June 2002 - all was well in my world. A balance exists in my life.

A beautiful wife, a great job, basketball twice a week, the guns and of course, cars.

It starts innocently enough.

I pick up a couple more brochures at the car show than I really need.

I join a website called MY350Z as Charter Member #16.

I visit the Nissan dealership once a week or so.....

I learn about a guy they call Mr. K, the founder of the Z.

Z is just one of 26 letters in the alphabet.

I start searching ebay under "350Z"

And my collection is under control....

 

August 2002 - mild symptons begin to surface.

The basketball deflates and I don't bother to air it up.

I can't find the keys to my gun safes and I don't even care.

I start bidding on items at ebay.....

I attend two car shows and actually meet Mr. K

I start calling my wife mspointfivezero

I think the alphabet begins with Z

I know all the employees at Hanlee's Nissan on a first name basis

My "best" friends have names like jmanz, audiopat and drbonz


And the collection grows.....

 

I'm scared.

 

November 2002 - full blown obsession is apparent.

I'm up at 2 am on a Sunday, moving all the furniture out of my living room to set up my collection. I use a level and tape measure to insure symmetry.

ebay is now the home page on my computer

I have Mr K's home phone number

I cancel my membership at 24 hour fitness

My guns have rusted into a single piece of metal

I think that Z is the ONLY letter in the alphabet

I now attend the soccer games of the kids of the Nissan dealership's employees

My entire social life revolves around the next Bay Area Z event

My wife is in tears thumbing through the "mental health" section of the yellow pages


The collection is proof that life has lost it's balance

This one's for you ethan84ae:

 

For reference:

The computer screen in picture one is 17" diagonal.

The rug under the collection in picture two is 6' X 9'.

The living room in picture three is 10' X 12'.


I need to buy a bigger house.

 

I thought you were selling your collection. If not that is good. I wouldn't sell it.

 

I posted it (picture two) less the Mr. K signed stuff in August and had a bid for $1,050 but that fell through. The autographed items and my original pre-order stuff from Nissan is not for sell. But the rest may be going on ebay. I have car payments now.

 

that was toooo entertaining!

 

You da man!!!!

 

HOLY CRAP

you need to get out more...j/k

nice collection

 

That's impressive, but you had better pay some more attention to your wife...Try to find some harmony between her and other "lady" in your garage.

 

holy ****!

 

Hey Ethan!

Hope my comments the other day make more sense now. My wife just got home from Santa Barbara and had your exact same quote.

 

oh lord you are obsessed.

 

I think obzessed is the correct word. If I posted pictures of my gun collection, I'd get kicked off the site.

It's definitely a genetic thing, started with tinker toys.

 

Weird?

 

A few more shots of the collection because, well....I'm obsessed with my obsession!

 

I showed a picture to the sales manager at Nissan today. He asked me if I'd take $1500 for it....

 

Three more....

 

Sorry about the bandwidth munch, Takao!