My OperaJune
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 3:54:24 AM
Howdy Outer Space,
It's been a while since I've put any energy into this place, so I decided to take a couple of minutes to freshen up and post an update. I'm currently reading "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn. I spotted it on a bookshelf in a bar and borrowed it. It's freakish and great so far.
On July 15th, my company will have its first birthday. I wonder how many gallons of sweat I've lost toiling under the fireball this past year to get to this point. I've lost some friends and burned some bridges along the way but learned a lot about myself and tons about running a business. My clientele list is growing and I've started landing some huge contracts. (For me, anyway.) Right now, I've got a contract for a $70,000 capital improvement project on a shopping center in my hands. I've never made this kind of money before. It's exciting. I wish I would've started sooner.
I don't regret the years I spent organizing, however. Those days and months really prepared me for my current endeavors. It taught me how to communicate with every type of person imaginable. Those years were also packed with adventures, sex, drugs, and rock and roll. I think most of it is out of my system. The drugs, that is. I'm still addicted to every thing else. Those were some good times though, full of friends that hung around.
It's been four months since I last had a sip of alcohol. I thought it would be harder, given that I drank profusely for years, occasionally stopping to shower and brush my teeth or something. I don't even think about it unless I'm at a bar with friends, where usually I'll order a non-alcoholic beer to swig on. It looks and tastes like beer so my mind says "Close enough. Relax, buddy." Not really, but I have been enjoying the "Near Beer".
The recording studio is almost fully operational. There's just a few more gadgets to purchase including a new acoustic guitar. (A present to myself for completing the huge job we just started) Soon, I will be recording more songs and uploading them here to rest peacefully in cyberspace until the day comes when they are needed to pull mankind from the muck. They will sail into the atmosphere and recombine within the airwaves, unzipping hidden DNA and unlocking the purpose of mankind.
Until the first note is played a week or so from now, farewell.
P.S - Did I mention I'm also buying a boat? Yea. With a cabin. I'm tired of watching people sail off into the sunset from the shore. I will pierce that sunset before the year is through... Mark my words.
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It's been a while since I've put any energy into this place, so I decided to take a couple of minutes to freshen up and post an update. I'm currently reading "Geek Love" by Katherine Dunn. I spotted it on a bookshelf in a bar and borrowed it. It's freakish and great so far.
On July 15th, my company will have its first birthday. I wonder how many gallons of sweat I've lost toiling under the fireball this past year to get to this point. I've lost some friends and burned some bridges along the way but learned a lot about myself and tons about running a business. My clientele list is growing and I've started landing some huge contracts. (For me, anyway.) Right now, I've got a contract for a $70,000 capital improvement project on a shopping center in my hands. I've never made this kind of money before. It's exciting. I wish I would've started sooner.
I don't regret the years I spent organizing, however. Those days and months really prepared me for my current endeavors. It taught me how to communicate with every type of person imaginable. Those years were also packed with adventures, sex, drugs, and rock and roll. I think most of it is out of my system. The drugs, that is. I'm still addicted to every thing else. Those were some good times though, full of friends that hung around.
It's been four months since I last had a sip of alcohol. I thought it would be harder, given that I drank profusely for years, occasionally stopping to shower and brush my teeth or something. I don't even think about it unless I'm at a bar with friends, where usually I'll order a non-alcoholic beer to swig on. It looks and tastes like beer so my mind says "Close enough. Relax, buddy." Not really, but I have been enjoying the "Near Beer".
The recording studio is almost fully operational. There's just a few more gadgets to purchase including a new acoustic guitar. (A present to myself for completing the huge job we just started) Soon, I will be recording more songs and uploading them here to rest peacefully in cyberspace until the day comes when they are needed to pull mankind from the muck. They will sail into the atmosphere and recombine within the airwaves, unzipping hidden DNA and unlocking the purpose of mankind.
Until the first note is played a week or so from now, farewell.
P.S - Did I mention I'm also buying a boat? Yea. With a cabin. I'm tired of watching people sail off into the sunset from the shore. I will pierce that sunset before the year is through... Mark my words.
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Sansanshan # Saturday, July 4, 2009 11:52:31 PM
I read Geek Love a few years ago. Very very strange book..but great.
Dillon RobertsDillonRoberts # Sunday, July 5, 2009 5:56:09 PM
Thanks, San!
musebarefoot_muse # Monday, August 3, 2009 5:13:33 AM
Dillon RobertsDillonRoberts # Monday, August 3, 2009 1:27:53 PM