The First "Something"

Please excuse my absence from my new blog but I had to finish my summer school project. One all nighter and one career blueprint done, I am finished with summer school. I am only two classes from a marketing degree. Why is it that I feel those two classes are going to be the longest ones of my life? Don't get me wrong, I love learning and I love college but I'm ready for a new adventure.

Anyway, on to the first cool something I found! If you go to this site The Something Store you will certainly find something. The whole premise of this site is you send the site $10 (this includes shipping) and they send you something. You don't know what it will be, but it will be something. According to the site, "yours may be a cool gadget, rare book, table game, handmade necklace, reverse clock, box of gourmet chocolates, set of shiny shower curtains, popular video game, big-box retailer gift card, the latest version of a software, a set of kitchen knives, a pair of designer jeans, garden tool, kitchen appliance, unique home decor item, electronic equipment, magazine subscription, office supply item, or ..." So! Now that you have the idea, I'm going to order something and see what I get.

I find this a very interesting idea. Every person I've told about this site has been enthralled. Now, most likely the something you're really going to have no use for. It's that element of surprise, however, the seems to interest people. People generally like surprises; it's like Christmas morning or getting a piece of mail that isn't a bill and wasn't expected. So, with that in mind I am ready for my surprise. I will pay $10 to get something random in the mail from a stranger. Being a college student, this says a lot for the element of surprise. I don't have a lot of money. I do have a lot of debt, however. This $10 could take me to a movie, but me dinner, or with current gas prices, I could drive 5 feet. But I am going to spend it on something. Just something. I, like all the other people who have been excited by this, will probably be disappointed but I think it's the sometimes high hopes of consumers or maybe the kid in all of us but no matter what the reason, I hope I get something good!