Well up to date I have been very busy this year and have for the most part had a great year. I went to England in May and went to the mountains this month and am expecting my Aunt to be here in two weeks from Germany with my grandmother (which I am stoked about).

I have been working all kinds of overtime and trying to save up for my travels next year so far I am planning to go to my hometown of Cambridge, OH, Germany, and Australia (if my friend gets his vacation time approved). So I have a busy year next year too.

It doesn't even seem like Christmas is just around the corner... I haven't had time to mark the time. The only day that has stood out more than the rest was 9-11, It doesn't seem like it has been 8 years as the memory of everything that happened that day and everything I did that day still rings in my mind as if it happened yesterday.

I have been making an effort to better reconnect with friends and family and make new friends. It was kinda one of my New Years resolutions and took forever to get started, As like my Father I am very much a loner and could hide from the world with little to no effort and be happy enough in my own world. I think I am doing a pretty OK job of it but I know I need a lot of work because it is never easy to change one's self no matter how much you may want it.

I have found Courage and Strength that I never knew I had with in me and faced some pretty turbulent situations that life threw my way and I faced them boldly even though the cost was great and more than I really wanted to pay... Not that I wouldn't do it again with out a second thought.

I have discovered all kinds of new music and been refining my musical styles on Guitar... of course I have always enjoyed just playing chill melodies, I have found new ways to play and have became a better musician in the process.
New Bands/People
-Dispatch
-Ben Harper
-O.A.R.
-Cage the Elephant (thanks to Victoria
-Lights
-Pat Monahan
-Shinedown
-Eric Hutchenson
-Matt Nathanson
-Mikey Wax

I started back to school to work towards getting my degree in Business Administration and have found the school work to be a welcome change of pace to my normal schedule. It is online only which is fine with me as my company is paying 100% of it as long as I pass... which is impossible since I am a genius and very modest so I will be fine.