I got to open some of my Christmas gifts from luke since he already has two of his. I got him a sweet bike (a lovely light blue Nishiki with aluminum wheels) and tickets to go see Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks. He has one more present that we are saving until christmas. He got me light blue, glass, oval-shaped earrings, guitar string earrings (they ( Read more... )

I don't mean to get all holy on ya, but seriously - this wedding couldn't have been planned any smoother. Everything is falling into place so quickly. I LOVE it ( Read more... )

Things I will need to contract/track down for wedding:
invitations/ stationary
everyone's address
venue Rotture!
officiant (Skippy Steve, my Judge friend)
photographer
my garments (will be custom made. post to come)
hair stylist (my sister)
florist (my mom & sister & self)
lukes garments
tables & chairs ( Read more... )

When I was in AZ talking to my brother, explaining to him the complicated history of this relationship, he gave me this analogy that seems so fitting ( Read more... )

I am surrounded by some pretty wonderful people. The friends that I have made within the last two years are really some bright, fun, helpful, supportive, caring people. We have a pretty large social web that is composed of many twenty somethings (and the occasional 30 something) who are all just so... great. I really don't have better words. They' ( Read more... )

Things I will need to contract/track down for wedding:
invitations/ stationary
everyone's address
venue
officiant (Skippy Steve, my Judge friend)
photographer
my garments (will be custom made. post to come)
hair stylist (my sister)
florist (my mom & sister & self ( Read more... )

I'm STILL nuts about him (and rightfully so, being that we're getting marr'd 'n' all. We write each other these sappy and wonderful messages all day long while we're at work. I mean, it's only 9 hours apart, but that's seriously a LOT for us, especially after a week together without work ( Read more... )

The wedding planning has officially begun. I parused through the library catalogue and found just about every book about alt-weddings, Portland wedding planning, offbeat brides, low budget ceremonies, and criticial reviews of the wedding industry. (I figured the latter ought to keep me in check when the time comes that I want to order a wedding ( Read more... )

I often laugh at my dream self. I do some really funny things while I'm there. Between pummeling space aliens (that was terrifying) to flipping off my exes (that was gratifying), to being chased by tornados in Spain, I dream of some crazy mothufucking shit.

Life is awesome. I had an incredible weekend. Highlights ( Read more... )