I’d like to take a moment to digress from my usual asinine ramblings in order to make a little announcement. Visitors to this site who know me in real life are already aware of this, however for anyone else who, for whatever reason, might possibly care, here goes:

After being together for five and a half wonderful years, Judy and I have decided to get married!

While I truly regret the insufferable loss that the world’s single women will undoubtedly experience upon the realization that they will never have the good fortune of having me as their husband [ha], I couldn’t be more excited about the idea of spending the rest of my life together with a woman who intrigues and captivates me so, and whose kind-heartedness and compassion are an inspiration.

I can only wonder why she would want to throw her life away by marrying a schmuck like me.

I actually proposed to Judy six months ago while we were on holiday in Okinawa, but held off on mentioning anything here on this site until we had the chance to let all of our family and friends know first, as well as select a date. Thus, for the past six months, we’ve been trying to figure out the logistics for a wedding ceremony in which the bride’s family lives in one country, the groom’s family lives in another, and the bride and groom themselves live in yet a third. Needless to say, it’s been a bit complicated.

However, last week we confirmed the date and location: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 on the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i. We’re planning on keeping the ceremony small and simple, but I’m sure it’ll be special. It’s really strange to think that we’re getting married, or even that we’ve reached the age at which one would even consider getting married, however it actually feels kind of natural (somewhat surprisingly). I guess when you find the right person, everything just sort of falls into place.

Well, that’s the news. . . we now return to our regularly scheduled blogging.