Getting Inked

I'm getting inked!

Naw...I keed. I wish I was getting a new tattoo so I could say I was newly "inked" in that way. For 3 years now I've been wanting to get a tattoo sleeve down one of my arms. Did you know I was actually on an 8-month waiting list to get tattooed by the best artist in town... I was 1 week away from my appointment and then I had to cancel. Why? Because I switched the money I was going to use for the tattoo to pay for my first trip to visit Florence.

Awwwww! heheh. Someday she can't complain when I eventually want to cash in the favor and finally go get my tat! :)

I digress. Basically, I finally initiated the process of incorporating my business. So pretty soon I'll be operating as "Lowe Studio Incorporated" Sounds spiffy. Suddenly I got Metallica's old song "Damage Incorporated" stuffling through my head. Maybe that will be my theme song on my future reality show....where I hire young designers and show them the real world where we have to ditch half our creative energy and divert that into endlessly typing out proposals and contracts all day long.

Getting incorporated will be good. I'm teetering at the profit point where I may be saving a little money in taxes by being reclassified...and I'll be better positioned to handle payroll in a couple years or so when I'd be considering hiring people. I think this will be a positive move.

It might be a long shot but I got asked in the last minute to teach a design course over at Chaminade University. I guess the real guy dropped out at the last minute. If it does go through I'd be more then a little freaked out because I've never taught a regular course before...not to mention the semester starts next week giving me only days to prep for it. EEEP!

The opportunity is too good though. If I end up good at teaching, who knows what kinds of doors this might open up for me in the future. It's too good to pass up. We'll see....chances are they'll find someone else as you normally need a master's degree to teach. I guess if they have nobody to fill the role I'm the last ditch replacement. Those poor college kids....wait till they get a load of me.