Joe D’Ambrose

This was an especially exciting holiday season. My sister has been engaged: Congratulations to her and Phil. I have set them up with a website for them to post updates from their home in Baltimore. Also check out my father’s new website at VideoVisions.com.I spent December 27th in New York City with the family. It wasn’t my first time in the city, but for the first time it really became clear to me: I would never want to live in New York City. Too much commerce, everywhere. Megapixels, gigabytes, traffic lights, light bulbs, advertisements, logos, taxis, beeping, people, branding, SD-cards, MicroSD cards, cell phones, business to business transactions, pretzels… it’s all too much. I seek simplicity and New York City is way too fast. But we did catch a broadway play, The Producers, which was hilarious.

On another note, last week I tuned into NBC late at night and saw Tom Green, one of my all time favorite entertainers, happened to be a guest on Carson Daly’s late show. On the show, they talked about Tom Green’s new online TV channel at TomGreen.com. I watched the episode with guest Steve-O and it was hilarious. It was really some of the best TV I’ve seen in a while. Totally uncensored. Tom set up a TV studio in his own living room in Los Angeles! I really believe this is the future of talk shows. Online.

Happy birthday to me. I’ve just turned 20 on December 12th. Every so often I think about my plan for after graduation. I foresee paying off student loans, further developing the businesses, and attending graduate school for an MBA. I’m thinking of spending the “in-between” period in Hawaii..? If possible, I’d like to apply to graduate school during my senior year, defer my application by 1 or 2 years, and move out to Kauai with some friends and run the businesses from out there. I’m strongly considering it, anyway. Other than dreaming, I’ve also been finishing up my course work for the end of the semester. I have only one final exam left, and then I’ll be home for Christmas break for more than a month. Ahh. This Christmas break will be a great time to reunite with friends and family in Connecticut. But this is also an exciting time for the three businesses: 

It’s re-subscription time for Expedient Laundry. Any semester customers need to re-subscribe for next semester. We’re moving out of the Cornerstone Pub, our home on Bryant’s campus, and moving into the basement of Hall 4. Thanks to Residence Life for hooking us up with that new spot.  Normal Kings is actively working on several projects, many of which are in the finishing stages. Baldwin has a lot of new work for us as well. We’re going to be interviewing some potential part-time employees as our work load increases.

Javalids has come a long way since my last blog post. We’re going to be moving forward with our initial partnerships with charitable foundations and coffee shops during the holiday break. When we return to school, the student team will be engaged in a directed study in sociology in which we will develop the business, learn, and receive course credit. We’re going to be seeking funding and really launching. I understand that I’m not revealing nearly enough details, but for now there is a private Javalids blog for interested people, so you can e-mail me for a password if you’re interested. All Javalids information will become readily available to the public by February!