12 Steps of Disorganization

I am at the comic book store because Spazdog is being locked up for Muscular Dystrophy Association.



But as I was switching out with our favorite daytime helper, she told me that Shawn admitted that the chaos in the store was totally his fault and that is glad he is surrounded by people who want to help him stay organized.



That made me think of the AA 12 steps. I wonder which one he's on? If you think of me and other excellent organizational goddesses as the god referred to in the steps, he might very well be on step 6 or 7.

THE TWELVE STEPS OF DISORGANIZED COMIC BOOK STORE OWNERS ANONYMOUS

1. We admitted we were powerless over disorganization — that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves (Girl SpazDog and friends) could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Girl SpazDog and friends as we understood Her.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to Girl SpazDog, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have Girl SpazDog remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Her to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons and comics we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such artists and writers wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them, the store or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through organizing and diligence to improve our conscious contact with comics wanting only for organizational skills of Her will for the store and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to all customers and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

We'll see how he keeps it up once it's organized.

Dedicated Gamer

I just sold a Star Wars collectable minatures game (cmg) booster to kid. He had come in earlier and bought two of my three boosters on the shelf. He came back 2 hours later to buy the last one. I asked him if he was getting good pieces out of the booster packs. I mean, why else would you keep buying? His friend gleefully reported that he bought it so that the other guy they play with wouldn't get the pieces he needed by buying the last booster box. 

Now I used to play a cmg game called Heroclix but sheesh, I was never so cunning as to buy up the boosters so my opponents wouldn't buy them. That is some serious gaming strategy right there. 

I just thank my lucky stars that he's buying them at our shop and not off eBay. Yeah to helping your local comic book store! 

I'm Back...

Microblogging just doesn't do it all for me.

I need more space.

I need more words.

I need formatting.

So, I am back.

Life is good. Yesterday was a very manly day for Female Spazdog. Cleaned battery posts to get the mom-mobile up and running again. Taught little girl spazdog how to jump a dead car battery. Little spazdog had no interest.

Store is well. My life has changed since last year.
...new job, new volunteering, new hair, new school for kids, etc.
the list could go on and on. But I will spare you.

We'll just keep this focused on the store.

What I am reading...
Books without pictures: The Graveyard Book, Good Omens and Three Days to Never.
Books with pictures: Air, Pride and Prejudice, House of Mystery and Young Liars.