:: Things that go bump ::

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

A few days ago, I was walking home from work, cursing the high dew point and pondering how many rich socialites I would need to glad-hand in order to fund my new brainchild: the Nonprofit Order of the Society Wishing for the Eradication and Abolition of Humid Torridness (NOSWEAHT - our plan is to replace hobos with dehumidifiers during the summer, collect the extracted water, and then bathe said hobos to "give back" to the community, though mainly it's about re-empowering evaporation). Headphones inserted snugly and brain brimming with seating plans for fundraising galas, I failed to hear a jogger overtaking me from behind, and zigged from my direct course to avoid a sidewalk planter, resulting in a jarring collision between jogger and aspiring philanthropist.

Lo, I thought, I am undone. Was she upset? Even worse, was she injured? Litigious future realities flashed before me, replete with charges of assault and harassment, punitive damages, and possibly an ass-whooping. What a disaster. How could I begin to...

Before I could finish my train of thought, I realized she was now several yards ahead of me, stride unbroken and with no intention of slowing down. It was a complete non-incident. For all my worrying, she hadn't even shot me a dirty look. I stood nonplussed for a moment, the same song playing in the background, before resuming my walk home. Everything was the same as before.

Vindigo, my workplace for the past 32 months, was acquired today. If you can read Japanese, enjoy this terse PDF document stating as much. I'll probably talk about the details more at some point, maybe even scrounge up an English press release.

Learning about the potential acquisition was just like running into the jogger, time-dilated over the course of several weeks. Surprise. Confusion. Panic. Anxiety. Ultimately, the creeping anticlimactic realization that everything is the same as before.

The only notable difference is that this event brings with it a personal financial windfall of literally dozens of dollars. Who would have thought I'd be a dozenaire at the tender age of 25 (and a baby-faced 25 at that)?

Posted by morland @ 12:54 AM

:: Comments ::

mike, turns out we just bought "For-Side" in a private equity deal valued a just under US$1mm! Almost embarrasingly for you, this kinda makes me your boss. So a couple of ground rules. 1) black with 2 sugars; 2) use a horsehair brush before the polish; 3) and weekends are now mandatory

Posted by: your wealthy financier friend on August 4, 2004 10:12 AM

mike, turns out we just bought "For-Side" in a private equity deal valued a just under US$1bn! Almost embarrasingly for you, this kinda makes me your boss. So a couple of ground rules. 1) black with 2 sugars; 2) use a horsehair brush before the polish; 3) and weekends are now mandatory

Posted by: your wealthy financier friend on August 4, 2004 10:12 AM

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