Howdy All!

I just thought I'd pop in and say HI.

HI!

I've been busy with work, helping my dad out a bit, and....getting Engaged!!

Yep, Brianne talked me into it (wasn't that difficult actually). :love:

http://www.blitz.cc/lraven/Eighternity/EVET84HSI1%20finished%202.jpg

Custom designed ring and hand picked custom cut diamond!

Would you expect anything less from me?


http://www.blitz.cc/lraven/Eighternity/EVET84HSI1%20side%20view%202.jpg

I've also financed a nice digital camera so I can get back into taking photos of cars,
guitars, and whatever else :lalala:

http://www.blitz.cc/lraven/BriePoppingIn.jpg

I got a nice Nikon D-SLR, almost a pro-level camera and a couple good lenses
(plus lenses I've had for 10+ years from old Nikon film cameras), so I'm relearning
how to take photos, and I expect by next Car Show Season I'm going to be popping
off even finer photos then I was before!! I even picked up a special wide angle
lens just to get nice interior and engine bay shots! Look out!

Things are good I guess, though my health hasn't been the best. At least I'm still
around and enjoying what I do have! :silly:

How's things around here? SEGL still need a photographer? :P

:clap: :clap:

Cya

Congrats

Congrats on the engagement.. nice ring and box.. good pics too!

congrats :clap:

women manipulating you into marriage=bad things i had that done on me and it didn't last every long (divorced all before the age of 25:rol: )

hope it works for ya :pray:

I thought you were dead.... :lalala:

Congrats, see ya next year.

congrats

congrats

Grats!! :clap:

Welcome to the Married Club...Congrats... :clap:

Congrats

finally my photo competition is back! nice to see your still around!

congrats! and where the hell have you been?!?!

congrats on your engagement!
so, have you hit up Scion yet to see if you can use the white xB limo for your wedding? hehehe... and of course, you can always count on the SEGL crew for an 'all-Scion escort'
again, congratulations -- and don't be a stranger, either of you.

Nice, I like to see pictures.
You may need to change your name thou,
shouln't be lonely anymore.

congratulations eric....if u need ne thing from us let us kno man...good to have u bak...see u next yr.....
Mike.

congrats. funny i was just thinking of u today.. and here you pop up.

Thanks Everyone!

Brianne says thanks and HI!

She's lurked the forums today but hasn't posted I guess.

For those that asked in PM, here is how I did it:

http://www.blitz.cc/lraven/WillYou.jpg

Not a very good photo, sorry I don't have the proper gear for closeups yet.

Anywho, Brianne and I met at a Halloween party last year, so I popped the question
using M&M candies custom made for the occasion. :)

I swear, as I was pouring them out of the bag into her hand...even before the first
M&M hit her palm she's like "do you want the answer now!".
It was cute.

I think I scored brownie points.

Too bad her parents don't like me. :blah:

Thanks Everyone!

Brianne says thanks and HI!

She's lurked the forums today but hasn't posted I guess.

For those that asked in PM, here is how I did it:

http://www.blitz.cc/lraven/WillYou.jpg

Not a very good photo, sorry I don't have the proper gear for closeups yet.

Anywho, Brianne and I met at a Halloween party last year, so I popped the question
using M&M candies custom made for the occasion. :)

I swear, as I was pouring them out of the bag into her hand...even before the first
M&M hit her palm she's like "do you want the answer now!".
It was cute.

I think I scored brownie points.

Too bad her parents don't like me. :blah:

Thats pretty original, and im sure she loved it. Congrats, as for the parents. Well, can't win them all. You are a good guy so they shouldn't have anything to worry about.

Cya :clap:

props on the idea.. originality at its best

congrats eric !!

As myself, i knew it was bound to happen, i just didnt know when. As posted earlier, if you two need any help give us a holla and we may see what we can do. Hope everything does happiness and wonders for the both of ya.

It would've sucked if she ate all the M&M's and didnt notice the lettering.

Too bad her parents don't like me. :blah:


____ it. hahaha, i dont think ive ever met parents that have liked me. hahaha

congrats eric !!

As myself, i knew it was bound to happen, i just didnt know when. .

Funny, Brianne said the same thing when I proposed.

I forgot to add in the post above (distracted at work) that I proposed to her at a
Halloween Party, I convinced her to dress up in a long black dress and I bought
her a gothic looking masqurade type mask, and I dressed up in a vintage style tux
and similar mask.

Unfortunately there are no photos of us with the masks and all, I think my friends were
a little too stunned that I proposed to know what to do.

http://pictures.twistednode.com/Halloween%20Party/Halloween%20Party%202005%20Eric%20and%20Brie1.jpg

She's way too cute for the like of me! I totally lucked out. :)

Congrats on the engagement!

I joined the engaged club in June at Disney World ;P

Nice ring too, pretty cool design

Congrats on the engagement! Great photos.

congrats buddy!!!!
good to see u alive, we were worried sick. dont ever do that again u hear me!!! oh, i cant stay mad at u, look at.... nevermind u get the point
did u say when the date was yet?

Have not set a date yet. Brianne still has to finish school,
and get a good job, and I'd like to get us into a house.
That's going to be difficult with my mucked up credit (thanks
to a coke head room mate of mine way back when).

So, no hurry. I was just making her happy.

Hey Eric,
Congrats on the engagement!!! Im totally stoked for you two.. You guys make a great couple.. sorry it took me so long to get this up here but i don't have much time for the puter anymore... I've tried calling you within the past few months has your number changed? if so pm me the new one k
pat ( tell brie i said congrats too )

Same number, feel free to try it.

Congratulations!! I knew you were a smart man. (and an extremely lucky one too!) I can see it now... Scions lined up as you walk out of the church between them. Should make for great wedding pictures. Again congratulations to both of you. :clap: :clap:

Thanks man, it's much apprecaited!

Congrats!

Why did you dissappear for 4 months and leave everybody hanging wondering what happened to you?

That's a whole 'nother story that maybe I shouldn't get into
in the forums.

The extra short version is Brianne needed me to help
motivate her to finish this year of school, and some elements
of the Scion community (no pun intended) were just really
bugging me (putting it nicely).

its all my fault .. isnt it !!!!! :(

yeah!

Oh I see how it is. Just blow us all off and then come back into our lives like nothing happened and just expect us ALL to forgive you. I SEE HOW IT IS!

I'm just kidding. :relief:

Dude I traded my xB in and bought a Hummer H3. Ever since the road trip, we realized we had the wrong car for what we wanted to do. I got it at invoice basically. You'd be surprised how much those things are marked up. I got a good deal through my work so I grabbed it while I could. Sometimes I miss the xB, but not too much.

You have GOT to be pulling my leg!

A penny pincher like you who pulled out the storage areas on his box, and sold off his
wide wheels for better gas milage getting a Hummer? I'd have to sit in it to believe that!

Besides that, you guys don't OWN me, I'll come and go as I please! :P

Now that the "official photographer" of SEGL actually has a WORKING camera,
I'll be trying to make more meets, maybe take a few photos. :)
So I'll be around.

Shoebox you dont belong on this site no more ... leave dammit leave !!! Go to H3LIFE.COM or something. What do you expect us to forgive you because you realized you bought the wrong car and got another for a good deal. not gonna happen..


Raven, your right we dont own you. but to leave with out a post or a clue as to what happend to you got us all kinda worried. I was pretty close to post LOST signs of your car. I mean if it were mike or alex, im sure we wouldnt care, but thats besides the point.

Hehe, thanks for caring for me Rol, it's appreciated!

I'm hoping we have some sort of meet coming up sometime soon, I'd like to try out
my new camera on something other then cats and Brianne. i'm sure she's quite
tired of it too...

oh real Mr Rols TC man boy good attitude buddy. Cast out the people who help support you. Next you'll want to become a Japanese citizen to be loyal to Toyota and tell us who aren't that we aren't true Scion supporters! (again, just kidding)

I never said I didn't like it or regretted it or made a mistake, I said we wanted something else, which means since we got married and drove all over the country we started to realize how much we wanted to go off-roading and possibly get a camper, the Scion wasnt going to cut it, BUT I'm still planning on figuring out a way to buy the next model xB or T2B or whatever it will be called for my wife when it comes out, so I'm not totally out of the loop. It wasn't a spontanious decision believe me. We talked about it for months. I would like to get her an xA and fix it up but that wouldnt be until at least next fall. Dont X me out just yet. I technicall am still a paid member of SE you know ;-) You never know when you'll need someone to tow one of your cars to the show or have a trailor booth set up ;-)

As for YOU Mr. Houdini ;-) I'm glad you are ok. You guys never DID come over. I figure since you never called or emailed me back that you just died or something. You shouldn't punish everybody in the club just because things didn't go the way you wanted. Heck we were always wondering when you two would be coming over for movie night. Now we moved into a new place. There still a chance my friend! FRIEND. HELLO?!??!?! YOU SEE THAT ;-)

I'm making up for the last 4 months we couldn't be smarta@@ 's to each other.

When is the wedding?

Let me give you a little advice. When you get married, either you won't like the parents, or they wont like you. The chances you are going to like each other seem to be slim this day and age. Just remember, they will soon be family, so get used to it. I'm still in denial!

No date planned yet. Brianne still has to finish school.

As for movie night, I'm still considering having one at my place.
It would be fun to have some of the local Scion folks come
over and hang out.

well i for one am just glad that my buddy's back!!!! I thought you ran off to cali or something n made it big as a playboy photographer or something :P or that you got mad that brie wanted a tongue ring after hangin with ash and i... well im just happy that your back n that i will again have someone to chit chat with and bounce mod ideas off of...
pat