I have been working a new job since December 04 which is doing direct care, supporting individuals with developmental disabilities.  It is a good job, and is a full-time job in 2 1/2 days, which leaves me with the rest of the week to do whatever.  Currently that is doing Kenpo on Monday and Wednesday nights and have been elevated to a black gi, meaning official recognition as an asistant instructor. I spend time instructing the kid's class followed by participation of the adult class. Our wedding is coming up September 21st, 2006. If you have not gotten an invitation yet don't worry because with preparation of this year's 'The Gathering' I have only just completed them as of the end of this week (6/2/06). I will be distributing the paper invitations between now and Sea Dog Nights (July). Let me know via email if you would like to make sure you get a paper invitation :)

• Renaissance clothing ~~ Example garb outfits and patterns for Renaissance re-enactment (i.e. to wear to the wedding). We will be doing our honeymoon the first part of July, being an Anime Convention in Anaheim for 4 days, another 5 days in southern Florida, and then another 5 days on a cruise.
  
• Pets ~~ Currently we have 3 cats (Yuki, Ken, and Sabriel) and 2 rats (kuro-nezumi and Luis). I have a lot more pictures of them than what is on here, but it's at least a start. You'll also find that there are pictures or past pets who have either passed on or left to live somewhere else here on my Pets page. Yuki gave birth to 5 kitties on 5/5, so we have cinco de 猫 (ねこ/neko)。


• Poems ~~ I have almost all of my poetry up in my poetry section. Out of my poetry, I have been published in multiple venues of literature, online and in print. Published works: The Moon On Next Morrow's Night, The First Snow, and Souls Of the Dead.  There are also some published in poetry anthologies from yearbook-signing books printed in high school, but I don't remember which ones off-hand were printed in that.
        To date I have had one poem published by another online site and two poems professionally published.  The first is from my blue section [The Moon On Next Morrow's Nigh] and was published on a website for Celtic culture in Australia back in about 1996 or 1997 or so.  The second one is from my green section [The First Snow]  was published Fall 2000 in an anthology called "Time After Time" by The International Libray of Poetry. The third one is to be published not only in an anthology through The International Library of Poetry, but read aloud on a cd with 32 other poems! It is from my purple section [Souls of the Dead].
  
• Poetry pages
  
• pages for pictures of me, pictures of Amanda, pictures of friends, pictures from school