I'm not sure if it quite qualifies as working my ass off or not, but all of my spare cash from 7th grade to 12th grade was funneled into my Magic the Gathering addiction... "Please just one more booster pack, I promise I'll ref the soccer game next week..."
When I was 10 or 11, I once found a kiost in a mall that was selling all the premium rares for 15 cents per card. I'm talking cards that were valued at $10-50. The person at the shop was a temporary that had no idea what was going on. I bought like $500 worth of cards for like $8, all I had.
I'm not sure if it quite qualifies as working my ass off or not, but all of my spare cash from 7th grade to 12th grade was funneled into my Magic the Gathering addiction... "Please just one more booster pack, I promise I'll ref the soccer game next week..."
When I was 10 or 11, I once found a kiost in a mall that was selling all the premium rares for 15 cents per card. I'm talking cards that were valued at $10-50. The person at the shop was a temporary that had no idea what was going on. I bought like $500 worth of cards for like $8, all I had.