April 2008 Archives
Things are progressing at a rapid rate. The wedding is in less than three weeks. There are many things that we hope to document, but if time does not allow for such luxuries, there is something that we would like you to know. And that is the origin of the name of this website and, one might go as far to say, "theme" of the wedding.
"We belong to each other" is a phrase coined by Laura during Existential Media's journey to compete for the coveted title of "The Ultimate Blogger." Given the challenge to create a blog about piracy, our group contemplated how all human ideas belong to time itself and are perhaps part in parcel of the collective human consciousness. We decided to use the phrase, "we belong to each other" as a mantra to embody the role we play in each other's sense of self. This was also the concept behind Laura's senior art show about human contact as articulated in the title CONTACT((how are you not my self)). It is an important idea for us and we wanted to bring it into the ceremony of our union.
So when you come to our wedding, we want you to know that we see you as a part of our "self" and that the phrase includes you. You are a part of us. Thank you.
I came across this Etsy listing today. How great is that? Deeply nerdy! I mean, too bad I didn't find it before I bought Laura's ring. Well, not really. I like Laura's better. Because we are getting married soon wedding related things like this are always catching my attention.
Like this guy:
Adorable! This guy made a Dashboard Widget to propose! Also deeply nerdy! Do you want to know the most adorable though?
This love poem t-shirt:
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We want to tell you about our lil shawty. Her name is Margot Chickpea, but we mostly call her Margot or Baby Cat. We got her October 19, 2007 from the Glendora Village Pet Shop. This was during our last semester in college. We really wanted a cat for a long time, ever since our other feline friend Travis went to live in San Diego. My birthday rolled around and I decided it was time. So we went to the pet shop with the intention of finding a brand new baby cat. There were many rescue kittens at the pet shop. All of them hanging out and licking each other and sleeping on each other. We looked at a couple of kittens, but Margot called to me. She was immediately cuddly and sleepy and mellow. She was perfect.
Supreme bonus: Margot was born around August 23, 2007, which is the day I asked Laura to marry me. Love Cat!
You are planning on coming and you have been wondering what in the world will we eat. Aren't Matthew and Laura into weird food? Aren't they VEGAN?!
You are right. But you are also using the wrong adjective. We are not into weird food, we are into food that feeds the body and blows the mind. We are interested in bold flavors, wickedly hot spices, potent elixirs, ENZYMES, we want raw greens and we want them now.
So we've summoned the only dudes fit for such a calling, you guessed it: none other than the infamous Hot Knives. Dang.
For all of you who are worried about missing your meats and bland fillers, rest assured, it is only one night. You can go back to your preferred ways of eating on Sunday. But on this, the day of our cañata, we will ignite our tender palates with the genius and wisdom of the dear Alex Brown and Evan George.
The menu will feature such beauties as Radish Bites, Mini Port Cherry Pies, and many more equally thrilling eats. They have boasted of "stupendously meta plans for blogging the whole thing from start to finish." Head on over to their blog on Urban Honking for updates and teasers.
Please rest assured that you will not be sorry. And yes, we will make you try it. We want everyone to dance with us. You are in good hands.
You may or may not know that when we were engaged in Portland, OR last summer, we began using the term beyoncé as a replacement for the more traditional term fiancé. I am sure you can follow the phonetical progression.
Well, good news! The singer (and muse) Beyoncé just wed to her long-time boyfriend, rapper Jay-Z. Whoa, she really was a beyoncé. And now we can still be each other's beyoncé's even after the wedding. Deep.
Just thought you would like to know. It's important.
(Perhaps we will recreate this picture at the wedding? One could only hope.)
Last weekend we drove up with (most of) our families to San Jose. My Aunt Stacie and Uncle Michael welcomed us into their wonderful home and we visited with several generations of my family and family friends who live up north. We were greeted with love, enjoyed sushi and fruit, opened lovely gifts, and were filled with tenderness.
This was our first event, the inauguration of the wedding festivities, which appropriately included a stellar battle of hula hooping skills (shout out to Bridget), wii, and double dutch.
There are few words that justly portray the utter gratitude and humility we feel for all who came and offered their support for our new journey together. Thus, we simply bow. We are honored to know you.
What a gift to spend time with people who have such a wealth of life! Cheers!
Don't forget to check out all the photos of the event on Flickr.
