liberation

at the age of 34, i've finally come to the realization that my self worth is in no way tied to the amount of cd's and records that i have in my possession.

two things happened that helped this realization come to fruition; one of those things was the advent of digital music and the ability to load music onto my computer and ipod, and the other was the birth of my youngest son. the former lead me to put like 800 plus CD's (with still more to go) onto my ipod, and the latter caused me to convert my beloved office into a baby bedroom last year. the cd's were moved to the basement... out of site out of mind. it's alot easier to have them on this little device that you can carry around anywhere you go.

anyway, the desire to take a trip to california for a week this summer with my oldest son (who is graduating from high school), and the less than desirable condition of my finances, has led me to concoct a scheme to sell off about 60 to 70% of my cd's to raise the money to go. that along with what is left of my records and some old punk/hardcore/emo memorobilia from the early 90's. amazon.com for the cd's and ebay for everything else.

i've sold 44 cd's in 6 days, averaging about $4 net profit per cd. i've got bids on ebay for some of my records and old 'zines. so i'm off to a good start. i want to move at least 500 cd's over the next 3 to 4 months. it's a bitch to box 9 or 10 up a day, but i guess it's a labor of love at this point. oh, and in case your curious, metal cd's tend to hold their value better than any other genre.