I got my first books back...

I have started to take a lot of pride in my collection, and in what I really want it to be. I don't have the kind of money to blow on some of these that are pre-graded or signed with sketches that people want $100's of dollars on ebay for them.

I felt this calm come over me when I got #1 back from the graders, that really sat well with me, as it was a raw book that I found and sent in. My find! My book! Not something that someone else found and sent in to be graded and sold. There is a certain level of purity in it. My precious!!!

I am very high strung, and have OCD. So when I collect something, I don't just half- it, I collect it. The completionist in me will be at bay and in control when it comes to buying these remaining issues, unless it something special or very cool, like that Elantra guide.

I also collect Chuck Palahniuk books, and have over 100 different covers, variations, and different languages for his less than 15 releases. My OCD has gotten the best of me on the Palahniuk front, but I can't let that happen with this new comic book bug. With all of the variants and limited stuff I'd be in the poor house in no time, and I have a wedding coming up in August. Besides, I hate variants as it is, and only own 1; the #101 Ghost Variant <---- Kill Bill fanatic!

I guess the moral of the story is that I need to take some pills and stay off ebay!

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