Here’s the first post for the new site…

We’ll just see how things go for now and then… who knows?

Wow… I’m really not doing anything with this thing, am I?

I’m excited about this new year — I’ll be officially divorced soon (yay!) and have MANY things on the horizon.
I just passed my Real Estate exam — took the 60 hour courses and State exam in 2 1/2 weeks!
I’m going through my Nihon Goshin Aikido self defense line this month to get to San-Kyu. I had to lose weight and condition myself for that, so over the past year or so I’ve lost over 30 pounds, gained more muscle tone and built up my endurance. I feel as though I’m in better shape than I was when I was in my 20’s.

Some REALLY exciting things going on in my personal life too — but that’s not for here, or perhaps for the future.

Boom Theory may be very well rising up from the ashes soon — Al’s encounter at the RET booth at NAMM last week is already making the news around many companies… Gotta love Big Al, my brother!

Who knows, I may actually start writing in this thing more this year!

I still have 10 years to achieve my goal of retiring financially independent, but I may very well reach that goal sooner.

Until next time….

-=Mark=-

Well, there’s at least one girl that I love that is very happy this Valentine’s Day — my daughter!
She just got a phone (man… 9 year old with a phone, good thing my ex is paying those bills!) and she’s a text messaging maniac! I’ve got to check out which phone she got — it’s probably red or pink!

My divorce will be finalized on the 15th — yep, that’s tomorrow.
You have no idea how close to Valentine’s Day that it was going to be!
Not that anyone’s really reading this, but a very special friend of mine got their paperwork finalized on this very day several years ago — really, what a way to ruin a perfectly good Hallmark holiday!
It really feels kind of surreal, but in many ways, my marriage was over years ago, so this is just a legal way of ending it.
I guess I should have kept that girl’s phone number from the doctor’s office last year when she told me that I was cute and handed it to me…

Of course, my no good friends are trying to hook me with with a “hottie” — listen, I just want to really, really fall in love and be with a special person for the rest of my life. There already may be that person, but she just doesn’t know it yet!
I’m enjoying my Real Estate career so far and big Al keeps on tempting me with the future of Boom Theory.

This is really shaping up to be a memorable year so far.

I keep on telling myself — just enjoy the ride!

Hmm…. I might be spending a few weeks in Rio soon.

I’m not sure if that’s going to be a good thing — but then again, I’m really free to do anything that I want to do at this moment so…

I just got done training after an advanced class at Aikido. It’s really a great way to get your center (physically and psychologically) under yourself. I may be losing a bit too much weight too fast though… I’m down to 133 — that’s 41 pounds less than Nov 2006. I’m building up more muscle mass though, and I think I just need to eat more often since my body now seems to be burning fuel faster than ever.

I’ve got an open house tomorrow and have a few buyers that I’m working with as well in Real Estate.
I’m going to be slammed in the next few months with that and Boom Theory the way that things are going.

I have a new friend that’s just awesome! More on that for another time though!

I’m finding that I’m finally back where I was over 20 years ago regarding my passion for music and writing.
Music and lyrics (hey, I’m not saying that they’re all good! ) seem to be pouring out of me easily these past few weeks.
Most of what I write tends to be too personal to share though… but I’m not writing to get famous or produce “hits.”
It’s just my way of expressing myself — all of my many moods are being captured.
It’s one of the few times that I let go of my “intellectual” side of my brain and just let raw emotions flow.

I’m not even sure why I’m writing in this blog — perhaps I’m trying to capture a moment in time that I may want to remember in the future…
I’m currently feeling a little melancholy — either I need to eat or it’s because I’ll be missing someone for over a week…
I think I hear my guitar calling me…

No… it’s not a quote from Star Wars!

It’s been a rather interesting past couple of months for me.
The bottom line is that I’ve got an awesome new friend and am looking forward to a new beginning of my life.

I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, to suck the marrow from the bones of life; to put to rout all that was not life, and not to come to the end of life, and discover that I had not lived.
- Henry David Thoreau

I’ve been living my life for the past 10 years or so by cherishing each day, each moment and not by living in the past or the future. My goal is to end each day by feeling that I’ve lived life to the fullest and experienced all that it has to offer (the good and the “bad”).
Nothing that I say here can put it all as eloquently as Thoreau — thank you to Michelle for letting me be aware of this great quote.

In the end, every day IS indeed, a great day and I look forward to every morning when I wake up, every second that I am alive and am very appreciative of this journey called life.

Hmm… I usually get into trouble on this particular day…

The funny thing is, seeing how my life has changed so dramatically over the past few months, it almost feels like someone (or someBEING) is playing a trick on me.

I’m really, really digging being back in the groove of my music and business building through real estate and where Boom Theory may be heading this year. It almost feels like the past 18 or so years have been a joke that was played on me.
…but then again, when I see my beautiful little girl I know that my life IS very much full and that life is beautiful and I am living in the moment all of the time. How time flies… I remember the day when she was born — I was so very concerned that I may not live up to being able to care for such a tiny helpless baby.
I look at this independent, strong and intelligent 9 year old now and am very proud of where she is heading and what she is right now.

I hope that this all wasn’t some bizarre experiment and that everything continues down this path.

Now… what can I do THIS year on all of my unsuspecting friends… LOL! (evil laugh)

…I got blisters on my fingers!!!