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June 21, 2005
Taking Care of Your Favor Plants
I meant to tell everyone how to care for their favors, but of course I only remembered to tell some people. All they need is full to partial sun, and to be kept moist. They can be planted outside, if you care to, and both kinds are annuals. The plant with just foliage is called White Splendor (I think), and the plant with flowers is called Ageratum.
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Wedding Bands
A few people asked us where we got our awesome wedding bands. To those people, I say:
Get ye to Herman Rotenberg’s 1,873 Unusual Wedding Rings!
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June 20, 2005
Send Us Your Pictures!
If you took pictures at the wedding, we’d LOVE to see them. I’ve already covered the basics of uploading your shots to flickr, but if you can’t figure something out, please don’t hesitate to email me or comment on this post. We really want to see your pictures, and I’ll do anything I can to hold your hand through the process.
And if you took a lot of pictures, you may consider actually buying a flickr account. It’s only $30 for a one year subscription, and you get to upload practically an unlimited number of pictures every month.
If you didn’t take pictures, head on over to the flickr photo pool anyway, because there will be shots there soon.
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Wedding Music
Several people said that they really enjoyed the music selections we played during the party. Amanda and I put the whole playlist together ourselves, and we’re thrilled that people liked it.
I’ve published it as an iMix on the iTunes Music Store, so you can view and buy tracks you liked. The playlist, in its entirety, is reproduced below.
- Something (The Beatles)
- Yellow (Coldplay)
- One (U2)
- In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
- Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)
- Just Like Honey (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
- Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
- World Before Columbus (Suzanne Vega)
- Lovesong (The Cure)
- And I Love Her (The Beatles)
- Moondance (Van Morrison)
- I Love You (Barenaked Ladies)
- Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love (The Darkness)
- My Hero (Foo Fighters)
- Devil’s Dance Floor (Flogging Molly)
- Love Shack (The B-52s)
- Say Hello to the Angels (Interpol)
- This Fire (Franz Ferdinand)
- Here Comes Your Man (The Pixies)
- Everybody to the Limit (Come on fhqwhgads) (Strong Bad)
- Fell in Love with a Girl (The White Stripes)
- Bend the Light (Fighting Gravity)
- Mr. Blue Sky (Electric Light Orchestra)
- Kiss (Prince)
- Two Hearts Beat as One (U2)
- Darts of Pleasure (Franz Ferdinand)
- Love You Madly (Cake)
- It’s Only Time (The Magnetic Fields) [our wedding song]
- Let Go (Frou Frou)
- All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
- Such Great Heights (The Postal Service)
- Head Over Heels (Tears for Fears)
- Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
- Grace (Jeff Buckley)
- Sparks (Coldplay)
- Do You Realize? (The Flaming Lips)
- June (Pete Yorn)
- Modern Love (David Bowie)
- Tired of Being Alone (Al Green)
- I’m the Man Who Loves You (Wilco)
- I Want Someone Badly (Jeff Buckley)
- Take You On a Cruise (Interpol)
- Where Would I Be? (Cake)
- Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul McCartney)
- Shh (Frou Frou)
- Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
- Come Down Stairs and Say Hello (Guster)
- Dog (Ben Folds)
- Two Of Us (The Beatles)
- Brand New Colony (The Postal Service)
- Everlong (Foo Fighters)
- Rattlesnakes (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions)
- Got to Get You Off My Mind (Solomon Burke)
- NYC (Interpol)
- Be Mine (David Gray)
- Move Your Feet (Junior Senior)
- True Love Waits (Radiohead)
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The Script
The ceremony, transcribed, for those who couldn’t make it or those who cried through the whole thing and forget what was said.
DAN
Welcome.
A wedding is such a wonderful occasion,
filled with hopes, dreams, and excitement.
We are here today to celebrate the love
that AJ and Amanda have for each other,
and to recognize and witness their decision
to journey forward in their lives
as marriage partners.
Collectively,
you represent the families, friends, and
traditions that have brought AJ and Amanda
to this point in their lives.
Please affirm your support for this marriage
by responding “Yes, I do,”
to the following question:
As part of the community
that surrounds AJ and Amanda,
do you offer your love and support
to strengthen their marriage
and bless this family
created by their union?
EVERYBODY
Yes, I do.
DAN
AJ and Amanda
have asked that we take a moment
to honor the memory of those loved ones
who could only be here today in spirit.
pause
DAN
Pennsylvania was founded on the ideal
of complete religious freedom.
The oldest and most well-known practitioners
of this idea are the Quakers.
AJ and Amanda have chosen
a Quaker wedding license, which permits two people
to wed in whatever manner they prefer.
All that is required to make it legal
is the signatures of you, the witnesses.
In recognition of the traditions
of openness and tolerance
observed by the Quakers,
the floor is now open for your comments.
[open floor ends]
DAN
AJ and Amanda
please join hands
to share your Wedding Vows.
AJ, repeat after me:
I, AJ, choose you, Amanda, to be my wife.
AJ
I, AJ, choose you, Amanda, to be my wife.
DAN
From this day forward, I promise to love you,
AJ
From this day forward, I promise to love you,
DAN
to honor you, to respect you, and to support you,
AJ
to honor you, to respect you, and to support you,
DAN
as long as we both shall live.
AJ
as long as we both shall live.
DAN
Amanda, repeat after me:
DAN
I, Amanda, choose you, AJ, to be my husband.
AMANDA
I, Amanda, choose you, AJ, to be my husband.
DAN
From this day forward, I promise to love you,
AMANDA
From this day forward, I promise to love you,
DAN
to honor you, to respect you, and to support you,
AMANDA
to honor you, to respect you, and to support you,
DAN
as long as we both shall live.
AMANDA
as long as we both shall live.
DAN
May I have the rings, please? [AJ gives rings to DAN]
Wedding rings are enduring symbols
that remind us of the pledges
we have made to each other
and of our responsibility
to honor each other
by honoring our promises.
May these rings serve you
and those who see them upon your fingers
as reminders of the vows
you have made here today.
AJ, place this ring on Amanda’s finger and repeat after me:
With this ring,
AJ
With this ring,
DAN
I give you my promise to honor you,
AJ
I give you my promise to honor you,
DAN
to be faithful to you,
AJ
to be faithful to you,
DAN
and to share my love and my life with you in all ways, always.
AJ
and to share my love and my life with you in all ways, always.
DAN
Amanda, place this ring on AJ’s finger and repeat after me:
With this ring,
AMANDA
With this ring,
DAN
I give you my promise to honor you,
AMANDA
I give you my promise to honor you,
DAN
to be faithful to you,
AMANDA
to be faithful to you,
DAN
and to share my love and my life with you in all ways, always.
AMANDA
and to share my love and my life with you in all ways, always.
DAN
Now, because you have chosen one another
and pledged to love each other
for all the days of your lives,
before this loving community
of family and friends,
it gives me great joy
to pronounce you husband and wife.
You may now kiss!
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June 17, 2005
Ready, Aim...
The grass is mowed.
The tent is up.
The house is ready.
The flowers are fresh.
The cake is being baked.
See you at the party!
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June 15, 2005
Bachelor/-ette Party
Amanda and I are not into strippers, so we’re having a co-bachelor/-ette party the night before the wedding. And what better party celebrating the union of two comic book nerds could there be than a 9:30 screening of Batman Begins? We’ll be at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg. Join us, and the Dark Knight, for what promises to be an awesome evening.
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June 13, 2005
Construction Updates
To get updates on construction that is occuring on Route I-80 in Pennsylvania, you can go to the site NEPA Roads.
Hopefully construction won’t be an issue, but it’s good information to know.
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June 7, 2005
Speak Up (if you want to)
In 1681, King Charles II of England granted William Penn the New World colony that would become Pennsylvania. Penn founded Pennsylvania on the principle that settlers would be permitted to worship (or not worship) however they saw fit. The largest sect of Christians to settle Pennsylvania was the Quakers.
As Quakers basically formed the religious basis for Pennsylvanian society, most counties in Pennsylvania still offer Quaker Marriage Licenses. These licenses permit the holders to marry in whatever way they choose. As there is traditionally no central figure (like a minister or priest) in a Quaker meeting, no such figure is necessary for a Quaker wedding. Because of our beliefs and feelings on what marriage is and represents, Amanda and I applied for a Quaker Marriage License and have designed our own ceremony.
In the spirit of the Quaker traditions of tolerance and openness, we’re building into the ceremony a section for you, our family and friends, to stand up and say…whatever you want to say. Quaker meetings do not have a set agenda—rather, participants stand up and speak as they feel moved to do so. We don’t want to put any sort of pressure on anyone to speak; we just want people to be aware that there will be a chance to do so during the ceremony.
If you want to speak, you don’t have to tell us or do anything to get on a “list”: there is no list. Since there is no wedding party, and dinner is an informal barbecue affair, consider this our toast. We invite you to be a part of it.
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June 1, 2005
If It Rains...
As much as we don’t want to think about it, we’re making preparations for a good time if the skies open up on us come June 18. We have a nice big tent with plenty of tables and chairs for dinner anyway, so that’ll become the focal point of the party if it rains.
If you’ve got a favorite board game or card game, bring it along. If you’ve got a favorite multiplayer GameCube game (I’m thinking along the lines of Mario Party here), bring it along. If we’ve got to put up with rain, we’ll make our own fun and have a good time anyway.