Damn, that finished product looks insanely nice! Going from the original GUI format to that in 1 year is lightning speed fast; so going off of what I've read and can remember off of reddit, the end product will come around next year during summer time? Is there an app with this type of wallet interface being developed as well?
I'm so glad one of my buddies recommended me to xmr... just bought my first 100 xmr tonight and going to be pumping as much extra cash into this as I can easily afford. Hope this endeavor doesn't flop, I've read in a lot of places that it's pretty easy for alt coins to go to dust in a matter of seconds. I don't think this will happen with the support of the xmr community though

Welcome to the party! One of the main things keeping this from going to dust is everyone wanting it to be awesome. So, find a way that you can make monero awesome. It may take a while to figure out what *it* is, but there's probably something your good at that could greatly benefit Monero.
I absolutely agree with this. Everyone can contribute in some way! Decentralized currencies require decentralized leadership in all different areas.