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Gettin' Down To It With Coal Headwear

April 15, 2004

Had a "heart-to-heart" with Brad from COAL headwear last night. Hashed out some ugly details, lined up our projects and ended the meeting with a firm handshake for COAL's 2004 design look & feel. Brad's a standup guy, and well, we're real proud to be of service to him.After our heated, high-level negotiations, we cruised down to Zergebel's, and met up with their respective "better half" units. We went out for a celebratory meal at the Montage. Good people, all of them. Sitting at our table...a clothing designer, oil painter, headwear designer, outerwear designer and DDC Factory Floor janitor...wow. I find myself so thankful to be surrounded by such creative individuals. (Goo and Fran should have been there too. More badasses.) Thanks again to Brad for supper.- - - -01. Happy Birthday to Scott "Hair Issues" Zergebel. Dirty Thirty.02. Happy Birthday to Dean "Lung Butter" Gross. Dirty Thirty.Guys, it's over. Give up. 30 is old. I turned 30 and well, things seemed good. I had a gal I loved, a job I loved and good town to call home. Not two weeks into it and I got dumped by that gal I loved, my job got tough and well, it started to rain real hard in Portland. Life is a bitch and so it goes and goes and goes and goes, so with you guys turning thirty and all, I thought I'd warn you a bit and offer up a, "Watch yer back. Things might get wild." Men, we wish you the best and many more good years.I've been doing my damnedest to kick the hell out of my 30's. My 20's are still hurtin', as we did our best with what we had to work with, and you can take that one to the bank.- - - -Oh yeah, I'm going to check out a possible joint today. Real excited, goddamn. It's official: We are going for it.

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