I stayed up way too late last night listening to music, and this morning woke up way too early. They are finally building sidewalks in my neightbourhood (huzzah) but for a few weeks at the end of the summer, some early wake ups for me.
Getting up early was good, I had an interview with BCIT for the degree program I want into. Education is a bizarre industry. I have to apply, jump through hoops and basically beg to write them a cheque. Maybe not so different than the nightclub business or Apple computers… but still, seems weird.
Needless to say, i rocked that interview so now Coral and I will need to decide if BCIT’s Bachelor of Technology is a better bet than Applied Communications (or whatever they call it now) from Royal Roads… or maybe a third option… or maybe the forth option, Cooking School!
I think I like BCITs the best, because it is a management AND technology degree. Those two skills are things I could use in broadcasting or else where. learning how to talk to gooder and writing press releases? Not so much.
The advantage of Royal Roads might be that I can finish sooner if I work like crazy steroided ant.
What I have been the most excited about lately is thinking about three business ideas that I have.
What I want to do… maybe after the wedding, is brew my own root beer and create a brand and sell my root beer. back in maybe 2002, while slaving away at Starbucks, I got it in my head to brew root beer. I bought some books on home brewing, and even some bottles, buckets and general kit to try and brew some… but life threw some curve balls (and I ran out of money), then I moved to Victoria. I put all the brew equipment in the storage of my apartment in Fernwood… and promptly lost it all. Except for the books on how to brew and some recipes.
Lately I have had to vision to do it again. My holy grail would be a very dry, alcoholic root beer… mmm, it should be possible. But there is all sorts of stuff that I could put in my brew. The fun would be creating a product that is good, then seeing if I can sell it!
What I might actually do is start a mobile disco business… DJing weddings and parties and the like.
What I have a fantasy of doing, is throwing one off dinning events. Finding a nice outdoor site and hiring or renting the equipment and having an outdoor dinner. Finding a kitchen space not being used, a local chef and booking a one off dinner party. Finding an ingredient and designing a dinner based around it. Finding a supplier or industrial space, dressing it up and serving dinner n the site. Fun, unique, delicious dining experiences… I might even get a chance to cook some stuff! or at least learn from the chefs.
My friend works for a local catering company and it sounds like they could really use some energy and more importantly business, so the opportunity might be there.
That is a few things I have been thinking about lately on top of my usual brain swirls of music, babies, wedding plannings, broadcasting and podcasting.
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Go with yourself.
