Real Life Strikes!!!

The title makes it sound more dramatic, and to an extent everything in real life could go bad now. But, I did, yes, I did just quit my Job.

While Icebreakers' HQ is much more intended solely for me to share my crazy GIJOE thoughts and experiences with the world, I thought this would be an alright personal note to make. Not so much because of the "real world" impact, the actual life reality of not having a secure income. More so, because, my only real hobby or distraction from real life as it is, is GIJOE. Well, and biking to a very limited extent, but really, a lot of my spare time and [a reasonable amount of ] spare change have often gone to GIJOE.

What does this mean for the future of collecting for me?

Well, right now, nothing. I have more time to play, which is good, I just don't want to find myself with so much of this kind of free time a few months from now. In the positive short of things, I hope to organize some of the GIJOE stuff, as well as other personal areas of stuff.

But really, this is just one reason why I made the drastic cuts to my once rather large vehicle collection. In fact, I was entertaining trimming down the small collection even more just a few weeks ago and had many items ready to go. I have been able to face the reality that I can't really have it all. That's a life-long reality. I had a good and fun run for a few years, but often bought things without real long-term regard. (I'm looking at you, Patriot Grizzly!)

As much as it is easier to pack and store figures, I may need to sell if I don't have a rent-producing income in a few months.

I very much may have to pick my last 12 Joes to keep with my uncertain future. And you have probably seen on the GIJOE forums over the years many threads and posts where we all pretend to pick the very last GIJOE figures to keep. The best of the best, but, when it really all comes down to the act of doing it....., I think we can all agree that it is extremely not easy.

But, positivity is me. That's how I want to live, and without going into details, that's why I quit my job. It wasn't a positive job for me, not that I minded the work (it was easy), but when the boss creates such a negative culture, ...it's just not enjoyable.

So to leave this post on a positive and fun note, send me some ideas on the very, very last GIJOE and Cobra figures I should keep. What should I not give up, EVER? Just remember, I'm mostly a classic 80's/90's O-ring collector if you send me your ideas!

A pod cast

I haven't gotten in on much Joe interactivity past the forum boards really, and those are kind of quiet lately compared to "back in the day," which was not too long ago.

This podcast, which is the first podcast of anything I've ever listened to officially, is here. I'm going to follow this, looks fun! It's like listening to the radio!

If there are other podcasts out there, too, let me know!

Post-con'

Well, I didn't make it, but thanks to the many fan sites and everyone out there, I was able to see a little bit of what happened at the GIJOE convention this year. It hardly seems like convention time, I kind of got used to it being more in the middle of the year. Or maybe that's since we still have some snow piles on the ground this year, that it doesn't seem like we're in spring yet.

I like a lot of the new stuff that I see coming out in the stores this fall. While I may not incorporate any of the Renegades cartoon into my own realm of imagination, I do like that show...and may just go for some of those figures. I have no Scarlett and this one would work very well. I'm mostly looking forward to the Black Dragon Helicopter. It seems smaller when a figure is sitting by it, but I'm digging helicopters lately, and tilt-rotor is just as good in my book. I hope it is in the $20-range, but if the Skystriker is at the $30, this one might be, too. And the Skystriker is looking good, but I'm very much on centered on the fence on it at this point.

It's a "need" thing for me these days, and since the post prior to this, besides checking the Joe sites, I haven't done much with my own collection at all. I did try to repair the cockpit on the Night Raven with some glue, it has a snapped peg that keeps the lower belly part connected. it didn't work. But other than that, not much in the way of Joe.

Now that it is getting nice out, I should be outside more: spring!