Let eBay quench your creativity

When is the last time you tried to write something creative?

For our creative groups, we often use short activities to boost inspiration to the maximum. One of my current favourites is story writing. One might be put off by this quickly saying they are not good at writing; but you don’t need any specific skills in order to let your mind relax a bit and just write! You don’t need to prove a point, it’s just story writing. The weirder the better…

My friend tweeted this the other day: “eBay’s 'enjoy a great night in' suggestion list includes an Epson printer, a foot massager, and Two and a Half Men DVDs. Gonna go wiiiild!!!!!” This really made me laugh; it’s obviously not your typical night in, well, not for me at least. It reminds me of demographics detectors, they just get it all wrong. These funny suggestions have inspired me to write a story though, let me give these three words a go: Epson printer, foot massager and Two and a Half Men.

I often find myself daydreaming about Charlie Sheen. There’s just something about him. I know he is the bad guy and all, but what can you do. I don’t tell this secret to many people, at my age this is a bit embarrassing really. It’s 4pm already and I just can’t wait to go home, I ordered this new foot massager and it arrived this morning to the office. It will be quite difficult to drag it home, plus I’m not sure Larry will be too pleased with my new purchase. If I recall I may have ordered something similar a few years back. Where it is now? Who knows… He probably threw it out. Whatever, at least I can try out this new foot massager as I watch my program on TV.

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You’ll never believe what happened. So I get home and there’s a huge box in the middle of our living room. I start calling Larry’s name but get no response… I call him on his cell phone to ask where he is, and most importantly, what the hell is that box??? He tells me he ordered an Epson printer and that I should not touch it, it’s the newest one out there. Out with his friends, back later. Winning! Well guess what I did? He won’t forget this one… Google is my best friend. I opened that magical box and set up the printer and printed off a bunch of colourful images of Mr. Sheen, folding origami as I watched Two and a Half Men before going to bed. Who cares about the foot massager? This was my dream night in.

Ten little minutes to get your mind working differently, not that difficult.