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                                                                     Exhibit 3.1

Articles of Incorporation

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF ABSOLUTEFUTURE.COM.

KNOW BY ALL THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, Directors being all
natural persons of the age of eighteen years or more and desiring to form a body
corporate under the laws of the State of Nevada do hereby sign, verify and
deliver in duplicate to the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada, these
Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I NAME The name of the Corporation shall be AbsoluteFuture.com.

ARTICLE II That the registered office of this corporation and resident agent are
both located at 10900 NE 8th Street, Suite 1414, Bellevue WA 98004; but the
corporation may maintain an office in such towns, cities, and places within and
without the State of Nevada as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine, or as may be designated by the ByLaws of the said corporation. The
Corporation shall exist in perpetuity, from and after the date of filing these
Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada,
unless dissolved according to law. The resident agent of the corporation will be
Michael Morrison, 1495 Ridgeview Drive, Suite 220, Reno Nevada 89509

ARTICLE III PURPOSES AND POWERS 1. Purposes: Except as restricted by these
Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation is organized for the purpose of
transacting all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated
pursuant to the Nevada Corporation Code. 2. General Powers: Except as restricted
by these Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation shall have and may exercise
all powers and rights which a corporation may exercise legally pursuant to the
Nevada Corporation Code. 3. Issuance of Shares: The Board of Directors of the
Corporation may divide and issue any class of stock of the Corporation in series
pursuant to a resolution properly filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada.
Such stock may be issued from time to time without action by the stockholders,
for such consideration as may by fixed from time to time by the Board of
Directors, and shares so issued, shall be deemed fully paid stock, and the
holder of such shares shall not be liable for any further payment thereon.

ARTICLE IV CAPITAL STOCK 1. Classes and Number of Shares. The total number of
shares of all classes of stock which the corporation shall have authority to
issue is Sixty Million (60,000,000), consisting of Fifty Million (50,000,000)
shares of Common Stock, par value of $0.001 per share (The "Common Stock") and
Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, which have a par value of
$0.001 per share (the "Preferred Stock"). 2. Powers and Rights of Common Stock
(a) Preemptive Right. No shareholders of the Corporation holding common stock
shall have any preemptive or other right to subscribe for any additional un-
issued or treasury shares of stock or for other securities of any class, or for
rights, warrants or options to purchase stock, or for scrip, or for securities
of any kind convertible into stock or carrying stock purchase warrants or
priveleges unless so authorized by the Corporation; (b) Voting Rights and
Powers. With respect to all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote
or to which stockholders are entitled to give consent, the holders of the
outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall be entitled to cast thereon one (1)
vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Common Stock standing in
his/her name; (c) Dividends and Distributions (i) Cash Dividends. Subject to the
rights of holders of Preferred Stock, holders of Common Stock shall be entitled
to receive such cash dividends as may be declared thereon by the Board of
Directors from time to time out of assets of funds of the Corporation legally
available therefor; (ii) Other Dividends and Distributions. The Board of
Directors may issue shares of Common Stock in the form of a distribution or
distributions pursuant to a stock dividend or split-up of the shares of the
Common Stock; (iii) Other Rights. Except as otherwise required by the Nevada
Revised Statutes and as may otherwise be provided in these Restated Articles of
Incorporation, each share of the Common Stock shall have identicle powers,
preferences and rights, including rights in liquidation; 3. Preferred Stock. The
powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions
pertaining to the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, shall be such as may
be fixed, from time to time, by the Board of Directors in it's sole discretion,
authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in such board. 4. Issuance of
the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock. The Board of Directors of the
Corporation may from time to time authorize by
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resolution the issuance of any or all shares of the Common Stock and the
Preferred Stock herein authorized in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth in these Restated Articles of Incorporation for such purposes, in such
amounts, to such persons, corporations, or entities, for such consideration and
in the case of Preferred Stock, in one or more series, all as the Board of
Directors in it's discretion may determine and without any vote or other action
by the stockholders, except as otherwise required by law. The Board of
Directors, from time to time, also may authorize, by resolution, options,
warrants and other rights convertible into Common or Preferred Stock
(collectively "securities.") The securities must be issued for such
consideration, including cash, property, or services, as the Board of Directors
may deem appropriate, subject to the requirement that the value of such
consideration be no less than the par value if the shares issued. Any shares
issued for which the consideration so fixed has been paid or delivered shall be
fully paid stock and the holder of such shares shall not be liable for any
further call or assessment or any other payment thereon, provided that the
actual value of such consideration is not less than the par value of the shares
so issued. The Board of Directors may issue shares of Common Stock in the form
of a distribution or distributions pursuant to a stock divided or split-up of
the shares of the Common Stock only to the then holders of the outstanding
shares of the Common Stock. 5. Cumulative Voting. Except as otherwise required
by applicable law, there shall be no cumulative voting on any matter brought to
a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

ARTICLE V GOVERNING BOARD OF DIRECTORS The business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed by and under the direction of the Board of
Directors. Except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 4 or Article
Fourth hereof in connection with rights to elect additional directors under
specified circumstances, which may be granted to the holders of any class or
series of Preferred Stock, the exact number of directors of the Corporation
shall be determined from time to time by a bylaw or amendment thereto, providing
that the number of directors shall not be reduced to less than three (3). The
directors holding office at the time of the filing of these Restated Articles of
Incorporation shall continue as directors until the next annual meeting and/or
until their successors are duly chosen.

ARTICLE VI The capital stock of this corporation shall not be subject to
assessment to pay debts of the corporation, and no paid up stock and no stock
issued as fully paid shall ever be assessable or assessed. The Articles of
Incorporation shall not be amended in this particular.

ARTICLE VII The period of existence of this corporation shall be perpetual,
subject only to termination by action of its stockholders or by the effect of
law. During the time of the existence of this corporation the following shall be
the doctrine for corporate opportunities: The officers, directors and other
members of management of the Corporation shall be subject to the doctrine of
corporate opportunities only insofar as it applies to business opportunities in
which the Corporation has expressed an interest as determined from time to time
by the Corporation's Board of Directors as evidenced by resolutions appearing in
the Corporation's minutes. When such areas of interest are delineated, all such
business opportunities within such areas of interest which come to the attention
of the officers, directors and other members of management of the Corporation
shall be disclosed promptly to the Corporation and made available to it. The
Board of Directors may reject any business opportunity presented to it and
thereafter any officer, director or other management may avail himself of such
opportunity. Until such time as the Corporation, through its Board of Directors,
has designated an area of interest, the officers, directors and other members of
management of the Corporation shall be free to engage in such areas of interest
on their own and the provisions hereof shall not limit the rights of any
officer, director or other member of management of the Corporation to continue a
business existing prior to the time that such area of interest is designated by
the Corporation. This provision shall not be construed to release any employee
of the Corporation. This provision shall not be construed to release any
employee of the Corporation (other than an officer, director or member of
management) from any duties which he may have to the Corporation.

ARTICLE VIII The directors shall have the power to make and alter the By-Laws of
the corporation. By-Laws make by the Board of Directors under the powers so
conferred may be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors or by
the stockholders at any meeting called and held for that purpose.

ARTICLE IX Any shareholder, or shareholders, may sell, assign, or otherwise
transfer their shares and certificate or certificates of stock, or any part
thereof. The aforesaid changes and amendments have been
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consented to and approved by a majority vote of the stockholders holding at
least a majority of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote
thereon.

ARTICLE X INDEMNIFICATION The officers and directors of this corporation shall
not be liable to the shareholders or any creditors of the corporation for any
alleged breach of fiduciary duty as such officer and director unless it be
established that the director or officer has committed acts or is personally
responsible for omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or knowing
violation of the law, or the payment of dividends in violation of N.R.S. 78,300.
Further, the corporation does indemnify to the full extent authorized or
permitted by the Nevada Corporation Code any person made, or threatened to be
made, a party to an action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or
interstate is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the
Corporation or serves or served any other enterprise at the request of the
Corporation.

ARTICLE XI AMENDMENTS The Corporation reserves the right to amend its Articles
of Incorporation from time to time in accordance with the Nevada Corporation
Code. Any proposed amendment shall be adopted upon receiving the affirmative
vote of holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon.

ARTICLE XII ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS The initial Bylaws of the
Corporation shall be adopted by its Board of Directors. The power to alter of
amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws shall be vested in the Board of
Directors, but the holders of Common Stock may also alter, amend or repeal the
Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws. The Bylaws may contain any provisions for the
regulation and management of the affairs of the Corporation not inconsistent
with law or these Articles of Incorporation.

ARTICLE XIII REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT The address of the initial
registered office of the Corporation is 6425 Meadow Country Dr., Reno, Nevada
89509 and the name of the registered agent at such address is Lewis M. Eslick.
Either the registered office or the registered agent may be changed in the
manner provided by law.

ARTICLE XIV The name and post office addresses of the incorporators are: NAME
ADDRESS Lewis M. Eslick 6425 Meadow Country Dr. Reno, Nevada 89509 NAME ADDRESS
Henry Richard Vicencio, 216 Lemmon Dr. Suite 234 Reno, Nevada 89506 IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the above-named Incorporators have signed these Articles of
Incorporation on September 21, 1993. /s/ Lewis M. Eslick EX-3.2 3