Sobered Up

So I wake up and check my email and there's an order confirmation in my e-mail saying that I've purchased ten boxes of Upper Deck SPx......just kidding. In my drunken state, I managed to (successfully) purchase two boxes of Topps 07-08, the regular kind. I remember looking at the prices of boxes and cases days prior to getting my "card on."

So why become the prodigal son to the basketball trading card world? Why return to the (up to) $25 to $100 a pack world full of parallel inserts, holograms (I'm so dated), and autographixes (one in every box!)? Well, I'm a big fan of Henry Abbott's TrueHoops, which I truly believe EVERY die-hard basketball junkie should be reading on a daily basis. That man's got some great insights as well as some good links.

One day, I stumbled upon this link from TrueHoop's:

http://www.emptythebench.com/2008/08/07/nba-card-collecting-madness-reengulfs-etb/

and well, if you care to read it, you'd know where I'm coming from now.

Actually, wait a minute.....no one's gonna be reading this shit, why am I using the second person? Look, I'm writing this shit for myself. I read a blog that linked to another blog, then I clicked on the link, read that blog, got nostalgic, went to a couple of online merchant's websites that sold basketball cards, thought about purchasing some cards, decided it was silly to think that, got drunk, decided it was a GREAT idea to buy shit online while drunk, and now I await two boxes of Topps 07-08.

I guess that's how life goes sometimes.

My upcoming posts (this is just to remind myself) will discuss
1. the breaking of the two boxes
2. my past history with cards
3. my ramblings on the NBA
4. how awesome I am to finally have my own blog
5. how pathetic I am to be basically typing to myself as if I were a thirteen year old girl writing in her diary

Time to go grab a beer.