I woke up this morning and saw that In had reached Level 9!! I am completely Humbled. While I have been in these communities for only a few months, I have met (virtually) so many wonderful people that are so generous with their time and knowledge. The interactions are always positive and thought provoking! (which is rare these days) and I thank @Antonio Centeno @Antonio O. Centeno @Antonio Cent for keeping the no A-Hole policy in force!! This is truly a place where we can be individuals with our own version of classic style, but also help others early in their journey. It is truly a blessing. I am honored to have made it to level 9 even though I still feel like an imposter! That being said I want to thank everyone who I've interacted with! But specifically @John Witvoet and @James Milson and @Sean Kavanaugh for starting a rally cry to push me over the top. I was unaware how close I was and am truly humbled for their help. There is also the literal TON of people thatI really enjoy seeing their posts everyday and our conversations. @Jesse Alonzo , @Brian McGuire , @Raymond Reeves , @Anthony Buntyn , @Chad Smith , @Banjo Piggott Wright , @Michael McDonnell @William Feldtmose & @Robert Meyers ! I'm sure I've missed several of you, but please take my vote of thanks as well!! I am honored to be here with ALL of you and sitting at the General's table with the greats in this community is something that I am very proud of! Thank you ALL!! and I look forward to carrying the torch in the most honorable way I can!!

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, Since I started my journey and even more so recently, I have been more mindful and observant of things and people. Not in a negative and judgmental way but rather in a learning process of what to do an what not to do. One thing that I had to come to the realization is that there are so many aspects of becoming a gentleman or a lady for our ladies in this community, and even more so than I originally thought. So, as we start to develop and transform into these different aspects of being ladies and gentlemen and we began to hone in on these attributes, qualities, and characteristics, we have to fine tune them and then apply them to each one of us to fit who we are, this can be a difficult and daunting task especially, when we are not endure it, we want to make that change or even if it is for us. And we think that this is difficult part of this transformation, but this is still the easy part of this. Now here comes the really important part, to start bringing all these aspects together and, make then fit like a puzzle. As you began to adjust, move, turn, and try to make sense and make it look like it is supposed to look from all the pictures you've seen in magazines, books, movies, and those in person. We will even go as far as trying to trim something that we know will not fit to try to make it work, and we want to make it work until we step back and look; and certain parts of this picture, we have that we want to be look good but there is somethings that are off in this picture, like the right shoes, the right fit, the right fragrances for you, the picture we are looking for is very close but just not quite right. So we finally get it right to where we want it to be, the right look and everything we have in in place. Now here comes the moist important and most difficult part of this whole endeavor we started out to do, now it's time to put our masterpiece on display, to walk out in public and display our canvas, (our new person we brought into existence), to put ourselves on display to the world.