Life Is In The Details
The sweet quiet of a Sunday morning. The joy of sleeping in. A great cup of coffee. Startled out of a guilty sleep, the phone rings and it is mother, checking in. Yes, as much as life changes, as much as life presents obstacles and challenges, some elements remain the same. Working now, I have the chance to gaze in to what life, a modern life in this world, is about. I spend hours each day processing money order purchases for on line auctions. And the people of this world are buying fun, wacky stuff. A guy in France who is obsessed with 1950s Americana buys hundreds of dollars of photos, posters, record albums and knick knacks from movies each month. A small vendor in Taiwan sells the latest Japananimation collectibles to an eBay user in Holland. In the daily tedium of the job there are these little gems that are fascinating. ABBA is making a resurgence, especially in Spain where a lot of collectors seem to be buying selling ABBA related stuff – records, posters, ticket stubs. A guy in Idaho bought a Sonny Bono action figure (yes, that Sonny Bono. It doesn’t come with a tree).
I was terribly grouchy earlier this week, due to this job and its tedious routine. But I have decided to enjoy the time I spend there looking into people’s lives through the microscope of www.ebay.com and other auction sites as people find the things that are important to them, find the way to keep their Sunday mornings surrounded by the loved and the familiar.