Hi guys,

well, I lost my dream Nuriko cel this weekend.  
The one on Ebay, man oh man, if I only had that 
thing, my cel collecting life would have been 
near complete.  I stayed up 24 hours, no sleep, 
just to win it, and I lost it in the last minute 
and 23 seconds. Then, I got so upset about it, on 
top of some scary news on my grandpa, that I went 
into adrenaline shock!  I had to lay on the sofa 
all day long while my friend fed me grahm 
crackers and orange soda to try and get my sugar 
back to normal.  I kept hitting the refresh 
button on the auction, and low and behold, at the 
last moment, I lost.  Dont you just hate it when 
someone swipes something from you at that last 
moment?  Its like salt on an open wound.

BUT, I am very happy to say that the cel went to 
probably an even better home than with me!  The 
girl who got it, well, she had a special reason 
for wanting the cel, and I always see her bidding 
on the Nuri's on Ebay.  She never gets them, in 
fact she's the reason I never win them either, 
this person likes to up the prices pretty high.  
I put in an incredible max bid thinking no one 
would top it, but she did, so I know she wanted 
it badly.  Im glad Nuri has a special home :)  I 
was soooooo upset at losing the cel, I was 
ashamed.  I cried for about 3 hours, and like I 
said, I was sick all day from it.  Couldnt even 
go to the hospital with my family.

So, Im so disappointed in losing the cel, but, 
it's just a thing, another will come 
along....they always do...sooner or later 
everyone needs cash:).  And I have 500$ that 
proves I was willing to shell it out for the 
perfect Nuri!  Oh well, next time...I'll save the 
money for next time.

Im going back to Austin today, so please do not 
write me at the AOL account anymore, use the 
glasseye.net account.  I want to thank everyone 
for the well wishes you've given me througout 
this week, it helped a lot.  I cant wait to get 
back to work, this stress has been far too much 
for me.  And, unfortunately, I have to keep 
coming here to whine and search for Nuirko cels 
now, since I didnt win that one dreamy one.  
Ahhhhhh, life, tis such hell sometimes, but it 
was not meant to be.  Happy collecting, see you 
all later on!

Shawnna Bass
shawnna@glasseye.net

PS Those of you who write my at the AOL account, 
I will answer you next weekend, I'll be coming 
back home for a couple days :)