It's been quite some time

So it has been quite some time since our last foray into the world of blogging. Publicly presenting ourselves on the web for all (or a very few according to my site statistics) to see. Consciously presenting ourselves should I say - remembering back to when I blogged about work being lame when I was at work!. Haha, that was silly. However I don't anticipate I will have that problem again. Like tattoos, I'm fully prepared to take anything as a consequence of what I write down here. I won't offend anyone (deliberately). And I won't say anything that you really wouldn't hear me saying (or complaining) in real life. Hmm. Real life....perhaps I mean material life. As opposed to digital life. That's kinda related to my dissertation. My dissertation that I am slowly but surely finishing up for the year. A mere fifty pages of text that have held me sleepless and contributed to the poor condition of my skin all year.

In a way, though, I am looking forward to beginning my Masters thesis. The Masters will hopefully become a continuation of my writing this year on the intersection of material and digital spaces, but perhaps with more focus. A more specific aim. Something worthwhile to contribute to academia. Or just to contribute to someones general thinking on the topic would be great. I love it how even ideas that are totally implausible or incorrect can still help you enhance or develop a better understanding of something for yourself. Anytime someone thinks critically about something, I think, is a good thing.

Yeah, so I do need a break, but I'm also looking forward to reading more in preparation for the Masters if that makes sense.

Forms Forms Forms! Spent the last few days buried in forms. Now that I mention it. It was only weeks ago that I was completing CV's and cover letters and scholarship forms!...now it was Governmental forms. Now I don't know if you share my experiences, but the forms from the government are the most confusing of all. Particularly the Canadian Government!

Anyway. My passport needs renewal which requires me to get all sorts of forms, photos and stuff signed and documented by legal people and police officers and people who have known me for over two years but are also a doctor, dentist...or all of the above!!!??!

And more forms....wedding license. But no, not the wedding license itself, the form which you fill out and pay $120 so that they can send you another form which you fill out which then means you are married!

I am putting that all behind me though. The most important thing is that I am here now, and you are too. I will be off to my parent's place now for dinner. Coralee is off with her mum looking at flowers. I can't believe we spend so much time, money and energy (and we are by no means the only ones doing so) on a wedding which lasts less than a day! It certainly is a weighted ratio.
Nevertheless, I am SO looking forward to everything that is about to happen. I am looking forward to being married to the girl who makes me the most happy in the entire world. Happier than I have ever been before. I am excited about the first day after the wedding actually, and every day after that. I can't wait to get our life started....together!.
I'm sorry, but the engagement is a bit of a limbo period. In Christian circles at least. Don't get me wrong. My mind works in very unusual ways that have often landed me in serious disagreements, but whats up with the engagement.
Asides from time to prepare trivial things like venues and flowers it is really just a dead space. We have already made a commitment to one another. Well, that's how I see it anyways.
The marriage is a public and legal way of showing this commitment, but why the space inbetween.
Sure, it probably allows some time to grow, think, develop etc, but surely that is best done before you say "will you...", or "yes".
haha.
Anyways.
I'm here typing because I have spent an entire day running across town to bureaus and departments and have not even OPENED my dissertation document.

Nice to hear from you.
I will be back (more frequently) soon.

XO