Another art purchase....

[Defiant1]

I mailed off a check yesterday for another Defiant Comics art purchase. it's a single piece. A scan shall be forthcoming. I'll wait to reveal what it is after I receive it. It is a piece that was not for sale when I first offered to buy it a year ago.

[charlesyo]

c'mon, no teasing now. What is it??

[Defiant1]

charlesyo said:

c'mon, no teasing now. What is it??

I don't want to say what it is until I'm sure the mail does not destroy it. I'm pretty sure that you'll think it's cool. When I made an offer on the piece last year..... I looked at what comparable pieces had gone for in the past. I doubled the amount.

I didn't intend on teasing anyone. I will let people know once I truly own it.

Defiant1

[Defiant1]

The art piece is supposed to ship today. I still won't have it for a couple of days at least.

Defiant1

[Defiant1]

Still haven't received it....

Defiant1

[toddluck]

Defiant1 said:

Still haven't received it....

Defiant1

Have you contacted the seller. I think the longest it's supposed to take the post office to deliver something is, what, a week or a week and a half or something like that?

[Defiant1]

toddluck said:

Defiant1 said:

Still haven't received it....

Defiant1

Have you contacted the seller. I think the longest it's supposed to take the post office to deliver something is, what, a week or a week and a half or something like that?

I will. I've had more important things on my mind. A former coworker committed suicide this past week.

My last email to the seller was unrelated to the Defiant purchase-- it got no response so I didn't see much use in writing another email so soon. If I was to guess, I'd say the piece actually shipped later than I was initially told. I'm used to delays on this type of purchase.

I'm also waiting for a Ditko piece from another seller and I haven't received any response as to whether the payment was received on it yet.

Defiant1

[toddluck]

Defiant1 said:

toddluck said:

Have you contacted the seller. I think the longest it's supposed to take the post office to deliver something is, what, a week or a week and a half or something like that?

I will. I've had more important things on my mind. A former coworker committed suicide this past week.

My last email to the seller was unrelated to the Defiant purchase-- it got no response so I didn't see much use in writing another email so soon. If I was to guess, I'd say the piece actually shipped later than I was initially told. I'm used to delays on this type of purchase.

I'm also waiting for a Ditko piece from another seller and I haven't received any response as to whether the payment was received on it yet.

Defiant1

Sorry to hear about your former coworker. That's rough.

Sounds like you got a lot of art purchases going on.

[Defiant1]

toddluck said:

Defiant1 said:

I will. I've had more important things on my mind. A former coworker committed suicide this past week.

My last email to the seller was unrelated to the Defiant purchase-- it got no response so I didn't see much use in writing another email so soon. If I was to guess, I'd say the piece actually shipped later than I was initially told. I'm used to delays on this type of purchase.

I'm also waiting for a Ditko piece from another seller and I haven't received any response as to whether the payment was received on it yet.

Defiant1

Sorry to hear about your former coworker. That's rough.

Sounds like you got a lot of art purchases going on.

The co-worker was an intellingent nice guy. He got along with everyone except his family and even then he held it all inside. His dad still works a few miles away at the corporate offices. I was always able to kid around with his dad. His sister is easy to converse with and I interacted with her a lot. I got along with all of them and no one really understands why they distance themselves from one another. This guy had been laid off during the dowsizing a few years ago. He's had several jobs since then, but when people with pull said 'we want him back' all the cards fell into place. He got a job back and he was being hand picked for a permanent position again. His new job was secure but evidently he didn't believe it. He'd already been kicked to the curb once so you couldn't blame him for feeling that way. He'd gone through a divorce. His younger brother had committed suicide. He had medical bills that had piled up. One day he went AWOL and quit showing up to work. I was so overworked that I never noticed he was gone. A coworker asked me what had happened to him a day before he killed himself. That's when I realized he was missing. No one could answer and then the next day we found out he'd done it.

He had much closer friends than me, but I have definite opinions on the topic and I think I could have persuaded him not to do it if I had known he was depressed. When he quit showing up for work, he'd been working 7 days a week. Depression and wearing your body down with work is a bad combo. You already have a chemical imbalance and the extra work just depletes all the amino acids your brain needs to think correctly.


Killing yourself is the ultimate denial of God. It basically tells God you consider all his promises to be lies. You are calling God a liar. There are countless clear and direct promises in the Bible that if you believe them, they will come to be. Some might say, "God doesn't know how I feel". That is a lie. Even Jesus Christ was tempted by suicide. His reply to that temptation was 'Has it not been written thy shall not tempt the Lord thy God".

But anyway, I'm noy buying a lot of art. I'd set aside money for a Ditko piece but three of my emails never went through to the seller. About the time I'd decided it wasn't ment to be, I received an email about another piece I'd offerred to buy a few years earlier. My offer on it was for more than the Ditko piece was costing me, but it was a piece I would like to own so I said a quick yes.

I paid two months rent, and bought a handful of high dollar back issues the same week. Afterwards I thought about the Ditko piece again anf emailwed the seller from a different email account. The email went through and I bought it also.

If anything I've had a greater interest in old back issues to fill in my collection

Defiant1

[depluto]

Suicides drive me crazy. One of my best friends growing up killed himself when we were both 17 and about to head off to college. It tore me up at the time but now it just makes me angry. I can't even bring myself to visit his grave.

The part that makes me mad is that he killed himself over the same kinds of problems every 17-year-old has to overcome. They seem pretty serious at the time, but BFD.

And I think of all the good (and bad) things that have happened in my life since then, and it is obscene to me that he gave up the chance to experience the same kinds of things.

I also had a coworker kill himself a few years back. I don't feel any sympathy for him. I liked the guy, but now I'm hardened to that kind of choice.

You have an interesting way of expressing yourself, David. I haven't posted much here the last couple of weeks but I've been reading. You get me to thinking about the damndest things.

[Defiant1]

You don't want to direct that much extreme emotional energy at it. If you do it'll be the first thing that pops into your mind if you ever face rough times or feelings of desperation. It is a tendency people have to assume that if things aren't going their way, then they need to turn around and go the opposite way. That isn't really true.

Roads in life take you to specific destinations. If you are trying to reach a place due North, then staying on a Northeast route is close, but it won't ever get you due North. Too many people assume they need to be going South when North doesn't lead them where they want to be. Heading South isn't close to getting you where you want to be at all. Sometimes the mountains and rivers and valleys of life force you to go a long way out of your way so that you get where you want to be. It's best not to think in extremes and instead focus on where you want to be and what is separating you. Lay out plans and adjust them as necessary when opportunities appear. Eventually when you encounter a mountain in life, you can find a way around it or a path over it that isn't as steep.

Tom Petty said "Life is a Long, Long Road" in one of his songs. I'd agree. When you get on a long road, just pressing the gas pedal down further isn't going to help as much as you want it to. You have to learn patience. You will get where you want to go if you are heading in the right direction. It takes time and it mentally drains you.

In this great big world, people all have the same basic needs and how we approach our "wants" is where we differ. If this guy had been facing starvation or something, I would've sat down and bought him a meal. Needs outweigh wants 100% of the time. On the other hand, if this guy wanted a better position in life, that'd be a whole different matter. Status and respect in life are earned. They aren't often earned the easy way. People resent power. People resent monetary advantage. Part of coping in life is factoring ones own position and role. Quite often we get frustrated brcause we try to tell God how the world should be. The world is what we make it and God knows better than us what it takes to be happy. Sometinmes the most proactive thing you can do is go off in a room and contemplate what God wabts your life to be. If that had been on my co-workers mind, I can assure you that he'd be alive today. At the time he took his life, I can assure you that he was only concerned about what he thought his life should be.

BTW, I had an indirect supervisor quit the company I work for about 6 years ago. He could not put into words his impression of me. I looked at him and said "Let's just sat you look at the world a whole different way." He laughed and he agreed. If you get down to it, 40% of what I say is intended to make people think and think differently than they've conditioned themselves to think.

Defiant1

[CORVETTEJIM1968]

great words.i try to live my life making other people just a little bit happier even if its just for a moment.because for instance when i give my extra copies of defiant to people that are into that kind of thing i just made his or her day and in return it makes my day too.and i try to tell co-workers when i think they are doing a good job because alot of times you only hear the bad and im not anybodys boss im just a worker bee.after saying that many co-workers have said to me how much they appreciate that.i too am different than most and i think more possitive and try not to stress about anything.have a great day

[Defiant1]

There are people that come up to me every week and borrow money to make it until payday. New employeees are always telling me how much they appreciate working with me. Waiters and waitresses smile when they see me and they know my name even if I can't remember theirs. If I had a dollar for everytime someone said "You're a really smart person", I'd be rich.

There is a general rule of thumb about me... stay on my good side.
I wouldn't have it any other way.

I have no problem with people that rant and rave and complain. Why? Because you always know where you stand. There is no hidden agenda. There is no backstabbing. If he or she has a problem, they tells you. I may not like it, but so what. The Bible says "The wounds of a friend are faithful, the kisses of an enemy are deceitful". One of my friends just smiles when he sees my family react. He thinks it's the coolest thing in the world that we just say how we feel.

Defiant1

[knightt]

Hey you wont find me 'kissing' NObody... well unless it's a girl from Hooters, ya know.

$#it, I think my wife is coming.. gotta go !!

[Defiant1]

The mystery art arrived at my doorstep on Friday. I will scan it when I get a chance (not today). My most recent purchase is the color art to one of my most favorite comic book covers of the past 20 years. The pen and ink art alone would not have excited me because it is the color on the piece that really sets it off and makes me like it so much.

Since the piece arrived intact without incident. I will now reveal that I am the proud owner of the color art to the cover of War Dancer #1. Janet was unwilling to sell it a year ago, so I would like to thank her for giving me the opportunity to buy it. She made me sweat it out for three weeks thinking it was lost in the mail, but all turned out well.

Defiant1

[dac55]

Hay David I think that , that cover is neat. And it would be a great piece of art to own. ;D

David
Cant wait to see the scan.

[depluto]

admin said:

The mystery art arrived at my doorstep on Friday. I will scan it when I get a chance (not today). My most recent purchase is the color art to one of my most favorite comic book covers of the past 20 years. The pen and ink art alone would not have excited me because it is the color on the piece that really sets it off and makes me like it so much.

Since the piece arrived intact without incident. I will now reveal that I am the proud owner of the color art to the cover of War Dancer #1. Janet was unwilling to sell it a year ago, so I would like to thank her for giving me the opportunity to buy it. She made me sweat it out for three weeks thinking it was lost in the mail, but all turned out well.

Defiant1

Outstanding! That is a great piece to own.