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It's been four years, almost to the day, since I updated this journal. In that four years I have traveled throughout North America and South East Asia for my business and personal research, met amazing people, collected beautiful antiquities ranging from 40 year old Asian coin silver pieces to 2000+ year old Maya jadeite ear flares. I've learned I need to delegate, so I hired employees. I learned to carve jade and amber, my two favorite materials to lay my hands and eyes on. I have started carving reproductions of ancient jewelry and I now consider myself to have a pivotal role keeping ancient arts alive. I have learned that you can't ple

Been hella busy lately. Interviewed by Slow Education for their upcoming issue, interviewed by Phirebrush for their most recent issue (already published), have an interview with a body art magazine later this month for their April issue. Been very busy running Onetribe and making jewelry. Lots of new designs, and been trying to beef up the stock. Also have a new business idea in the works that goes hand in hand with the organic jewelry theme. Oh, and we should be certified Fair Trade soon.

I'm sitting in Starbucks on the WiFi network making use of the loverly iBook that Onetribe (my jewelry company) purchased so that I may work on the road/at sbux/anywhere I damn please. I haven't been pushing out much art lately.. I think I'm burned out. I need to refresh. After these web projects are done I can relax for a while.. especially since we just bought kayaks. I'm going to be outside in the sun and active a lot this summer and it really helps spark my creativity. I also plan on taking some walks through the ghetto around where we live - it's just been to cold as of late. Thanks to everyone that has sent me a message, commented, or