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Jun. 2nd, 2005 06:39 pmJDK's more lucrative sideline, it turns out, is smuggling legal aliens across the border and selling them to the hotel biz. I'm not sure what I think of the ethics behind this – sure, it's all perfectly legal but it's a little like slave-trading, no? Still, why should Silicon Valley IT departments have the lock on H-1B work permits?
It's been a buzzy week. I am still slaving away at Bartleby since I am reluctant to quit without a signed contract in hand. JDK and I are in the process of cobbling together a deal. I want enough money to pay the household bills so I can stop draining money from my poor little store (which could certainly pay its own bills but which can't pay mine); he doesn't want to insult my intelligence by offering me a shitty deal but obviously has his own budgetary constraints. I must say, I like the guy. He has that Ted Turner loose connection somewhere thing going.
With an exit strategy in place, Bartleby has become – well. Not exactly fun. But a research exercise. A fact-finding exercise into the mainstream American mind. Mainstream Americans honestly think that Red Lobster is an upscale dining experience! And that Michael Jackson is being railroaded because the Santa Ynez mountains are Klan territory. And that people who are stupid enough to build mansions in Laguna Beach do not deserve one penny in insurance compensation when said mansions slide into the ocean. (On that last point, we are in agreement.)
It's been a buzzy week. I am still slaving away at Bartleby since I am reluctant to quit without a signed contract in hand. JDK and I are in the process of cobbling together a deal. I want enough money to pay the household bills so I can stop draining money from my poor little store (which could certainly pay its own bills but which can't pay mine); he doesn't want to insult my intelligence by offering me a shitty deal but obviously has his own budgetary constraints. I must say, I like the guy. He has that Ted Turner loose connection somewhere thing going.
With an exit strategy in place, Bartleby has become – well. Not exactly fun. But a research exercise. A fact-finding exercise into the mainstream American mind. Mainstream Americans honestly think that Red Lobster is an upscale dining experience! And that Michael Jackson is being railroaded because the Santa Ynez mountains are Klan territory. And that people who are stupid enough to build mansions in Laguna Beach do not deserve one penny in insurance compensation when said mansions slide into the ocean. (On that last point, we are in agreement.)
