thanks for all the welcomes guys.

I am heading over to the exchange and the Newbie Sampler thread almost as we speak, hopefully I can get a nice array of cigars that can help me now, as well as when my pallet is more developed and I can taste the notes and how the cigar develops, instead of just enjoying the taste (regardless of being able to decide on the flavors).

I plan on taking notes on the cigars I smoke but at this point I can't pull out the notes of the cigars I don't think. I couldn't say what the RyJ's notes were during the smoke, all I really know is I enjoyed it. It was just relaxing, which is great.

I need to go out and get a humi so I can get some sticks. I plan on getting 150 count humi somewhere online, one question though. As I said, I'm 18 years old. My parents don't really like smoking and they would yell if I got a package with say CigarsInternational.com all over the package. When you purchase online do most companies say "this is cigar paraphernalia"? or is it just plain boxed?