February 19, 2007

• I’m Sorry, But She Doesn’t Believe In…

  Valentine’s Day…
  
  
  
  
  There’s a girl.
  And she thinks that Valentine’s Day is over rated.

  Of course, this is great for me, and my nutty ways,
  but I couldn’t let myself go without posting a
  “little something” to at least let you all in on this
  large part of my life (she’ll might just shoot me for this).

  Without further ado, I’d like to re-introduce Ms. Julie…
  My best friend, and my girlfriend.

  
  
  
  
  As you’ve been reading throughout my last few posts,
  Julie and I have been spending more, and more time together
  over the past 6 months, eventually entering into a “relationship”
  officially sometime in early October (Thankfully for me again,
  she doesn’t remember dates any better than I do ).
  
  The past months have been filled with a flurry of activities.
  Many of them, you’ll hear about gradually as I continue to
  slowly update this page with our adventures.
  
  
  And now, to answer the barrage of “standard questions”
  that we all ask every couple… New, or new to us.
  
  
  How We Met:
  Julie and I met in Guatemala during a “Feed The Monkey’s”
  banana and hot air balloon rally…
  
  Okay, in reality, we met through a mutual friend in
  January of last year. The distinct irony of the event, is
  that the day we met, was one of my first “photography”
  days with my first “real” digital camera.
  
  I was in Chattanooga for the day, and had been talking to
  a couple of friends who were also in town for the day. When
  we met, I discovered that Julie and Heather were there as well.
  After a quick ice cream, we parted ways and added each other
  as friends on myspace…
  
  (How hilariously “Generation Y” of us, eh?)
  
  
  Fast Forward to July…
  So much has happened, I’ve been to Pennsylvania (twice) to
  Florida once, planned a trip to Alaska and wrecked my bike.
  I’ve bought another new bike, a new camera, healed up a bit,
  and ridden back to Tennessee.
  
  Only to discover that I no longer had a place to live!
  With 3 weeks between our departure date and the current date,
  I called on a few friends to help me out with a place to sleep
  until I found a new place to call home.
  
  Though several offered, I was able to spend most of my time
  with none other than my good buddy Wesley Callihan…
  
  The same friend who introduced Julie and I, that day in Chattanooga.
  
  Here’s Wesley in all of his glory:
  (He’s an up and coming movie director)
  
  
  (Technical Side note… I was shooting with a Quantaray 70-300
  for this and the following two shots. DON’T BUY ONE!! Terrible
  lens, I was extremely unimpressed).
  
  
  Now, Julie and I had barely communicated in the months
  
  following our first meeting, but I was excited to hear that
  
  she and Heather were coming up to visit Wesley that weekend.
  
  
  
  And what a weekend it was!
  
  
  
  “The Gang”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “One Last Look”
  
  (Is that disdain I see?)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We all had a blast, both that weekend, and the following one
  
  before Ethan and I left for our great “Bow Tie Tour” to Alaska.
  
  
  
  The weekend after our return in September, I convinced Julie
  
  and Heather to come back up and visit my newly re-injured self.
  
  They were planning a trip to the Ocoee for a rafting adventure
  
  with their Church, so of course I came along to take some pictures.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All who were involved had a great time.
  
  
  
  So began the courtship of Julie and I… After spending
  
  our weekends together in September, and our trip to
  
  Savannah, I started spending a lot of time in Atlanta
  
  with her family and friends, eventually moving there,
  
  where I’ve spent the past 4 months.
  
  
  
  Along the way, we’ve had some wonderful times…
  
  
  
  
  
  In early December, Julie decided that it was the perfect time
  
  for her to go ahead and carve up our Halloween Pumpkin.
  
  
  
  
  
  Into The Blue… (I Fell)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Of course, as soon as she’d extricated all the seeds she wanted,
  
  she decided that it was far too late in the year to have a Jack-O-Lantern
  
  so she went about destroying the pumpkin in the most artistic way possible…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Did I mention what she does for a living?
  
  Well, two things, actually… She’s an artist, she hand crafts
  
  beautiful one of a kind jewelry pieces (her new website will be
  
  live soon, I’ll get you the link) and she’s an art teacher…
  
  To kindergarten and elementary aged kids!
  
  
  
  
  
  Hard At Work, Filing…
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  One last picture before I go…. Noisy as heck, but it’s us!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Well, I’m exhausted, and I’m still far from completing “our” story,
  
  nor the many others I’ve started telling you. As I write this, I’m a
  
  15 hour drive from Ms. Julie, in South Florida working, and shooting.
  
  
  
  I’m not quite sure how long I’ll be down here, and I’m missing my
  
  dear girl quite a bit… I wasn’t home for Valentine’s which as I told
  
  you before, isn’t a huge issue, but it got me thinking about the fact
  
  that I still haven’t had a chance to tell you all about this remarkable
  
  new chapter in my life.
  
  
  
  I hope you’ve enjoyed the introduction,
  
  expect to see much more from us soon!
  
  
  
  
  
  Let me know if I can be Praying for you, and if you will,
  
  please be Praying for Wisdom and Blessings on Julie and I…
  
  
  
  We surely could use your thoughts and prayers!
  
  
  
  Talk Soon
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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