Pebbles? Give Me A Hundred, Thank You

The Internet is a universe of undiscovered knowledge. I was cruising through this universe when I saw this:

“syphilomania – pathological belief that one is afflicted with syphilis”

Yeah, it made me laugh. I don’t think it’s as funny for the folks who have syphilomania, though. I wasn’t in some sleazy site, all right. I was looking for a word that described this mania I have. I doubt it’s a mania though. A quirk maybe, definitely not a mania.

I LIKE COLLECTING THINGS!

When I was little, I started the whole sticker collecting thing. I bet most kids did that anyway. Back in the days, if another kid asked if you had a sticker collection and you said “No,”.. you were the loser kid. Like, that other punk kid would be guffawing at you inside their sticker-filled head. So yes, I had a book of stickers, and then two books, then it grew to three and then ten! Ten and counting. Wheeowheeoo.

So after the whole sticker WahWah! phase, there was the eraser phase. Remember those tiny erasers that had Pokemon printed on them? THOSE! Yeah, I think I have a number of flag prints too. I got them at ten cents each from the school bookstore. Haha. Then I used to play that eraser game where the erasers had to wrestle each other. The person whose eraser ended up on top got to keep both erasers. HAHAH. GRADE SCHOOL GAMBLING IN ACTION SSHHH.

Then came marbles. Who could’ve known marbles had fancy names like “Bumble Bee” or “Spit Fire”. Those were cool. I didn’t really play with em. I just bought pretty marbles and kept em. They weren’t the usual marbles though. I remember buying a set of Japanese-themed marbles and they had cherry blossoms in each marble. Pretty. Sometimes when I’m bored, I roll them on the floor and run after them. Kidding.

The collection that I’m really proud of and want to work on is the Playing Cards Collection. Whoo! I’ve got a number of decks already. I’ll try getting them from everywhere. I’ve got round-shaped decks, weird-shaped decks and normal-shaped decks. Uhhhm, whatever normal is. Anyway, Bicycle cards are the coolest. Oh yes, they’re so sexy.

I like collecting paper too. I kept the petals of a blue flower someone gave me (2 years old, gross). I collect books. I collect pencils, graphic novels (Marvel & DC + similar stuff), Archie comics, tiny figurines and necklaces.

I just have the need to collect things. I think I need to talk to a shrink.

I hope to turn the house into a gallery. I’ll charge $5.
$2.50 for DVFX students.
RSVP in 10 years, please.