hey Matt .. how's life?

hey jim! life is okay! how are your days treating you?

pretty good - no complaints

where are you now?

(living)

in jaamestown, planning my move somewhere in the buffalo or rochester area

lots of snow down here, hard to travel

say what?! thought you were still overseas

that was awhile ago. ended up moving from the richest living spot to the poorest, so i've been in both areas of HK

lol

still working for same company?

still somewhat self-employed

ahso

the company i did work for i basically "finished" it i'm on call like once a month for revisions, updates, recommendations, etc

we just drove back from Fredonia a few hrs ago -- not fun at all

lots of cars in the ditch etc.

wow, i would've figured the interstate would be the cleanest road around. not the sidewalks around here

if you get to Batavia give me a holler .. would love to have lunch or something

miss you smiling face

awww thats so ... sweet

lol

why does it have to be batavia? i recall your dining room table was a top-notch coffee-consuming spot

that would work too

speaking of ... and probably a dumb question, but have you heard from Dee lately?

nope

i rarely see her on skype. i have to ask brian to get her on skype to send messages to her

wonder what's the deal ... she stopped working with me more or less way back in September or so .. and left some unpaid hrs

but that's neither here nor there

I've been trying to reach her about taxes and can't get in touch with her no how

wow, that's.....5 months

that's a loooooooooooooooong time

yeah

i've seen some competitors go away for 1 month and just be totally crushed in income

well I have no idea ... we were working almost nightly and then she's gone -- originally probably something to do with a check I had to hold for like 3 months

but now I just need to file my taxes and can't get a statement from her

legal deadline was jan 31 and I need to file early, like now, and just don't know what to do

guess I'll just file and then have to do an ammended return later if she ever gets statements out

yah, same here. i've had to start my taxes too, but i'm waiting for things

yes! that's going to have to be it

taxes are sometimes too taxing

not sure if you get in trouble for not reporting income that you don't have tax records from employer from yet

any idea? ever been there?

(I'm ignoring taxes are taxing)

no

havent' been there yet. i haven't touched the aspect of officially employing people.

just seems weird that she won't even answer any of my txt, emails, or skype

hoping she's not ill or something

place a phone call

lmao ... tried that a few times and got a message that the number was either disconnected or the mailbox was full

wow

brian usually is with her every time i've tried contacting brian

I did get one short response a number of days ago that she was in Cleveland and would call me in a day when she got back

hmm...

wish i knew more info

yeah .. I sent him some messages but sometimes don't get answers .. I think they blacklisted me

oh well

oi, that would be so wrong

lol

anyway .. glad to hear you are back in the states ... too much crap going on in other countries

probably shouldn't ask, but what did you do with the lady?

we're still working together. there are the times where it gets heart to heart, but she's nor I are the blaming type. more of "logical analysys"

she's necessary for the project to run. she's the face, and the designer. i'm the coder and "outside the box" thinker

I guess that means you didn't bring her home with you

you definately are an out of the box something

no, she can't

(meant that in a loving way of course)

she just got her citizenship changed, and she still would need visa approval to enter USA

but not Canada, she gets VOA

(visa on arrival)

she's happy that she can enter 60 new countries w/ VOA

last I heard you were planning on staying over there long term .. I guess I'm way out of the loop

lol

women are really like grandkids ... nice to visit now and then

yah, but my renewal date was after my expiration date, and i couldn't stay in the country w/o fines that i couldn't afford

i didn't plan ahead that far =/

hahahaha lol

lets see ... plan ahead ... fly by the seat of your pants ... nope, they don't go together

exactly

that's one of my peeves is planning

lol

sometimes ..... it may be necessary

not sure

well .. gotta do a few things ... nice to hear from you ..

yes, same here...

we'll "discuss" again

call if you're in the area

hey ...

are those online money making things you had going still working out?

yes/no will do

yup, rolling on 2 years now

cool

not even $2k spent over 2 years, and it brings in ~$3k-$5k/month

so, it's doing ok

very cool .. does that get split?

with others

yah, it gets split

but since i pay for servers and hosting, that cost goes to me

nice

k ... gotta go ... cya