PORTLAND
So Portland was pretty awesome. Being sued isn't, but I met some awesome people and had some great shoot while I was there.
I traveled all the way from Texas to attend a court ordered meeting. I got to spend some nice time with a judge and a friendly moment with S.G. attorney Paul Loving, but much to my surprise and the surprise of the judge the owners of S.G. didn't even bother to come to the mediation meetings so the message came through pretty clearly that they have no intention of trying to settle and the meeting was fruitless. It seems we are headed towards a lengthy and very expensive trial.
I saw a lot of old friends and made some new ones. Special thanks to Dennis for hooking me up with a great central place to stay while I was there, and to my awesome photographer friend that shall remain unnamed for very specific reasons for showing me around and helping me with some shoots.
The bad news is my case is almost certainly headed to trial now and I expect it to run over $35,000 with little chance of recouping based on the estimates I've gotten from people that know a lot more about this stuff than I do.
The good news is I'm probably selling everything I own and moving to Portland to make this easier to handle, it helps that I really like the city and everyone I met there. I got an offer on my house today if we can come to agreements on the terms I am going to sell.
We're about to have some massive electronic garage sales and eBay auctions - stay tuned.