A Belated Valentine

I've been known to cross state borders just to hang with people who are also single for Valentine's Day, so it should come as no surprise that I would troll the interwebs for sarcastic and dry Valentines. Well the internet has an abundance of snarky V-day e-cards, but they're mostly lame. Then I came across tacky Star Wars Valentine's cards and was impressed with both their dorkiness and hilarity. I felt compelled to post a couple here. Others may end up in various inboxes, a few days late.

The business facet of my life is interesting. Our summer program now has over 20 applicants, and our first student arrives in a few weeks. We are expanding our offering to Shanghai, where TPBJR will be settling shortly, and are generally optimistic about the program and it's potential to generate income and lasting student interest in Shenzhen. I'm a big fan of "tech blogs" specifically one called Engadget. I mention this because I frequently come across articles about cellphones or tech that have some relation to Shenzhen, and that makes me feel kind of cool knowing almost exactly where all those wares are sold (illegally) and manufactured (not so illegally). I would hope that some nerdy dorky college types want to come out here to try and be part of the action as well.

The consulting side is interesting and multi-faceted to put it lightly. We are expanding and refocusing and are perhaps running out of fingers to put into pots. This is fine though at the moment because we are lining up to wrap up a few clients this month and that of course means rent becomes a little bit easier to handle. I cannot post much about this as most of it is confidential and/or ongoing and/or I'm just not on the same page at the moment. But things are good.

I need to get organized, and start jotting down things to post about here, I'm currently waiting for a sunny day to record a video of a taxi-trip downtown, and perhaps one of the electronics city Hua Xian Bei, because these are two things/places that really need to be seen to be understood. The electronics city is shut because of Chinese New Year which was on the 14th but continues for the remainder of the week, and the weather is just miserable settling in nicely at 45F with overcast/fog/drizzle. It may not sound bad, but our buildings do not have heat, and China isn't quite sure what insulation is yet. It is often colder inside because of the concrete nature of our domiciles. Tea and Oatmeal, and the one sweater I didn't forget in the states.

I'm off to lunch, but will leave you with another Star Wars V-day card. Hope everyone's met or exceeded their expectations.