Hello world. I would like you to join me in a project. Experiment, really. Well, maybe more of an amusement.
For Econ we watched a news report of a Canadian man who bartered his way up from one red paper clip to a house. People traded him better stuff for what he offered originally as a gimmick, but later wanted to partake of his celebrity status. This guy's website is
oneredpaperclip.com. Take a look--it's a great story!
My teacher, Mr. Loeffler, said we could try the same thing for our semester project.
So here I am with my offer: a bobby pin.
What could I get for a blonde bobby pin? I know sometimes I wish I had a bobby pin for the occasional mid-day hairstyle switch. Or suppose it rains (I know, unlikely in California these days) and your bangs frizz up. I know I would do almost anything to have a bobby pin to put them up.
People get desperate. And they'll do desperate things. Like, I don't know, trade me a pen for the bobby pin. You never know.
My hope is to make good trades and work my way up into a market where what I have is actually worth something. But I've got to start small. Bobby pin small.

So I've thrown this out there. I hope to link to friends' blogs and have them see this. I'm also going to post this link to my facebook page.
Any offers??