2006-07-12T12:23:00.000-07:00

Wow! The response has been incredible! I've gotten so many offers I really never thought I'd have to make tough decision!

I decided trading down to a different car would be too imbalanced of a trade - I am in no rush to get to the bottom, so why should I settle? So I decided to go with Earl Thompson's offer to me! Thanks Earl!

Earl Thompson and I have decided to trade the Ferrari for a beautiful piece of land in upstate NY. I agreed to it on the basis that it is not a far drive for me, and I'm told there is a beautiful pond that is clean enough to swim in.

I want to enjoy this piece of property for the weekend, and my kids are already excited about going camping! Eileen on the other hand is being a party pooper, but I think she's sad to see the Ferrari go. I don't care though - this is all so exciting for me!!!

I'll tell you all how the camping was after this weekend, but PLEASE!!! Keep making offers! My email address is jamiestark98@yahoo.com! email me! Keep reading!

2006-07-11T08:56:00.000-07:00

Hi there! My name is James Stark (everyone calls me Jamie) and I've had enough! My family is boring and my job sucks! Everyday its the same old thing: wake up at 5, eat my shitty breakfast alone (now Eileen insists that I drink Soy Milk! As if that Kashi crap wasn't tasteless enough!), then I get to GHP at 6:30 (oh that is where I work, Grizzly, Howard & Parsons Investments on Pearl St between Wall St & Pine) and answer phone calls for dumb fucks and get home at 9:30 pm. Is money the most important thing in the world? I used to think so: I used to want it all. Sure I have a great house in Scarsdale, two beautiful daughters, an Escalade and a Ferrari (not to mention Eileen's Jag), but does it make me any happier? NO! Yesterday if you asked me if there was any hope, I would have said no. But that was Yesterday

Who would have thought I would find inspiration from a fellow blogger?

My Blogspot neighbor, Kyle MacDonald, a very creative young buck decided he would barter that red paper clip as long as he needed to get a house (http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/). Well after about a year he did it! He got a house! He fulfilled his dream, and I intend to fulfill mine.
Kyle and I surely had different upbringings. He has had to use his mind to gain shelter, whereas I've only used mine to sustain a level of privelege. I grew up in Great Neck, went to Cornell undergrad and immediately went to Goizueta at Emory for B school. I've only seen life through my tinted windows. Somedays I feel empty and just completely inexperienced, and the only way to experience life is to have an adventure. Today MY ADVENTURE BEGINS!!!

I will begin bartering my 1990 Ferrari Testarossa (one red ferrari, get it?) in the hopes to barter down ever so slightly to get to the bottom. I want to eat trash! Smoke crack! Sell a hooker! But adventure is the name of the game, so I will do and take anything! I just want to experience life!

So please! Follow my blog and make me offers! I want to meet all of you! You are now my family! MAKE ME AN OFFER!!!