The Eleventh Little Indian Boy

Friday, August 09, 2002:

My head is about to explode right now.....feels like one of those really insane migranes where you wanna just open up the top of your head and remove the overly sensitive parts of your brain that keep acting up. Aarrrggggg......my eyes!!!! Still, if I don't blog soon then there is the possibility that much of what has been floating around in my thoughts will be lost forever......after I take four and call someone in the morning......so without further adieu:

Dinner with JY out at Dolci Amore / nicest hole in the wall place I've ever been to / cute table for two next to a window right in the front.......we always get stuck in the wierdest seatings / on top of old smokey....all covered with FLOWER PETALS!!??, Started running and lifting again / I am the weakest link / got to watch someone with no hoop skills whatsoever make a few buckets amidst a storm of bricks and air, Hanging out with the Terrapin squad / kicked out of Jupiter / almost got kicked out of Beckett's.....next time around be sure to bring 2 pizzas and maybe a flounder or two / much fun hanging out with Harvey and the gang, Really love the symbolism associated with communion / I didn't know Jude was Jesus' half brother / I would probably make it know if Jesus were any blood relation of mine.....thank goodness for communion eh?

So I've been thinking about winning the California Lottery lately. Don't smirk cause I know you all do it too. Ever since I was a kid I can remember hoping to correctly pick six and instantly becoming set for the rest of my life. So many questions popped into my mind. How would I divide up all that change? I know that I would tithe.....but exactly how much and to whom? How charitable should I be with my family and friends? Gold chains and Beemers all around? Microsoft or Oracle.....neither, with the way things are going down...haha. So if I won a jackpot of say....75 million...cash option....after taxes.....would leave me with say.....34 million.....to split up in the following ways:

1.) I would tithe. 10 percent. Pre tax. So I would take 7.5 million dollars and divide it up amongst a few churches and organizations that are close to my heart. SCBC, NOCBC, FEFC, HCC and WHCC, Franklin Graham Org. and affitiations, OMF, Caleb Project....influence of JY, etc. Pretty much any group championing the cause presented by the Great Commision.

2.) That would leave me with roughly 26.5 million dollars left. Here I would take out a total of 10 million dollars to help out my friends and family. 5 million for my parents and sister. The rest would be spit up wisely to help out those with specific needs......tuition, debt, renovations, support, etc. As much fun as I think a little bling bling could generate in people's lives......it just wouldn't end up being a heady investment on my part. Hey!!! There is a little Michael Bloomberg in me after all!!

3.) 10 million would have to come out for my personal use. House and furnishings. Car. Clothing. Interest. I think that I would end up travelling alot. Maybe investing in manufacturing out in China. Low risk of course. I've always wanted to go to Europe....so that would take priority and it would be done in style. Maybe even a bribe to get into Buckingham Palace and meet the Queen.

4.) Philanthropy would also be a strong topic with my sharing. Say.....3.5 million dollars. This sum would go out to various organizations benefiting humanity everywhere. Elizabeth Glaser Ped. Aids. Org, Robin Hood Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, Turn 2 Foundation, United Way, Kim's Place, etc. Not that I have been a major contributor thus far.....but these groups have stuck within my mind long after the intial ink from reading about them has dried up.

5.) That leaves me with Two Million Nine Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Nine Dollars left to invest into the market. Real Estate. Stocks. Bonds. Futures. The state of wall street right now is in shambles....but hopefully it would rebound strongly to make me some serious mulah. I'm not a greedy person in nature.....so as soon as I was satisfied with my financial returns...... I would cash out....not entirely.....Mark Cuban style. Then I would....tithe.....save....give....heck I'd have to make a completely new list!!!!

6.) With the one dollar that is left to me on this list. I would buy another lottery ticket. California Lottery. Big jackpot. Cash option. Unless Powerball rolls into town. Hey it could happen right? I've got my fingers crossed baby!!
LIB // 2:02 AM

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