary. I tickled Peter and he hurt his arm. Ballin'
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