Gay as a Handbag Full of Rainbows

Sorry I've been gone so long. A lot has happened since the last time I've written, the most important of which has been my creation of ExpoModels (http://www.expo-models.com/) with my good friend Mickey Lara. It is a modeling agency focused on young men and women who we find work for in advertising, in a nutshell. This also explains why I have not updated recently- between the company and my four intensive classes I don't have time for anything these days. In case you care I've signed up for International Trade, English Composition II, Intro. to Marketing, and Financial Accounting. I was taking Japanese but decided that to continue with it would be suicide. The teacher did not speak English, did not speak Spanish, and couldn't explain anything clearly as a result. The amount of time I would have to invest just to pass that class would have been staggering. I feel sorta bad I had to drop it, though. Japanese has always been a language I've wanted to learn. Watching as many animation and martial arts movies as I do one would think I'd already speak the language fluently. Perhaps I'll take it once I move back to the States.

Now, about ExpoModels, don't worry- I have not invested anything other than time in this enterprise. My position is Vice President and my job is to keep the finances of the company straight and be the Gringo voice of reason. Sometimes my socios (partners) get these crazy, outlandish ideas and I have to smack them back down to earth. The company is a seemingly random collection of people. There's Mickey and I the Mormons, Aldo the flamboyant gay in charge of public relations, Emily in make-up and costumes, Danny the web master, and another Danny who is supposed to be in charge of sponsors but from what I've seen does jack.

The company started with nothing at all, and I really mean nothing. We had no clue what we were doing. We still don't. This is the main reason I have never invested my personal funds in the company. There are a few simple reasons as to why I'm still in the company. I will list them in order of importance and with absolute honesty.

1. Women. It's a freakin modeling agency, there are women everywhere. Getting paid to find and assist beautiful women is an excellent reason to be involved, I think. There are guys in our agency too but I'll let Aldo deal with them. I'm not exaggerating when I say the man is as gay as a handbag full of rainbows.

2. Friendship. My friend Mickey needs me desperately and I'm more than happy to be there for him. This was the reason I even started.

3. Money. To be honest, I do not expect much of this. McDonald's employees here in Ecuador get paid $1.25 an hour, a paltry sum, and indicative of the opportunities to get rich in this country.

4. Last but not least Experience. It is an interesting experience to start up a company in a foreign land and might teach me some tricks that I may employ in my future international company.