Sick days and unlucky streaks

29 December 2012
I feel terrible.

I've been feeling a bit sick since last week.  Thought I'd be feeling better by now but I've only gotten worse.  I've coughed myself hoarse.  I'm now talking in a very loud whisper.  I've spent nearly half of this year sick or out of it so this is definitely not how I planned to end the year.

Yesterday, I was told by my sister that the winners for a michellephan's contest had been picked.  The first time she told me about the contest I didn't want to join.  Her Youtube channel has millions of viewers, so the probably of getting picked was slim.  But my sister told me I should join so that if I win, I get to give her the prize.  Nice.

The contest spans ten days or ten videos.  The first day's rules are simple: Name her bunny toy.  So hours after the first video of the contest was put up I put in my entry.  My entry was Mochi.

Mochi was the name chosen, only the poster chosen wasn't me.

Crap. Now I feel absolutely horrible. It's like having a juicy morsel waved in front of a hungry tiger then having it taken away. I can't help but feel as though I had a legitimate shot at it only to be so damn unlucky not to be picked.

I get stupid ideas now like maybe I should have made multiple posts, maybe I should have updated my profile and put in an attention grabbing pic, maybe I should have embellished my posts.  I even tried to check back on the video just to make sure that my entry wasn't just a figment of my imagination but the entire video is gone so that's that.  Damn unlucky.

That's still on my bucket list: Someday I'm going to win something.

One more contest day left.  I already put in a comment/entry though I'd probably have a better chance contracting measles than I do of winning this.  Still, who knows?

Since I was already on it I tried to see what the prizes were.  Having no real desire to enter in the first place considering my chances were close to nil, I didn't really care about the prizes.  This time I thought I'd actually take a look at them.

This is not the first time I've heard of Coach, but it is the first time I've looked at the price tag.  Damn, $398!  If I had a bag like that then the bag itself will cost more than the all the stuff I'll be carrying in it.  If somebody tries to rob me I'd probably just dump the contents in his hand- cellphone, camera, wallet included- and run off with the bag.

A bag like this definitely doesn't suit the jeepney-riding life I lead. I've had my bag slashed twice while commuting.  I'd probably faint if I had this then somebody decides to slash the bag.

Hay...

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