2024 WEEK IN REVIEW - THE REST OF FEBRUARY

 THIS WEEK MONTH HAS SUCKED AND I'M ALMOST A MONTH TWO MONTHS BEHIND NOW AND THESE POSTS GET INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AS I PROCRASTINATE ON THEM SO WE'RE KNOCKING OUT THE REST OF FEBRUARY IN ONE SWELL FOOP AND I'LL GET TO MARCH HOPEFULLY BEFORE JUNE

COLLECTING STUFF I DONE DID

NOT MUCH! I SPENT A HOUR WRITING UP ALL THE STUFF I DID TO GET CARDS I NEEDED PUT AWAY ALL IN ONE BOX AND SHOWED OFF SOME COMPLETED PAGES BEFORE I REALIZED I HAD ALREADY POSTED THE SAME THING IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK(S) IN REVIEW. I'M SURE I DID SOMETHING, BOXES HAVE DEFINITELY MOVED QUITE A BOT IN THE PAST MONTH BUT NOTHING INTERESTING WITH FUN PICTURES. THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH DIARY POSTS LIKE THIS WHEN YOU ARE PRONE TO HAVING STRUGGLE MONTHS

MOVIES I WATCHED LIKE SIX WEEKS AGO

I HAVEN'T BEEN WATCHING MANY MOVIES LATELY BECAUSE I'M WATCHING SOMETHING ELSE AT THE MOMENT BUT YOU'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT POST. I GOT A COUPLE IN THOUGH

#24 IN A LONELY PLACE

WHEN I RUN ACROSS A HUMPHREY BOGART NOIR I HAVEN'T SEEN I GOTTA WATCH IT. BOGIE IS A DRUNK SCREENWRITER WHO IS ALSO A COLOSSAL PIECE OF SHIT THAT ENDS UP THE PRIME SUSPECT IN A MURDER CASE. HUMPHREY DOES HIMSELF NO FAVORS BY ACTING ERRATICALLY THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE GLORIA GRAHAME, BOGART'S NEIGHBOR AND ALIBI, INEXPLICABLY FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIM. WELL, PERHAPS NOT INEXPLICABLY. THE COMBINATION OF BOGIE'S CHARM AND PLOT NECESSITY IS A VERY STRONG ATTRACTOR. THIS MOVIE IS DARK AND DEPRESSING AND FUCKING FANTASTIC

#25 KILLERS FROM SPACE

THIS MOVIE IS NOT GOOD. ALIENS CRASH TO EARTH AND BRAINWASH PEOPLE SO THEY CAN VEEERRRRY SLOOOOOWWWLY TAKE OVER THE WORLD. A LOT OF NOTHING HAPPENS AND IT WOULD BE COMPLETELY UNWATCHABLE IF NOT FOR TWO THINGS: PETER GRAVES PETER GRAVING IT UP ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND THE ALIENS' LUDICROUS GOOGLY EYEBALLS. IT'S WORTH A WATCH JUST FOR THE GIGGLE FITS YOU'LL HAVE EVERY TIME EYEBALLS START FLOATING IN SPACE. I SAW THIS ONE ON BEWARE THEATER WHICH HAS A TON OF OLD MOVIES HOSTED BY ARACHNA OF THE SPIDER PEOPLE. IT'S GOOD CHEESY FUN

THE BEST CARD I BOUGHT THIS WEEK(S)

I HAVEN'T BOUGHT A PACK OF BASKETBALL CARDS IN OVER A YEAR SO I HAVE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO PULL ANY KOBE BUFKIN CARDS. KOBE FINALLY GOT CALLED UP FROM THE G-LEAGUE AND PLAYED REALLY WELL UNTIL HE JOINED HALF THE TEAM ON THE INJURY LIST. RECENT BASKETBALL ROOKIE CARDS NOT NAMED VICTOR ARE SUPER CHEAP ON COMC AND I GOT THIS PRIZM CRACKED ICE RC BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOSTEST SHINY FOR THE LEASTEST BUCKS. I'M AT A CROSSROADS ON COMC NOW BECAUSE I HAVE EXACTLY ENOUGH IN THE ACCOUNT TO GET EVERYTHING SHIPPED WITHOUT ADDING MORE MONEY. I STILL HAVEN'T REQUESTED SHIPMENT OR ADDED MORE CARDS SO I MIGHT BE STUCK IN THIS PREDICAMENT FOR A WHILE

NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE BASEBALLCARDSTORE.CA RUNDOWN

WEEK 8 TOTALS BY CATEGORY:

WANTLIST CARDS FOR SETS: 7
BRAVES/HAWKS/DAWGS/ETC: 8
INSERT CARDS: 4
STAR/PC CARDS: 5
SHIIIIIINY CARDS: 4
ALLEN & GINTER: 3
ODDBALLS: 2
NON-SPORTS: 1
2024 TOPPS: 3

37 CARDS TOTAL THIS WEEK, I CALMED DOWN A BIT AFTER GETTING ALMOST 120 THE WEEK BEFORE. 

LOTS OF GOOD STUFF BUT THIS JEFF BAGWELL STUDIO INSERT IS PROBABLY THE BEST. A HALL OF FAME CARD WITH TEXTURED FOIL ON THE FRONT AND A SERIAL NUMBER ON THE BACK, EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT FROM AN 90'S INSERT

WEEK 9 TOTALS BY CATEGORY:

WANTLIST CARDS FOR SETS: 4
BRAVES/HAWKS/DAWGS/ETC: 3
INSERT CARDS: 10
STAR/PC CARDS: 4
ODDBALLS: 4
NON-SPORTS: 5
2024 TOPPS: 3

33 CARDS TOTAL. TIGHTENING MY BELT A BIT AS THE CHRISTMAS MONEY RAN OUT. MY PROCESS FOR PICKING UP CARDS ON THE SITE IS TO OPEN UP EVERYTHING THAT'S INTERESTING IN A NEW TAB, THEN PICK OUT THE BEST OF THE BUNCH. I END UP LEAVING BEHIND PROBABLY 50-75% OF THINGS THAT CATCH MY EYE ALTHOUGH SOME GET BOOKMARKED TO REVISIT AT A LATER DATE. HONESTLY THIS IS NOT ALL THAT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM HOW I ATTACK A DIME OR A QUARTER BOX

THIS WAS A REALLY TOUGH WEEK TO CHOOSE THE BEST CARD BUT I CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THIS 2000 PACIFIC CROWN COLLECTION LATINOS OF THE MAJOR LEAGUES INSERT OF JOSE CANSECO. PACIFIC WENT WILD WITH THE HOLOFOIL IN 2000 AS THERE ARE FIREWORKS DESIGNS AND THE NUMBER 2000 ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE SAME FOIL WAS USED ON 2000 PACIFIC REVOLUTION AS WELL IF I RECALL CORRECTLY. THESE INSERTS FELL TWO PER BOX SO THEY WEREN'T ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO PULL BUT PACIFIC CARDS IN GENERAL ARE SO HARD TO FIND THAT IT'S WONDERFUL TO GET ANY OF THEM

I ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER PACKAGE OF THESE CARDS WHICH INCLUDED SOME CARDS I PICKED UP FROM WEEK 8! LET'S SHOW THEM OFF NOW INSTEAD OF IN NOVEMBER WHEN I CATCH UP ON ALL THESE POSTS

1999 TOPPS TEK JASON KENDALL, TRAVIS LEE, BEN GRIEVE

CATEGORY - WANTLIST, SHINY

TEK CARDS GO FAST ON THE SITE AND I WAS LUCKY TO GET THREE CARDS I DIDN'T HAVE PLUS ONE PATTERN I NEEDED. I'M GETTING CLOSE TO REACHING A POINT WHERE I SHOULD PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND PUT ALL THESE THINGS IN A BINDER BUT I'LL HAVE TO EVICT SOME OTHER SET TO RECLAIM THE PAGES IN ORDER TO DO SO. I LEFT BEHIND A COUPLE OF TEK CARDS THAT I ALREADY HAD TO IF YOU LOOK BACK AROUND THE M700S YOU MIGHT FIND ONE

1979 TOPPS DOCK ELLIS

CATEGORY - HELL YEAH

THIS CARD IS A BIT ICONIC TO ME THANKS TO GRITZ'S TWITTER ICON. I DON'T THINK ELON LETS YOU ON THE SITE ANYMORE WITHOUT PAYING HIM SO HERE'S A SCREENSHOT

I DON'T HAVE THIS IN MY BOX OF DOUBLES SO THIS WAS AN AUTOMATIC PICKUP

1977 TOPPS ROB ANDREWS

 CATEGORY - WANTLIST

THE FIRST 1977 TOPPS CARD I'VE PICKED UP THIS YEAR! I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP MY PACE IF I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO COMPLETE THIS SET IN 2024 BUT I'LL STILL CONSIDER IT A WIN IF I SIGNIFICANTLY CHOP DOWN THE WANT LIST ONCE I'M ABLE TO HIT THE LCS AND A CARD SHOW

1988 FLEER STICKERS WADE BOGGS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

WHEN I MENTIONED I BOOKMARK A LOT OF CARDS, MOST ARE COMMONS FROM SET WANTLISTS THAT GET PUSHED ASIDE WHILE I GET DAZZLED BY INSERTS AND ODDBALLS. A HALL OF FAMER FROM AN ODDBALLISH SET DOES GET PUT IN THE CART FAIRLY REGULARLY. I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS STICKER BORDER DESIGN. COLORFUL STARS ON THE GRAYEST GRAY JUST LOOKS... ODD

1982 CRACKER JACK TONY OLIVA

CATEGORY - ODDBALL

I SAW THE FULL UNCUT PAGES OF THIS CRACKERJACK SET AT THE LCS WELL OVER A DECADE AGO BUT THEY WEREN'T PRICED AND I DIDN'T ASK HOW MUCH THEY WERE. THE NEXT TIME I WENT BACK THEY WERE GONE AND I HAD DEEP REGRETS. A HANDFUL OF CUT CARDS POPPED UP ON THE SITE AND I SNAGGED THIS ONE OF NEWLY MINTED HALL OF FAMER TONY OLIVA. THIS BORDER IS SO WILD, ELEMENTS FROM 1976, 1978 AND 1979 TOPPS COMBINED WITH ACTUAL CRACKER JACKS. I LOVE IT

1995 FLEER JOE MONTANA

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

ONE OF THE NON-PHOTOGENIC THINGS I DID LAST MONTH WAS GET A BUNCH OF WANTLISTS PUT TOGETHER INCLUDING A MASTER LIST OF 1995 FLEER. HOCKEY, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL. THERE ARE 1,600 1995 FLEER BASE CARDS AND I HAVE 1,263 OF THEM. THESE DESIGNS CAUSE MUCH EYE-BLEEDING AMONGST COLLECTORS BUT I LOVE THEM ALL. I HAVE A MUCH LOWER PERCENTAGE OF THE INSERTS BUT I'M FAIRLY CLOSE ON COMPLETING THE FULL HOCKEY AND FOOTBALL RUNS. I'M HONESTLY UNSURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY FOOTBALL SET BECAUSE I HAVE A TON OF INSERTS BUT BARELY OVER HALF THE BASE SET. EITHER I MISPLACED A BOX SOMEWHERE OR I GOT SOME TERRIBLE COLLATION. JOE MONTANA WAS A PRETTY EASY PICKUP TOP ADD TO THE SET

BONUS PODCAST RECOMMENDATION

THE FIRST ONE OF THESE POSTS HAD BOOKS AND MUSIC AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF BUT LATELY IT'S BEEN CARDS AND MOVIES ONLY, SO HERE'S A NICE PODCAST I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO. BIG QUESTIONS WITH THE DEAD MILKMEN IS A MOSTLY WEEKLY PODCAST BY THE MEMBERS OF THE DEAD MILKMEN WITH OCCASIONAL BREAKS WHEN THEY TOUR OR ARE IN THE STUDIO MAKING NEW MUSIC. YES, THE 'PUNK ROCK GIRL' GUYS ARE STILL MAKING MUSIC. THE FORMAT IS EACH WEEK THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND ANSWER AN IMPORTANT QUESTION IN THEIR OWN PARTICULAR WAY. IT'S VERY FUNNY AND PRETTY INTERESTING WHEN THEY DIG INTO THE INS AND OUTS OF MUSIC MAKING. HERE'S A SAMPLE EPISODE WHICH MAY BE THE WORST OR POSSIBLY THE BEST EPISODE TO START OFF WITH. IT'S PRETTY FUNNY EITHER WAY. "THE GREATEST PUNK SONG IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER"

I AGREE WITH DEAN, BY THE WAY. THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN ANOTHER SEMI-HIATUS PERIOD BUT THERE'S OVER 200 EPISODES TO WATCH/LISTEN TO AND CAN BE WATCHED IN ANY ORDER YOU PLEASE. GOOD STUFF IF YOU'RE A FAN OR JUST LIKE MUSIC