Alright. I guess its time to update my journal seeing it has been almost a year… The year of disappointment is long in the past. The year of Accomplishment is coming to a close. In light of everything I only see good things toward the future.

I just payed tribute to Dimebag Darrel. It was 4 years on Monday. I can finally cheer to him without being angry at the fuck face that took him from us. (If you do not know what I am talking about send me a message and I will explain.)

As I sit and ponder the last year of my 20s I can’t help but think of all the things I have accomplished. Sadly the only thing I have to show for it is memories and experiences. Fortunately I will be able to take these to the future with me.

Let’s recap the last year. Well I spent the first four months working to make back the money I lost on a poor investment in ’07 (part of the disappointment of last year) and getting back into Kuk Sool Won where after a year hiatus I finally earned my blue belt. In May I lost my job at the bank I was working at. You may say that this is contradictory to the year of Accomplishment, but I say that having a huge stick pulled out of your ass is the greatest accomplishment of all. You see if that stick were still up my ass (which was attached to that chair behind “my” desk) I would not be HERE. By here I mean the place in my life where I finally started to become happy. After “loosing” my bank job I moved down to Urbana-Champaign with my brother. Here I was able to reconnect with myself for the first time sense I first started dating my ex-fiancé/succubus. I regained my self awareness and for the first time in my life I am allowing myself to be happy. I work a job that is not mentally tasking and keeps me fit, (I gained forty pounds at the bank, and it is gone now) it allows me time to pursue other things. Last August I went back to the QC to work for John Deere for 3 weeks as a Deployment Technician. It was a temporary Swap-Op gig. My first paying computer job! My band with Brother John “Reject Orion” is on hiatus while I am playing bass for a new Hardcore band to be named later in Champaign. I am very excited about this project. It is giving me the experience I need so that when I go back to writing for Reject I will be able to create even harder edgier and more skilled music for you all!!!!