Last day of the month, First day of the weekend

Well, we've arrived.

August is here... that means in roughly 2 weeks it'll be my birthday.

What to do, what to do... How about a recap, because I'm even lost on where I've gone and what I've done.

Let's see. Well, the obviously most important / exciting things I've done with my life recently is I started dating my ex. We had tried this out right after the divorce, but we both had too many bad habits from our failed first marriage and we weren't in the same place mentally and emotionally to really appreciate each other. It was more of a "we've done this so long and it feels too weird to not do it" rather than a genuine "I love you" kind of situation.

So this second time around we were both sure that this was what we wanted. We talked about the breakdowns, we've worked through several old issues and beaten them, created workarounds (if you will) that have allowed us to move forward and make progress in ways we never could have before.

After a month or so of trying out this new relationship with these two new people, we decided to tie the knot. I asked her, she said yes, I made our engagement rings and commissioned a custom piece for her wedding ring, and on the 4th of July we got married. I also got ordained as a minister and licensed to marry people in the state of Oklahoma.

Yeah, that's kinda how we roll. I know I'm an Atheist, but I'm also a Reverend. Don't you tell ME how to enjoy MY religion... I'm still in the middle of what religion means to me. I mean I read Science Fiction and Fantasy for my escape, and I consider Religion to be in the exact same boat. So how serious do I want to play "The Flying Spaghetti Monster?" I know I've been contemplating writing a "Human Bible" for Atheists who feel like they are spiritual but have NO desire to join the delusional path and believe in a Giant Fairy in the clouds who arbitrarily grants wishes. We'll see...

I also went out and purchased www.churchofthepaddedwall.org

That's right... my virtual church is coming. It'll be awesome when it gets here too... I mean c'mon, we're doing the "Lords" work... (whomever that is?!)

So it's the Reverend and his wife now. And life is moving forward. We don't stop. We went through Motorcycle Safety Classes together before the marriage, and we bought a 1973 Honda CB750 K3 and it's a fucking beaut! Can't ride it enough, still waiting till I can get the Harley Davidson Nightster that I'm dreaming of. Gotta get my finances in order, and I don't really have the time yet especially with school coming up. So we shall see...

School! I applied for and was accepted into a Beta program at TCC where I get one year of school PAID FOR, a free Macintosh Laptop and an iPod Touch for development purposes, and I get trained for iPhone/iPod and Googles Android development. I start in a couple weeks, right around the ole Birthday... so THAT should be fun.

Been making some appearances changes as well. I always used to joke that I got a new wife every month because Skye would change her hair color. And I mean CHANGE her hair color. Not like Brown to light Red... I mean Blue to Green. NEON BLUE to NEON GREEN. It's awesome and inspiring to be around that. But the City Government Employee inside me always shied away from being able to do things like that until it dawned on me.

This is it. If I don't do what makes me happy now, when will I?

So I'm sporting the beginning of a mohawk.

I've never wanted the bald head with a mohawk look, I like the stubble or short hair one, and that's what I've got. It's only an inch or so long, I can hide it easily during work hours, but it's begun! I hope to see it grow long and proud...

In the meantime, I just finished roughly 20 hours of 3D Modeling Training and got access to Discreets 3ds Max 3D Modeling program. I'm hoping to see if it's a medium I wanna stick with or a flash in the pan curiousity. It'll be fun either way. I'm sure I'll have pictures up soon.

On top of this Skye and I are putting our lives together as firmly as we can. Riding our bike, still spinning fire, building and creating worlds, and loving each other just as fiercely (if not a little more smartly) as ever.

My days are full, my nights are beautiful, and my life is exactly where I want it. My weekend has way too much planned for it, but that just means I'll have something fun to do at every point between then and now. I hope you find what you're looking for and thanks for the read... PEACE!