May 2008 Archives

The last item on my wedding to-do list.

Forget Dear Abby and prepare your heart.

I'm serious.

And remember this excerpt from none other than J.D. Salinger's Seymour: An Introduction:

You'll deny it up and down, I fear, but I'm really in no position to take your word for it. You're a great bird-lover. Much like a man in a short story called 'Skule Skerry', by John Buchan, which Arnold L. Sugarman, Jr, once pressed me to read during a very poorly supervised study-hall period, you're someone who took up birds in the first place because they fired your imagination; they fascinated you because 'they seemed of all created beings the nearest to pure spirit- those little creatures with a normal temperature of 125°'. Probably just like this John Buchan man, you thought many thrilling related thoughts; you reminded yourself, I don't doubt, that: 'The gold crest, with a stomach no bigger than a bean, flies across the North Sea! The curlew sandpiper, which breeds so far north that only about three people have ever seen its nest, goes to Tasmania for its holidays!' It would be too much of a good thing to hope, of course, that my very own general reader should turn out to be one of the three people who have actually seen the curlew sandpiper's nest, but I feel, at least, that I know him - you - quite well enough to guess what kind of well-meant gesture might be welcomed from me right now.

Please accept this feather as a promise that we are bird-lovers 'till the end.

This one is for the ladies! My old roommate Holly, who by the way is getting married on the SAME DAY as Matthew and I, invited me to have a joined bridal shower. Yay! We wore veils and opened lady-things and ate cute foods. I want to write more, but I think you should just look at Vicki's pictures, they say it all. I think Jenna got some group shots, I'll link them if they come to the Internets.

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(Yes, I am wearing the same outfit as the SJ shower. That's what happens when you live on the road (and put pictures online so that people find you out).)

On April 26th we convened for another shower. This time in Huntington Beach with the other side of Laura's family. We had a very nice time. Laura and I got to talk with Stephanie and Matt who are getting married not too long after us. We compared notes on finding places to live and planning our weddings. Also, Stephanie reminded me how great a catch Laura is!

This shower was originally proposed to be ladies only, but they let us guys in anyhow. So while they ladies were doing girly things us men went for a walk and ended up hanging out in the living room of house that was having an open house. I think it was really confusing and daunting for the realtor when the ten of us walked in. The house was pretty interesting because it was three stories with the living room on the center floor. It reminded me of the model home on Arrested Development.

All of the other photos from this event can be found on Flickr.