Sea Dream

Yay! I had a dream that Kevin and I were somewhere in a tropical ocean swimming around an oil rig. I don't know why were were both doing that. Perhaps we were both working on the rig to drill for oil. I have a feeling that this dream originally started out as an environmental critique dream, but changed over to a personal one.

Anyway, we're swimming in the ocean, and the water is fantastically warm and blue. We're both having a good time. We're swimming around cargo containers when I see something swim past the both of us. I really couldn't identify what the sea creature was, but I had a feeling it was benign. I still freaked out a bit anyway, so we both scamper on top of a transport container when we both sun-bathe for a long time. I suggest we have sexual relations but Kevin says something along the lines of, "Everybody will see us!"

Now, I had a moment of lucidity in my dream: I realized that we were the only two people in the middle of this sea so his concern was nonsensical. In fact, his worry was downright paranoid. Honestly, it was a beautiful day in the tropical ocean: The sun was warm but not hot, the sea water was calm and balmy, the sun-bathing was relaxing and intimate. Oh yeah, there was no one else around! Why didn't he want to have sexual relations? I was confused.

We did, however, take advantage of the moment and have a prolonged make-out session. I remember the salty seawater on his skin, his wet hair between my fingers, and feeling his flexing muscles under his skin. We were both hugging and kissing each other. I would lick the sea water off his body. Oh yeah, it was very nice, that part of the dream.

And then I woke up.

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Finch Miscarriage

Since it was nearing lunch, and Kevin was about to come home for the hour, I decided to start to open up the house to let some air circulate. I had to because the sink water was old and was emitting a foul odor.

Anyway, I open the front door, and the finches dart off into the nearby trees.

A little back-story: For the past week, a finch couple has been trying, fruitlessly, to build a nest behind the house number plaque. The twigs and leaves peppered the front steps in a comical display of ardent ambition. Of course, Kevin and I were wondering why a skittish bird couple would try to build a nest in a high-traffic area. Yeah, the door jamb may provide a little nesting spot for perspective bird couples. But if they are going to spazz out and fly off at the slightest disturbance, wouldn't it be prudent to...I don't know...build in another location?

So: I open the door, the finches take off. I decide to open the door to see if they finally managed to build something akin to a next. I open the door and notice immediately a broken finch egg on the front step!

Holy shit! The finches just broke their own egg by taking off into the trees! Actually, I did feel responsible because they wouldn't have flown off carelessly if I didn't scare them. Kevin did say that the birds shouldn't have attempted to build a nest in an area that is constantly being disturbed by human traffic. The stranges thing about this situation is that there is still no nest on the door jamb. I think the hen finch just laid the egg right there with the hopes of building a nest around it. Weird.

I still feel bad, however. That precious little egg looked so delicate. It could have been a baby finch, but now it is just fertilizer. How sad.

Of course, nothing happens if there aren't pictures. I took some.

From egg

From egg

From egg

From egg

From egg

I hope the finches try again, but at a different location.

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Still More Amazon Goodness

I am still excited about my simple, but satisfying, Amazon store. I just sent off Lunar 2 for the PS1 to some buyer in California. I don't know why, I just always enjoyed making other people happy by the things I've sold over the years. Of course, if I don't have any use for my things, surely somebody else might, right? I think so.

The great thing about these sales is that I actually netted myself some money. I acquired my duplicate copies of Lunar 1 and Lunar 2 because they were part of a collection: The incredibly hard-to-find hard-cover game guide for L2 was in that auction. They were all $99.99. I won that auction a few years ago, and I had the duplicates just hanging around.

I realized it wasn't financially smart of me to have extra copies of games I already own just sitting there, so I listed them on Amazon. Much to my surprise, I sold L1 for around $60, and I sold L2 for $80. Totaled; I earned $140 for a net profit of $40. The thing that makes this whole dynamic so awesome is that the hard-cover game guide goes for $100 by itself. I essentially made money off of that Lunar auction by buying it for only the hard-cover book. Nice.

I hope I continue to sell on Amazon. It rocks my world.

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More Amazon Goodness

Yesterday I sold my black-label edition of Final Fantasy VII for $84. Of course, Amazon had to take his commission, which means I netted myself around $69 after I paid for shipping materials. But oh well. I'm making money back. From what I can remember when I acquired that copy of FFVII, I think I got it for dirt cheap. So: I still made some money off of that copy.

I am pleased.

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