So, it's been well over a month since I posted. Time to remedy that. I'd like to preface this entry by saying:
I need a camera, and a person whose sole job is to take photographs of interesting events in my life.
Now that i've justified my lack of pictures, let's begin.
Right after I got my tattoo (quite literally, less than an hour later) I made my favorite purchase to date. It's a 1995 Ducati Monster 900cc. To put it mildly, this bike is fast. FAR faster than I care to go, to be honest. Going less than 40mph takes considerable effort, as it goes 40mph at about 5500rpm in 1st gear(!!!). I've only taken up to about 95mph on the interstate. I wanted to break that 100mph barrier, but the fact of the matter is that this is a naked bike (no aerodynamic fairings or windshield) and I weigh about 140lbs. There's just too much wind at that speed. I'm going to get a fairing from Ducati, but that'll be another story for another day.
My on-the-side web business has hit an interesting point. I've (we've) got a client that is an aspiring start-up company who want to offer a unique web based service (I can't really be less vague than that right now, more details later). Anyway, the agreement we came up with stated that since they had no way of paying us at the moment, we would share 50% of the revenue and 50% equity in the company. At the time no one really cared about details because we all thought the service would actually end up losing a little money every year, and there wouldn't be any money to fight over. However, it turns out that in the month of July '06 alone, between Google and Yahoo over 5 million searches were done that relate to the project, and what it will offer. Needless to say, they're now trying to fuck us out of our money. I've got the upper hand though, because we've written all the code (and not given any of it to them yet), and furthermore, I registered the domain.
Like I said, that's very vague and probably pretty dull, but I'll definitely be plugging this site when it goes live, so stay tuned.
So here's a question for everyone. Where do I meet early 20's people who want to hang out and have a good time in Charlotte, NC, WITHOUT going to bars? Any and all ideas are appreciated.
On a totally unrelated note, Catherine Aird once said "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." Remember that.
I need a camera, and a person whose sole job is to take photographs of interesting events in my life.
Now that i've justified my lack of pictures, let's begin.
Right after I got my tattoo (quite literally, less than an hour later) I made my favorite purchase to date. It's a 1995 Ducati Monster 900cc. To put it mildly, this bike is fast. FAR faster than I care to go, to be honest. Going less than 40mph takes considerable effort, as it goes 40mph at about 5500rpm in 1st gear(!!!). I've only taken up to about 95mph on the interstate. I wanted to break that 100mph barrier, but the fact of the matter is that this is a naked bike (no aerodynamic fairings or windshield) and I weigh about 140lbs. There's just too much wind at that speed. I'm going to get a fairing from Ducati, but that'll be another story for another day.
My on-the-side web business has hit an interesting point. I've (we've) got a client that is an aspiring start-up company who want to offer a unique web based service (I can't really be less vague than that right now, more details later). Anyway, the agreement we came up with stated that since they had no way of paying us at the moment, we would share 50% of the revenue and 50% equity in the company. At the time no one really cared about details because we all thought the service would actually end up losing a little money every year, and there wouldn't be any money to fight over. However, it turns out that in the month of July '06 alone, between Google and Yahoo over 5 million searches were done that relate to the project, and what it will offer. Needless to say, they're now trying to fuck us out of our money. I've got the upper hand though, because we've written all the code (and not given any of it to them yet), and furthermore, I registered the domain.
Like I said, that's very vague and probably pretty dull, but I'll definitely be plugging this site when it goes live, so stay tuned.
So here's a question for everyone. Where do I meet early 20's people who want to hang out and have a good time in Charlotte, NC, WITHOUT going to bars? Any and all ideas are appreciated.
On a totally unrelated note, Catherine Aird once said "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning." Remember that.