Hello YouTube viewers, it is long overdue for me To make an installment of the cheap stuff I started calling this series the cheap stuff not everything here is cheap, but it's just a showcase of stuff that I bought Some of it's cheap junk some of it's neat stuff, but first let me get this out of the way I'm in the middle of my $500 fundraiser hoping to reach $500 in the donations and subscribers By the end of the month today is Saturday, February 24th, which means I've got four days to raise my $500 it's to help me produce more videos and to Take a trip to a convention the first weekend of March. I have a donor. I got an anonymous donation of $4. So that leaves $496 to go in four days and Yesterday, I had a bit of a sudden Medical problem and had to go to a local walking clinic and spent hundreds of dollars on that so It's especially urgent now. Please make donations at the links in the description below and Here on the screen and go to My 50th Street page, which is 30 seconds sci-fi 50th ST Where you can make a one-time donation or? Become a monthly sponsor. I know you're looking at this. I'll get to that later Let's get some of the older stuff out of the way first This is not a new purchase. I bought this more than a year ago Before I left Florida. It is a handmade leather-bound book With a handmade paper in it when I first got to Portland I did some sketching at a life-drying meeting Like that's what I got it for and I haven't used it since though, but it's really it's really beautiful. I was seeing these These leather bookmakers at all the conventions big and little conventions both In Florida and here in the Oregon and Washington Conventions and they're just making beautiful stuff. It's a great thing to have Okay this is a Papercraft cartoon portrait of Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. This is made by the same the same woman who made this Papercraft 3d Jessica Rabbit that I showed off in a video earlier and This little papercraft thing showed up in one of my videos for the Oh Look show and I was so taken with how Well, how beautiful it is how simple it is and How deep the 3d nature of the paper is look at that and see even got the little green face in there This is made by a Papercraft artist who called herself small reany lady. Here's her business card taped to the back of the Jessica Rabbit and a little sticker Stuck to the back of this tiny frame and she even hand stamps the packaging that she puts her Her stuff in she has a website, of course, and I'll put it I'll put the link here on the screen and in the description Go look at her stuff.  There's a picture of her Hosting some of my Oh look show videos He told me I could have my choice of whatever of these posters He makes hundreds of posters of these based on different pop culture shows and movies and I chose this Steven universe thing Here are a couple of posters that I bought at the Rose City Comic Con I made a video about this Star Wars number 38 about this cover. I bought this poster from Michael Golden and got it to Autographed this was an episode of my odd comic series and it's also part of my shadow about Star Wars series I also bought this from him Yeah, Dr. Strange poster and there's Michael Golden's Autograph I don't buy many things at conventions the the convention purchases I'm showing you here are all the convention purchases. I've made in The past two years. Yeah, I I don't spend money at these things. I go there to work but then at the Portland retro gaming expo. I saw this At first I thought it was one of these vintage Blacklight posters from the 1960s that Marvel used to make and I asked the guy are these vintage. He said no, no these are These are screen prints that we make ourselves and this is just so beautiful. I couldn't I Couldn't not get it and take a look at this Okay, here's a couple of old board games that I bought at Guardian games in Portland this funny little thing called dig and One of these really classy Boxed board games by 3m. They made a whole series of these back in the day They're designed to go on people's bookshelves and look classy I'll do a special Board hoarder episode about these I haven't done any board game videos in a long time. This is a Suspenders slash bow tie set that I bought just before Christmas thinking I would use this In an episode of the truth, I'm not so sure anymore But it may show up at some point speaking of clothing here's a Set of elastic shoelace replacements that I bought on eBay Because the shoes that I bought last summer I take a few steps they come untied.  I Thought Trader Joe's was a snooty Los Angeles Hollywood thing But then I saw one in North Carolina. I was so surprised. I took a picture of it The only other time I had ever seen Trader Joe's in person was when I was in Los Angeles Years and years ago like 2011. I think and The only thing I knew about Trader Joe's is that I always heard comedians joking about how you can't get parking at Trader Joe's And there was a Trader Joe's in Hollywood. It was in a high-rise building With with a parking garage and I drove past it and I said that I'm not gonna bother to park to go there But then I was driving down Santa Monica Boulevard toward the beach And there was a smaller Trader Joe's by the side of the road I said I'll go in and see what this Trader Joe's is about and I couldn't find parking So this a couple of weeks ago was my first time ever inside a Trader Joe's and it was just junky novelty snacks and a few groceries I Was really surprised and disappointed But I picked this up and it looked like it would be a knockoff Milky Way bar, and that's exactly what it was So that's that's Trader Joe's speaking of knockoffs. I Got these two items down the street of a store called Daiso that evidently specializes in Japanese imports Each of these were $1.50 all of my Rubik's cubes and other cube puzzles are in storage in Florida They've been there for a year and they're going to stay there probably for years to come And I don't have any puzzles with me. So a dollar fifty. I was like I'm not gonna pass that up. I think I'll make a special video unboxing just this and see if it's any good Now the thing you've been waiting for it's exactly what it looks like. I Was really surprised when I walked in there and I did a double-take at this because I saw Stuart Ashen Feature these on his channel on YouTube and I was like really this is this is a real thing that I could get locally So, okay, here we go. I'm gonna open these up and Demonstrate Okay, here. I know that these instant boobs come with Stickers so that they'll stick to I guess your chest Good Lord. This is this is disgusting.  I can feel there's a capsule in there that I guess I'm supposed to pop To squeeze it till it bursts Okay, whoa, this one isn't popping I've got a defective boob here. I can hear it hissing. I don't know if you can and the left one isn't working But this one is getting quite cold Yeah, there's some chemical reaction going on there. I'm really disappointed that my dollar fifty instant boobs are defective Makes me angry This other thing I got at Daiso's these Choco rooms This was I totally forgotten I've got these let's open these up and see What they taste like. Oh, they're surprisingly tiny. Oh, I can smell them. The chocolate is really strong Let's see what they taste like Supposedly they have two layers of chocolate a thin coating of dark chocolate with milk chocolate on the inside And that's exactly what it tastes like. It's like pocky keep trying here. Oh, there we go a late bloomer over here These aren't terribly large. They're not nearly as large as this guy's cartoon But if you stuck these under your shirt, they would definitely be noticed. Yeah, it's pretty darn cold. Okay, that's it I'm gonna cut this off Yeah, literally I'm gonna cut these off Thank you for watching Please press the like button down below. That's how videos get seen and recommended on YouTube please subscribe to my channel here on YouTube and please go to my 50th Street page 30 seconds high-five at 50th st And either make a one-time donation or become a paying monthly sponsor That will help me to continue to make more videos and again. I'm trying to raise 500 to go to that convention the first weekend of March and Also to cover those unfortunate medical bills I had yesterday Okay, bye Actually, these are still sizzling You hear that? Kind of like super cold Wow, are these safe for the trash?


Blood in the Water by Jack Flynn, narrated by Dion Graham, Tuesday, January 1st. He hummed as he worked. An old folk tune he'd learned in El Calabozo as a child. He couldn't remember the words, which was odd. As a rule he remembered everything. Memories tortured Vincente Carpio, and his tortured mind gave him a special kind of madness. The leadership recognized it early on. That was why they'd sent him to America, because he was willing to do the things that others weren't. It was a decision many in the leadership now questioned. Now the madness seemed to have taken over. He was sweating, and his bald, tattooed head was slick. This one was the eighth he'd done this way, and by far the hardest. He wouldn't have thought it to look at her. She was young and thin, shorter than him, with a punk haircut, shaved on one side, and dyed multiple collars on the other. At first he'd thought she was probably a junkie. Cambridge had its fair share, a consequence of the ultra-liberal orthodoxy of the city that viewed tolerance of everything as an imperative. He'd realized quickly that she wasn't. Junkies put up little resistance. They were so unhappy with their lives that they simply couldn't find a reason to fight.  She fought so hard he considered aborting the attack and moving on, but that wasn't a realistic option. If she'd escaped, the police would have combed through the area immediately, and there was little doubt that he would be found. He couldn't let that happen. Eventually she had succumbed, as they all did in the end. Even now, though, she continued to resist in her own way. The sinew around her vertebrae was stringier and less cooperative than he had found with the others, forcing him to work harder, and his perspiration mixed with the blood on his hands, making the task all the more difficult. He found the work invigorating, though, and the blood sliding down the crosses adorning his wrists made him think of the graveyard in his hometown, fields of crosses covered in blood. He was surprised that he could sweat in the cold. Coming up, he'd thought that the winter in El Calabozo was frigid. The temperatures could sometimes dip into the fifties in January and February. He'd never experienced any cold like a New England winter. He'd left the upstairs windows in the little house open, mainly to keep the flesh refrigerated, and with the outside temperatures below zero, the house was an ice box. And yet, still, he was sweating. Finally, he finished with a knife and started with the ropes, tying her up the same way he'd done with the others. When he was done with that, he stepped back and examined his work. He was satisfied. He wondered how long it would take for his work to be found. Two days, he thought, maybe three. The police were already looking for two of them, and he was a priority for the FBI and the other federal authorities. Along with the cold, the stench was overpowering in the basement. With the windows left open, it would not take long for one of the neighbors to decide that their civic tolerance ended with the smell of rotting flesh, and they would call the authorities. Then the real madness would begin. America would realize what it had wrought unto itself. He walked to the basement sink and washed the blood and sweat from his arms and his face. He gave the place one last look. His fingerprints would be everywhere, as would other identifying evidence. He didn't care. He wanted them to know it was him. He needed them to know it was him, too. Wednesday, January 16th, the dream returned. Her little boy had come back to her with a smile that melted her heart and made her long for the chance to hold him just once more. They were by the shore, near the Nantesquid Motel south of Boston where they'd spent a week every summer of his life, just the three of them, the perfect young family. She tried to run to him, but the ground slipped beneath her feet like a great terrestrial treadmill. She called out to him, begged him to come to her, but he just smiled. A foghorn blared in the background. She called him again, pleading with him to say something, anything, to her. His lips were moving, but the foghorn grew louder, drowning him out. He was slipping away, and she could feel her panic growing. Sample complete. Ready to continue?


But we talking about Bob's a friend. Yes, I did see you at the concert, bro I looked at you. It was no point of me speaking to you. I don't like you. You don't like me What am I finna say to you? What's up, Bob?  Yes, I did see you at the concert, bro I looked at you. It was no point of me speaking to you. I don't like you. You don't like me What am I finna say to you? What's up, Bob?   I don't like the nigga. He know I don't like him. He don't like me Yeah, but y'all was on it.  I don't know this late.  That's not just not true Like how he came on this whole like y'all seen them walking like nigga what? Yeah, I heard you got a ride here.    I don't know. I didn't know what kind of car Somebody my name bro.  Yeah, so you say that you say supreme don't have a car I don't know what I just know niggas don't have cars. I don't know what supreme I can't speak for with that nigga I don't know but why he's speaking on what I got. He'll know me Wow, it's emotional. That's what I'm saying. I don't know what he got. I can't say what he got I don't know I mean how did y'all ever get sideways cuz you and him You want another story? Okay, he had he was he was he was manager swerve Lord, okay swerve Lord was his artist I like swerve Lord music. I reached out to swerve Lord like a matter of fact, I was finna do a list I'd never put swerve Lord on the list. So I reached out to him and said bro I told him I was gonna put him on this I ain't put him on it. We did a whole another list I hit him up like hey, bro, let's do an interview.  Let's do an interview I pulled up on them far. They far and forward southwest side somewhere forward pull up on them We do the interview is Vondie supreme swerve Lord Vondie is an R&B artist that supreme also used to manage Vondie hard Anyways, I'm talking to the niggas. I'm like swerve Lord. I got sound cloud my sound cloud doing numbers millions of views on sound cloud means of use. I'm telling swerve Lord like a bro Let's do a Dallas global tape.  I hit my partner to do the graphic He do the graphic it take him some time to do the graphic keep in mind I talked to spring or talk to swerve Lord. They give me the songs. They want to give me We talk about it. I'm telling them like yeah, but I already got the songs. I already got the music. I leave cool I go to New Orleans my little brother died. I'm at my little brother I'm at my little brother funeral my partner sent me the graphic like a is done So I reached out to buy supreme them like a The graphic done. I'm finna post this on my sound cloud supreme. He me up like nah We need some of them songs like we all just swear Lord finna drop a tape We gonna drop it on that project.  We already agreed on these songs, you know, I'm saying I'll tell them like a Bro, that's cool. I'll take them songs off.  You doing bad business.  It's seven songs. By the way, maybe less It's probably possible.  I said hey, just the party like what's the supreme price? I'm like nigga what? The supreme price is the price. What you talking about? You know I'm saying so It go from there. He feeling some type of way about that, you know He managing k breezy niggas don't know I Did you talk to supreme on the phone? He'd be telling like what you think about this what you think about that? I'd be like, hey, I like this artist. I think this artist missing this I think this they missing this you like I'm finna start Getting your opinion on different things to tap it was just having conversation I ain't gonna say he like he probably just wants to know what I think as a blogger Or whatever, you know I'm saying but we did have conversation. Okay, uh I One day some just I don't even remember what happened where it just went left again cuz I'm like bro This nigga just not right like something about that nigga just not right like you ain't no good nigga to me Like it's just something that just always go left whether just you felt that way. Ah That's hot. That's my feel about the nigga. He ain't good. Did he do anything to make it something He always do something bro. I always do something like it's always something bro Like it's always something to be honest at that point.   I ain't no nigga.  You know been to his house. I was somebody house. I don't know if it was his mama house Assume like in Fort Worth. I don't know who house that was it was some apartment in Fort Worth I don't know but I've never met his wife though So for him to just start that rumor was just like crazy to me.   Please bro. Just chill bro. He's like bro Bro, come on bro. Like do it. He must like he like him then be easy Talk to Bob Supreme.    It just be it just be I Don't know.  That's cool.  I'm cool Sit down with him and be like man, you know We didn't sit down already like it was supposed to be it was did y'all say y'all squashed to that I still ain't shake his hand.  You didn't say my I don't want to shake your hand bro Cuz that's fake. That's damn. That's fake bro.  I ain't got a shake your hand nigga.