Alright, so the gist is this: I am not buying the Jeep, despite it’s attractiveness, for two (2) reasons: 1) too many miles. 160k is quite a bit. and 2) I’m being financially responsible and paying off all my debt. I took all my grandios DoD contracting paychecks and applied them to my more than equally grandios debts. So my credit score has shot through the roof, but I have no cash. BUT, see below. Our plan to open up a CyberCafe is on the road, 100%. I’ve been busting my ass putting together the business plan — it’s 20% writing and 80% phone calls / projections / letters / other legwork. Quite the learning experience, and definitely for the better — a lot invigorating, a lot scary. It’s going to happen, though, and I’m fucking stoked. Oh, and the plan is to use the income from the CyberCafe to buy a new vehicle 😀 Heard a pretty profound statement from Jack (of all people) the other day: [i]Experience begets wisdom; Rules beget obedience.[/i] It’s pretty true, imo. I know a couple seriously repressed people and all they do is follow the rules. No adventure, no getting out and doing what they want — only doing what *others* want. I know all about this, and it rings true. It makes me feel sorry for people who are sheltered. ahh well. Went out with Keen, Livia and a guy named Thane today. That was a good time. It’s nice to hang out with intellectual people who are not coworkers ;-). We had a good time just shooting the shit over at Shuga’s … we even discussed [L=http://www.intellectualwhores.com/masterladder.html]Ladder Theory[/L]. It was a good time. So yea, I’m hot to trot for Becky. She’s really nice and all, but I think this other guy named John is going for her, and she spends a lot more time with that crowd than with our crowd, which bodes not well for me striking up the romance. She’s off in Kansas this weekend though, so I’ll see if I can arrange something for next week; I’ll make sure you keep ya’ll up to date on my love interests 😉