i know it's not nice to be inspired 
by the huge quantity of
low quality and unintesting things out there,
but this week,
i had the opportunity
to go to a Shecky's girls night out event
held in my native new york city
i was excited to go, i thought to myself,
"i love to shop, i hate to admit it, but i think
i know how and where to shop in new york and online,
how to go about finding just about anything
worth finding..."
(either just because i know
or because i've had an even wiser friends
show me their secrets)
"i am going to find an amazing
onslaught of both unbelievable bargains 
all in my taste"
(LUCKY/Martha/Domino) 
"and in my price range"
one word. 
WRONG.
i was so appalled at the lack of 
quality and diversity, 
that as i walked around, i was beyond shock
each table i passed, 
i was only partially filled with 
terribly mediocre stuff.
i noticed that the items for sale were 
not new or creative as i'd hoped, 
nor were they great bargains...
horrible insult, expensive mediocrity
and with probably too much pride, 
especially since i know for a fact that 
my girlfriends (sister included) and myself 
are more talented and capable of creating 
better quality goodies with more interesting ideas
i thought
we have just too much talent, and heck, 
with all these focused shopping dollars in that room, 
we could have made a killing....
ahhhhh