This is a test blog entry to see if this shows up as a tweet.  If you would like to follow me on twitter, you can just browse over to the following address to see what i'm up to:

http://twitter.com/greggasmith

There are some things that i've really been wanting to get lately but havent felt like paying the brand new/full price.  So, im trying out eBay.  Back in 1999 I tried out eBay and failed miserably.  In those days there was no PayPal so you had to mail your payment to people and then wait for the items to arrive.  Now with PayPal, you just pay direct out of your checking account to the seller and then hopefully they ship the items.  These are the items that im bidding on and waiting to see if I have won and the ones I have won so far.

Won so far:
Information Society CD Peace & Love Inc price $0.50 price w/shipping $4.50
Why I bought this item: I love this CD, but mine stopped working.  Yeah I know - a cd that stopped working. If i can pick it up for cheap it will just be quickly ripped to my music library and added to my ipod.

Bidding On:
Apple IPOD In ear Earphones price $25 price w/shipping $32
These sell for $33 at the store so im not so sure im getting a good deal here.  I do feel like my current ipod earbuds suck and let in too much outside noise.

Pretty In Pink Soundtrack price $3.25 price w/shipping $7.25
I love this soundtrack and havent been able to find it on the P2P networks until today - damn it!  So i guess i already have it - I have emailed the seller to see if they will let me out of my bid.

Apple iSight Camea price $76 prices w/shipping $91
Considering this item sells brand new for $125 this is a pretty good deal.  If you havent seen how this works over Apple iChat its just amazing.

Let me know of your tricks/trades you have done over ebay - i'd love to get advise from experienced ebay'ers.

You know these things are considered SPAM dont you - you know why - because they completley distract you from what you are doing and make you respond.  Here goes:

1. Time: 12:07 PM
2. Name as it appears on birth certificate: Gregg A Smith
3. Nicknames: Schmitty, Pudge
4. Piercing's and tattoos: 1 each ear
5. What is the most recent movie you've seen in the
theater: War Of The Worlds - See my review Here
6. Eye color:  Brown
7. Place of birth: Oak Lawn, Il
8 Favorite Foods: Pizza, Asian & Spicy
9. Ever been to Africa? No the closest I ever came was Lisbon
10. Ever been toilet papering? Dont think so
11. Love someone so much it made you cry: Of course
12. Been in a car accident: Only fender benders low speeds
13. Anchovies: Ugh.

15. Favorite restaurants: Leonas, Pei Wei, Richardsons
16. Favorite sport to watch: Swimming & Gymnastics (duh)
17. Favorite drink: Venti iced Sugar free vanilla nonfat latte
18. Favorite ice cream: I love the Moose Tracks stuff but it's oh so bad
19. Favorite movies: Moulin Rouge

21. What color is your bedroom: tan and some rust color
22. How many times did you fail your driver's test:
Passed right away.
23. Before this one, from who did you get your last
email: Apple Store - I just bought a new 20g ipod color and am taking my new 20g ipod b&w back
24. Which store would you choose to max out your
credit card: Fry's Electronics
25. What do you do most often when you are bored: 
Eat
27. Who will respond the quickest to this: My Brother
28. Who is the person you sent this to that is least
likely to respond: too many of them  :)
29. Who are you most curious about their responses to
this questionnaire: new friend Thomas
30. Favorite TV shows: Reality, QAF, Desperate Houswives, anything techno/geeky
31. Last person you went to dinner with? Chris, Thomas, Jerry
32. Favorite car? I love the Acura TL but if i could go all balls out I'd get that Cadillac SLR
33. What are you listening to right now?  A new group called Elkland
34. What is your favorite color: Green
35. Lake, Ocean or River: I'd say ocean
36. Favorite Candy Bar: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (are they a candy bar?)
37. Time you finished this e-mail: 12:37 PM, sorry got distracted
38. How many people are you sending this e-mail to? 
Im posting it on my blog and sending the blog address then out to friends.

This is what you are supposed to do now:
Copy (do NOT forward) this entire e-mail and paste it
onto a new e-mail that you will send.

Change all of the answers so that they apply to you.

Send this to a whole bunch of people you know
INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. The

theory is that you will learn alot of little known
factsabout those who know you.

Remember to send it back to the person who sent it to
YOU!

So I do this blogging thing and that should be enough right? A little self therapy and a chance to brag/gripe? NOOOOO! I also want to be sure that everybody and their brother is reading all about it. Which is why I am constantly checking the statistics on my blog of how many people read it. If anybody cares: Total page views: 2486 Page views today: 15 Page views this week: 113 Page views within the last hour: 0

This is going to be so much fun I cant wait.  Expect TONS of pictures.