My cel and it's long story........

I was browsing yahoo japan one night while 
chatting on aim with a friend named Shahni, who 
lives in Dubai, I found a bronze cathexis cel of 
Izumi signed by Minami Ozaki...pouting about the 
fact that I could go without food for a month and 
still not be able to afford it,and that I was 
willing to spend XXX dollars on it, but would be 
outbid for sure, As my friend in Dubai listened 
to my whining, she messaged our mutal friend Gina 
in New Zealand to translate the auction because 
there were some terms that were hard to 
understand. After Shahni told Gina how much a 
stupid american was willing to pay for a piece of 
painted plastic *giggle* 

Gina then took it apon herself to offer the 
seller about 10X's the opening price but less 
than I was willing to bid for the cel. The seller 
responded and asked why Gina was crazy to make 
such a offer when she could win it easily...well 
Gina who had not told me of the offer said it was 
for a present and the girl agreed and ended the 
auction.....

fast forward the next day, I go to look at said 
auction and it is closed..depressed I spend lots 
of money on impulse buys, damning my luck

12 of my forum regulars *I am admin of a yaoi 
board devoted to hikaru no go* pop up on aim to 
comfort me/laugh at my ignorance,in a chat break 
the news that I got it :)

more friends are involved....

I send paypal to another friend *erin* who is an 
american  english teacher in Japan via paypal, 
she takes the money from her us bank account and 
gives it to a second english teacher *Sil*
from Austria who is in Yokahama so that a bank 
transfer could be made to the seller and then 
after the cel is delivered to the first teacher, 
who then ems it to me

so people from around the globe helped me get 
this :)


ironically a week later another cel from the same 
scene appears and I use animechoas to buy it also
*much easier but less meaning for me*