caesar1996

Graduated from Pima (added an AS to my BS's, woohoo)
And work there now (technical advisor blah blah blah)
Sold all the bikes (I miss them)
Moved to a new place (right  downt he street actually)
Got a car (1998 Mustang, hey it was free)
Won an Addy Award (Gold and also Judge's Choice, it's like Best of Show)
Updated a little bit of the website ( www.azchopshop.com )
Been doing some freelance (nothing too special but got a fun project coming up)
Uploaded a couple of new pics and updated a few old ones (love the scorpion chair)
That's the last 3 months for me in a nutshell.

Well, I don't write in this often but I figured this was a pretty good reason to. I finally made a webpage for AZ Chop Shop, me and my brother's "business". It's as basic as can be I guess. Totally hand-coded in Notepad with all the photo stuff being done in Photoshop. It's the first page I have built in... about 7 or 8 years I guess. All that means is that there are a ton of screwups. It works fine in Internet Explorer but shits itself in Firefox and probably Opera & Safari too. Got to figure that one out. And it's a bit slow to load the pics up even though I used the "Save for the web" option. Any and all help and suggestions are encouraged and appreciated.

www.azchopshop.com

   My brother and I took the bikes downtown yesterday to check out a place called BICAS. It is a non-profit org. that helps underprivledged kids learn how to restore bikes. The kids (and adults) loved the bikes and want us to teach a Saturday morning class there and in exchange they'll give us whatever parts we want from their stockpile.
   We met a guy there that does threading for bike spokes and he was really interested in doing a collaboration with us. He said he was showing some of his bike art in a gallery over by Hotel Congress (there were other people showing their pieces as well.) So my brother and I ride over there at around 10pm. We had to go past the clubs and bars to get over there and tons of people were hootin' & hollerin' at us and the bikes. When we got the the art gallery. My brother and I brought the bikes inside and parked them at the far end of the biggest room. Then we went off to find our friend...
   Well, seems as if everyone thought the bikes were part of the art showing. My brother and I were the undisputed kings of the art gallery that night. Everyone asking questions, touching them, wanting to sit on them. It was especially cool when all the people who thought they were part of the exhibition saw us get on the bikes and roll right out the door. All in all it was a pretty cool experience.

Moved to Tucson after finishing up at the uni back east.  Building bicycles in my spare time (custom cruisers & choppers.) Trying to think of ways to not have a real job and still be OK financially.