Le Vortex de eBay

     Over the past two weeks I've been perusing through eBay. It started with finding a watch, and has lead to, luckily only, a few more purchases. I've made a total of four purchases these past two weeks, but the reason I keep going back is because I have yet to receive my orders. Since I haven't received them yet, I keep checking their tracking progress, and then look at other things and because I see things, I want these things, and I have money at the moment so I can buy things; a vicious cycle I'm hoping to break soon, since I don't need anything else on eBay. The reason I have yet to obtain my orders is because three quarters of them are coming from China, through the China post, which I now despise (term used loosely) since I am way to anxious to receive in the mail. Its better than Christmas! 

Watch I purchased on eBay, coming from China.

Another watch from China on eBay, only $3.00, basis of said addiction.

Copper cigarette case from China, wanted for business cards.

Stainless steel cigarette case, which came with a free personal engraving, from California.

     So these are my four eBay purchases over the past two weeks. Hopefully I can show some restraint now since the stainless steel cigarette case and the golden mechanical watch should be arriving on Tuesday. I seriously get too excited from this. The other watch should be here before May 18th at the latest, just in time for Sun God! Another thing I'm excited for, well both the watch and Sun God.

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!, Oi! Oi! Oi!

While working at Universal Studios Hollywood, I encountered many different people from all over the world. And since I was the one selling them their tickets to get in and letting them in through the entrance, I interacted with pretty much all of them. I've met people from India, China, Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy, Finland, France, UK, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand just to name a few places off the top of my head. But one funny thing I observed about Australians is that everytime you yell out, "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!" they always shout back, "Oi! Oi! Oi!" Now I don't know if it's a genetic reflex or in order to leave their country they're swearn by their government to do so. And due to this automatic response that is never ignored, I wondered what would happen if you yelled "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!" in Australia? Would you be shunned and thought of as an ignorant American tourist? Or, the possibility I prefer, would you hear a country wide reply of "Oi! Oi! Oi!"?