Show of eerie tigerness
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valis2I decided to try broadening my show horizons this year. While perusing a community flier a few months ago, I noticed that they held a community sale in a community park, and I thought, it couldn't hurt. I signed up and paid $16 for two days ($8 per day).
Today was day one. My total take? $13.
Needless to say, I am 95% convinced that I should not bother with day two. I have a ton of eBay stuff to do--stuff that actually makes me money--and I have a ton of RL stuff to take care of before I leave. Plus, they had the air conditioning on full blast, even though it was only 45 when I got there, so I nearly froze to death. And now my throat is a bit sore.
Still, even though it may have cost me money to do the show, I must grudgingly admit that I did receive hilarity in return.
My booth was next to a bottom feeder, someone who is selling products from catalogs (honestly, it has that MLM feel). It was her first show ever, and she had two other people to help her with a single table. (As far as I could tell, neither she nor the other two helpers took in a single dollar. And it was clear that she's purchased quite a lot of inventory.)
Across the room was someone with fleece blankets, made from commercially available patterned fleece.
I have this theory about some of the designs on their blankets. You see, I am firmly of the belief that some guy sat at his worktable in 1977 and decided to draw:
a) Horses.
b) Dolphins.
c) Tigers.
d) Disembodied leopard heads.
...all in a very distinct 70's/early 80's style. Flash forward to today, and he's living on his own private island. Because. Seriously. These designs? Are still everywhere.
Anyway, the woman next to me saw them, and was drawn like a moth to a flame. She bought six of them, including the disembodied leopard heads horror. She came back to her booth to find her checkbook. While she was digging in her purse, I looked up to see a giant 70's tiger head slowly floating across the floor toward her.
Just after the rather frightening reaction in my primitive hindbrain, I figured out that it was the blanket woman, slowly walking across the floor, holding the blanket fully outstretched in front of her.
I then composed an extemporaneous song in my head in its honor:
Oh, on your knees
Oh seeeeeeeee the tiger blaaaaaaanket
Oh tiiiiiiiiiiger, diviiiiiiiiiiiiine
Oh buy, the tiger blankieeeeeeeeeee
Alas, you are all being deprived of my rendition of the Tiger Carol because, even after four years of attempting, I cannot get LJ's voicepost feature to work.
Today was day one. My total take? $13.
Needless to say, I am 95% convinced that I should not bother with day two. I have a ton of eBay stuff to do--stuff that actually makes me money--and I have a ton of RL stuff to take care of before I leave. Plus, they had the air conditioning on full blast, even though it was only 45 when I got there, so I nearly froze to death. And now my throat is a bit sore.
Still, even though it may have cost me money to do the show, I must grudgingly admit that I did receive hilarity in return.
My booth was next to a bottom feeder, someone who is selling products from catalogs (honestly, it has that MLM feel). It was her first show ever, and she had two other people to help her with a single table. (As far as I could tell, neither she nor the other two helpers took in a single dollar. And it was clear that she's purchased quite a lot of inventory.)
Across the room was someone with fleece blankets, made from commercially available patterned fleece.
I have this theory about some of the designs on their blankets. You see, I am firmly of the belief that some guy sat at his worktable in 1977 and decided to draw:
a) Horses.
b) Dolphins.
c) Tigers.
d) Disembodied leopard heads.
...all in a very distinct 70's/early 80's style. Flash forward to today, and he's living on his own private island. Because. Seriously. These designs? Are still everywhere.
Anyway, the woman next to me saw them, and was drawn like a moth to a flame. She bought six of them, including the disembodied leopard heads horror. She came back to her booth to find her checkbook. While she was digging in her purse, I looked up to see a giant 70's tiger head slowly floating across the floor toward her.
Just after the rather frightening reaction in my primitive hindbrain, I figured out that it was the blanket woman, slowly walking across the floor, holding the blanket fully outstretched in front of her.
I then composed an extemporaneous song in my head in its honor:
Oh, on your knees
Oh seeeeeeeee the tiger blaaaaaaanket
Oh tiiiiiiiiiiger, diviiiiiiiiiiiiine
Oh buy, the tiger blankieeeeeeeeeee
Alas, you are all being deprived of my rendition of the Tiger Carol because, even after four years of attempting, I cannot get LJ's voicepost feature to work.
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Date: 2008-05-17 04:38 pm (UTC)Now you know. You can make splendiferous blankets out of it! The blanket woman kept stretching out her arms and showing off each blanket. Naturally, I kept looking up. And wincing.
I think you're right about that artist guy, but he's not alone on his island, he shares it with the guy who used to work in the next cubicle--you know the guy who "designed" those psychedelic rugs they now sell on the sides of roads.
Oh yes!! How could I have forgotten him?
Also, the single rose (TM) and the piano with a rose (TM) designs were probably the work of someone who is also very rich right now.
And let's not forget the classic kitty "HANG IN THERE!" design as well!