It’s been a little over a month since I posted… and since I temporarily relocated to Los Angeles. Sorry about that.
First, the work has been awesome. In a nutshell, I’m helping one of the country’s largest mortgage lenders in preparing for large-scale business interruptions… while at the same time keeping in mind that their entire industry is currently suffering a large-scale crisis. While there isn’t much I can do to prevent mortgage foreclosures, I feel good about the fact that my client is doing quite a bit to assist homeowners in avoiding foreclosure and my work helps to ensure they could keep up these efforts if/when faced with a business-interrupting disaster. So, if you’re a homeowner with a mortgage or HELOC through my client, and you’re currently working with them to avoid default and to protect your credit rating, you can rest assured that an earthquake, hurricane or pandemic flu outbreak won’t impact their ability to work with you just as they always have.
Second, life in LA is quite a bit different than what I’m used to. Many of you know that my house in Indiana is my ‘fortress of solitude’ in that it is a small little place in the country, the property (about 3 acres) is mostly wooded and very quiet and peaceful. In contrast, I’m currently staying in an apartment in north Los Angeles, Highland Park to be specific. The view outside my apartment is of the 110 freeway. I mean… I’m so close to the 110 that I have to adjust the volume on my TV to account for traffic noise, turning it up so that I can hear over the traffic but not so loud as to disturb my neighbors.
Speaking of ‘Highland Park”, maybe you read about the 14 year-old girl killed by stray gunfire on Memorial Day. This happened just a few blocks from where I’m staying. I admit that I moved here looking for the cheapest rent within reasonable driving-distance to my client’s office, and didn’t do much research into the area itself. It’s not the nicest part of town, but it’s not the worst I’ve seen.
Totally unrelated, this is hilarious… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAu39I5QOUc
Didnt you do a bunch of work in emergency situations, and evacuations and things? It is ironic that when you go to California, we have the floods here. You might not have had anything to do with the floods even if you were here. But it is still pretty ironic.
Um, yeah little bro, that’s what I do. http://www.nowfacenorth.com.
Just thought I’d say hi and hope things are going great for you. I check your site sometimes just to try to keep with you. See you when we can.