{"id":1619,"date":"2008-01-02T11:06:53","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T19:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/archives\/2008\/01\/02\/new-year-update\/"},"modified":"2008-01-02T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2008-01-02T19:33:18","slug":"new-year-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/02\/new-year-update\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s going on in my life? Let’s see…<\/p>\n

I went back to New Jersey for a week for Christmas and got to see the most beautiful girl in the world. She’s got long strawberry blonde hair and is 4′ tall. That’s my 7 year old niece Julia. :-)<\/p>\n

\"71430012.JPG\"<\/a> I’m still working on the SWARM<\/a> art project with friends. See a SWARM video I produced<\/a> and some blog updates<\/a>. about it.<\/p>\n

I’m starting a new job as a residential solar power sales consultant at Premier Power<\/a>. My good friend Barry introduced me to the position and I’m terribly excited at the prospect making a good income at saving the world. I had worked at Valley Yellow Pages<\/a> over the summer specifically so I could get my sales chops. We’ll see how it goes!<\/p>\n

Charlotte<\/a> and I are doing well together. We’re still in our tiny 24th st apartment… with the new job looming, I’ve thought and said aloud many times, “I can’t wait until I have some money”. I haven’t often thought of how money could improve my life but now I am. Again, we’ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n

\"flgcalendar_printerspread_pg7.jpg\"<\/a>I helped produce and sell $4,000 of Flaming Lotus Girls calendars<\/a> for the Christmas season. That makes me pretty happy and proud.<\/p>\n

I took a forklift certification<\/a> class in December (anyone need a forklift driver?)<\/p>\n

Went to a couple baby-shower like events recently… Pouneh from FLG and Michelle H. It looks like everybody is getting bulbous bellies these days.<\/p>\n

I’ve been helping Tad create the ultimate workbench. I’ve gone over to his house a couple times to cut wood and move things etc… he’s got a LOT of electronics gear in his house and he uses it! Maybe it’ll give you some glimpse to know that he has a $400 electric bill each month, and he lives on his own! Helping him has been fun. I’ll try to post pictures when it’s done. It looks like it’ll be 3 shelves, each capable of holding 600 lbs of gear (and yes, he’ll use it), the main table level is about 4′ x 8′, with the back being occupied by 2′ deep gear like oscilloscopes and the like.<\/p>\n

\"polar-bears.jpg\"<\/a>For Christmas, my folks got me a Tom Tom (which will be good for my new job!) and are getting me tickets to Burning Man. I like very much that they have enough acceptance of “those crazy hippies in the desert” that they’d do that for me.<\/p>\n

I suppose that’s the most of it. You can find out more about what I’m thinking by reading the rest of my blog<\/a>. I see that this blog thing is getting quite extensive. I’ve made over 1,200 posts to it since I started it 5 years ago in 2002. I make a point of only posting things that are important to me.<\/p>\n

\"happy-new.jpg\"<\/a>I welcome you to see the New Year card<\/a> I sent to many people this year. It’s really quite pleasant.<\/p>\n

If the card isn’t available anymore, here’s a local version<\/a>. Originally, the interactive card ended with “Happy New Year” and “May this be a year of peace, love, growth and good news”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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