Recently Eastern Rider Phil Jones’ little brother Dalton Jones was paralyzed in an accident. He is recovering and Phil and his father are facing enormous bills and costs associated with Dalton’s care. The Charlotte BMX Community is coming together to lend a helping hand in raising some much-needed cash for Phil and his father in their time of need.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 11th - GRAYSON SKATEPARK - CHARLOTTE, NC
1pm till Dark - $10 jam to ride all afternoon and win some rad prizes and help out.
Pads and Helmet are required to ride the park, so be sure to bring yours.
The park is located at the Naomi Drenan Recreation Center - 750 Beal Street, Charlotte NC 28211
Park website is http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/Park+and+Rec/Parks/Skate+Parks/Grayson+Skatepark.htm
Spread the word, show up, and lend a helping hand to a fellow bmx’er.
alison and i got a loft in noda - fat city lofts. brand new and really nice.
more pics tomorrow when we move more stuff.
starting monday i’m joining the web team at www.heels.com ! they have their operations in a cool old building on tryon right beside 277, and sell high-end, designer heel womens shoes. right now it’s weborder only, but they are converting the front of the shop to a nice apt. only style boutique.
i’ll be helping out with layouts/css, java/jquery, php, ajax, a little of everything.
even better, i’ll be working with Jason Keath (twitter @jakrose) who put together the recent BarCamp Charlotte.
I can’t even tell you in words how excited i am to:
1) HAVE SOME EMPLOYMENT!
2) NOT have a long commute (Total maybe 10 minutes. i could totally ride my bike)
3) work again in a CREATIVE environment that seems to foster teamwork and learning alongside LOTS of GOOD production.
and yes, again, it all boils down to high heel shoes.
more details soon.
so alison and i have been trying to manifest things we want to happen. and my newest and most important one was that my pending unemployment claim from jan would finally be reviewed.
today it was! i got a call from a friendly representative from the Unemployment Security Commission who got my side of the situation and confirmed everything. then i got another call about an hour later saying that the claim was approved and that i would get 8 weeks of back “pay”.
alison and i need this extra income boost so bad right now. don’t get me wrong or get the wrong idea however, i would rather be working. that’s my next manifestation!
no more sanford and son style living!
my new goal is to update as much as i do my other sites. here’s the current happening list:
1. unemployed. currently looking for … anything. i’ve been interviewing all over the place for site mgt. jobs. not as many creative positions as i would have liked, but right now i’m willing to do just about anything (with exclusions!) for employment.
2. doing QueenCityVegan.com which is awesome and a lot of work. a much needed website to help the vegan community here make sense of this bbq and beef burger filled city!
3. trying to ride now that my still-broken pinkie is feeling good and able to handle more than a session of shredding. i’m really looking forward to some warmer weather soon.
4. COCO! she’s the new 1.5 yr old female black lab that alison and i got and she’s awesome! she loves the cats and is a great indoor dog with zero problems. perfect member of the family.
5. facebook. i’ve been blowing it up with people from my old high school and people i haven’t heard from in forever (whats up!)
and wanted to speak with me, sorry i had to brush you off while i was on the phone dealing with the emergency with my father. feel free to contact me at any point and we can chat….
public speaking 101 - nice to meet some neato people
also i think i have the best hat in the room. maybe the only hat.
since my tumblr was listed as my site on the wordcamp sheet ——- justinholt.com also @justinholtweb
