Odd how things will touch you off. I had a minor metldown last night, which culminated in the running of a red light and me taking a pit stop on the side of a major highway to convince myself that I would get home alive and financially intact. Stems mostly from the job - loooong story, but the short version is that yesterday, I was about through with it.
thanks to waldo, some chili and rice, and a can of skoal, I now have had a really bright and startling revelation, and can now live my life and go to my job without wanting to take the life of a fellow human being in the process( a la "office space"). good news.
had to miss screen on the green tonight as I was out visiting with Doug about his house. Doug is a professional trust fund baby who managed to somehow piss away his nest egg, and now is selling his house. real tear jerker, this one. I finally got tired of coddling the old fart and put some pressure on him. by Wednesday I will know if i can buy his house. it's a cool old craftsman cottage in need of an interior redo and another bathroom to say the very least. A deck will probably be in the works as well. the place has the odor of 20 years of old person and menthol cigarettes, so most of the ceiling drywall is coming out. the washer and dryer are coming out of the crawl space too. Jesus.
no links today, caught a case of the lazies from god knows what.
email lily. she likes fish and chips.
Man, the best time of year is here, and the discovery channel kicked it off. Yes ladies and germs, the tour de france is here!!!!
Many thanks to Marty and Jimbo, who were kind enough to bestow a monster TV on me, and waldo and crew were kind enough to tvsit for me. its gonna be a great year for the tour. I am sympathetic to baseball and all the other boring sprots for thee other 11 months, but now is the real deal. no cute striped pants, and no commercial breaks that interrupt the action. they just keep riding.
new nextel is getting here on thursday - and i still need some tools, so start the donations.
Dewalt compressor: buy here
Nail guns here or here
you get the idea.
cool link of the day: get paid to get a phone by following this link
Peace
konichiwa bitches,
saturday morning, and i am jjust trying to get the motor runnning for today - some blogging is sure to help. I am getting a sweet new nextel and getting a damn good deal on it. if you want to get in on the walkie talkie badassness, click here I actually get $50 back cash for buying the damn thing. so its like a free first month. awesome.
anyone buying a house, or other big ticket item should check this out for 8 bucks a month, you keep an eye on your credit score. pretty useful.
going to new england on the 9th of july for a badass bike trip. I am doing hill work to prepare, and it sucks. let me repeat that. hills suck. they go up. the downhill part is really fun - there is a big one by my second home (THE 672) here in atlanta that I can hit 42 MPH going down. booyah.
anyone with good used tools to sell should please call me. I am in need of a miter box, table saw, air compressor and a couple of nail guns. thanks.
new email for all who care:
darwin.crawford@gmail.com
- peace
so after a trip to the gym to let off some steam and deal with the gay guys, I see this car with this insane logo on the side. if i would only have had the camera. gotta love the language on that website.
New business: financial planning. just call me and i will sett you up with a bare-bones investment account with a major broker. here's how it will work. You, being the busy person that you are, will email me at darwin.crawford@gmail.com to let me know you want me to help you. I will take $500 of your money, and your sorry ass down here or the institution of your choice, and we will set up the following system for you. I do the legwork, and you sign a couple of things for me. every time you get your paycheck/direct deposit, 10% will be automatically deducted, and sent to your investment/IRA account. from there, it will be used on in the dollar cost averaging method of investing, and will be out of your grubby paws tto spend. I charge $100 for this service, paid to me at $2 a month for 50 months. i would like a clientele of 50 people or so.
why would you pay me for this? because you are too busy/lazy/dumb/not self disciplined enough to go set it up. once its in place, you are on track to get rich one day, but you have to pay me to help you get rich. sorrry, i gotta eat too.
what stock/bond/mutual funds is up to you, but i suggest something that has a dividend, and is scaled for long term growth. look 'em up here
i'm out.
- DC
New word: Yikes. like i realize i turn 23 tommorrow. Yikes!
words for the wise here in atlanta. the average speed of a motorist here is 78 MPH. the speed limit is 55. this is being used to combat that. don't speed here in the summer. you will get caught.
sooo, turning 23. not to momentous, but it is a turning point. I have been out of college for a year, held five different jobs, figured out i love carpentry and real estate, and teaching english to mexicans. go figure. I just hope the real estate and investments pay off so i can build furniture full time. THAT would be cool.
hmm, financial dork update: WPC is slowly rising from my purchase price. took a little dive today, but not worried. should be rebounding nicely.
for anyone with cahs to spare and a desire to make it big, this is the tax sale list for dekalb county and a list of rules can be found at the botttom of the page. you don't get the property for 1yr and 45 days, but they are pretty cheap. more cool sites can be found here and from that link.
birthdays come and go like hangovers. can't wait.
- DC
Ok folks, here is how you are going to make me rich:
first, click on this link to take you to quixtar.com. they are kind of an online sam's club, and have their own line of products. all kinds of stuff. anyway, log in as a visitor, buy some stuff, and put in my number: 4305710
this will allow me to make some money back on your purchases. if you want better prices, i can get you a membership, or you can log on under my name and password, and prices drop a LOT. email me at darwin.crawford@gmail.com if you are interested at all. its like the new amway.
please buy some stuff.
gotta work tomorrow, I'm out.
I have gien myself a fine for excessive use of the word WOW in my blog - sorry for that - i didn't realize how annoying it was.
So the really nice thing about the building greens business is getting phone calls like the one i got at 0700 today from Matt:
hello?
Hey buddy, it's matt
OK - whats up
yeah, the weather sucks, so I am going back to bed for a few hours. I will call you if we work today.
Ok - sounds good.
and my salary dosen't change
thanks, TWC
spent monday driving the hills/mountains north of Dahlonega GA - climbed a waterfall, got dirty, and then went to eat with sara(h)? at her house. I will be spending a lot of time in north GA. really nice scenery, and not many people.
deal of the day: 60% off dining certificates at slickdeals.net
stock tip: WPC - can be found by clicking here the specialize in long term leases for commerical property. Amesome.
going for a new deal at quixtar.com kind of an online sams club. appeals to my OCD/scatterbrained side in that I can have all my useless crap delivered to me without having to think about it. also, if anyone wants to buy the stuff from that site, please contact me first and I will give you my code. it saves you money and makes me money.
- DC
