created a project for a mysql implementation
created a database context class and started hooking it up
added a pair of interfaces that will need to be implemented whenever a mysql-based repository is created
added the mysql connector dll to the project for convenience
added some comments
added some integration tests and got object creation working, although I had to debug some issues from the reference dll not being named case sensitive as mono likes it
got updates working, but had to add an interface for database objects that use longs for their ids
built out some more features on my test project, such as retrieving and object building