whether aion's post was intended to affect me or 
not, it inevitably has because I know we share a 
love of yohko cels. among all you veteran 
collectors, I'd like to post a different view. 
I'm a relatively new collector, one whose gallery 
has increased in huge amounts over the past year. 
please don't pelt me with cel paint for admitting 
to that! ^_^
  I recently graduated from college, and after 
five years of mind-numbing work I earned my 
electrical engineering degree; my reward was 
landing a good job. prior to this, I squandered 
forty bucks here and there to buy a few cels, but 
could do nothing other than drool over the more 
expensive and beautiful cels. now that I'm 
employed full-time, I get to buy the cels I 
previously couldn't have even put on my wish list 
because they were so unattainable to a dirt poor 
college student.
   I found that aside from eyeing Keep Track like 
a hawk, there are collectors without online 
galleries who are willing to sell their cel gems, 
and the best way to solicit those collectors is 
through forums and the like. so as much as it 
makes me look like a dumbass for posting, I post 
my inquiries because sometimes, like recently, I 
get an email from a stranger that makes my day.
  so in case this was one of your curiosities, 
this is how I've obtained a bunch of previously-
MIA yohko beauties lately, and for a reasonable 
price. many thanks to the person who helped me 
with this! another glut of yohko cels is coming 
to me from a japan auction that was mis-listed
(yes, I am very bored at work some days).
  so to everyone, please don't resent the new 
collectors for this reason. many of us have been 
fans of certain series for far longer than we've 
been in the cel community. the fansubbing elitism 
sort of irked me, but I'm going to assume I 
misunderstood. but be assured, veteran cel 
collections usually *look* like veteran 
collections, meaning they're so much better in 
quality from newbie galleries. anyway, I've met 
some really amazing people in the cel community 
this year, and the last thing I want to do is 
piss them off for the wrong reasons. which I may 
have just done with this post...? 



back to work. gotta earn more bonus money.
/mina