emily's 2 a.m. impulse buy, brought to you by ebay...

so, when andrew and i were wandering through the john waters galleries at the warhol on tuesday, we decided that we needed, more than anything, was to be making collages out of holy cards, you know, those little wallet-sized cards with images of saints and other various religious figures, usually with prayers or the like on the back. we've got some fantastic ideas, too, but i'm not going to write them here, because then you'd go out and copy us and we'd lose out on our only chance to make millions. but trust me -- they're good.

you're jealous already. i can tell.

so, i've been combing the internet off and on since the museum visit, trying to find a cheap, easy way to get a variety of holy cards for a tiny price tag. here's a sampling of the websites i've searched in my quest:

www.catholicsupply.com
www.catholicstore.com
www.catholiccompany.com
(and my favorite:)
www.totallycatholic.com

and then it hit me -- the place i really should be visiting is my good old friend ebay! of course! ebay! i mean, you'd have thought that i would have realized this sooner, since i've spent a good amount of time this summer cruising ebay for good prices on road bikes. but alas, i'm a little slow sometimes.

and now, after losing one auction for a mere 16 different holy cards, i found a "buy it now" option on a set of NINETY FOUR different cards for about $20. should i be spending twenty dollars right now on something i don't need, when my loan money hasn't yet come in and i can't even afford to buy my textbooks? of course not. am i glad i made the purchase nonetheless? you bet!

here are some samples of what i've got coming:






















look out, MoMA! here i come!