Thorns

Something that tommmo's post reminded of and I decided not to fill his comments with(*): I really hate plots in modern fiction where it's presented as not that big a deal for an engaged couple to break up before their wedding, but A Huge Deal for them to get divorced. Unless they're particularly religious, a wedding is just a formalisation of an commitment they've already made, so breaking them up just before the ceremony is pretty much equivalent to doing so just afterwards (which is to say, a really big deal).

I do make an exception for "engaged" couples who show no signs of getting married. What I'm complaining about is "guy runs into the church and grabs the girl just before she says 'I do' to the wrong guy" or "Woman dumps wrong guy at altar having suddenly realised she's making a big mistake". I can only think of one film where he is too late and she just divorces the wrong guy and they live happily ever after, and it was a very pleasant surprise :) (I'm not saying which film for spoiler reasons. It's not a very good film on the whole anyway)

I guess some people don't really commit to their partner until the wedding day. Those people are dumb, and I do not wish to see films about them unless they are presented as dumb in the text :P

*is amused by the strange bookend this makes to the "wedding" tag* I think I've been reading too many fantasy rants :)

(*)Just his friends list :)

Right! Now I have the photos I can finally complete the leviathan I've been constructing for the past year or so: Everything you could possibly want to know about our wedding. Includes rejected vendors and reviews. Far too detailed to be interesting to anyone who isn't in the process of planning a wedding :)

Doing a thesis has really exacerbated my tendency to create lists hasn't it?

Also I realise I forgot to say before: thanks to theducks for taking all but one of the wedding photos, he was just as good as a professional and much cheaper :) (Though he did take a disproportionate amount of shots of lizbyrd for some reason...) Also thanks to nico_wolfwood and mandragora2003 for being great bridesmaids! I'd thank the groomsmen and stuff but they don't read this and I'm sleepy :)

We're back! Basically we got bored of the country and wanted to come home, check our mail, and play with our new appliances like the pathetic, soul-less city folk we are.

That said, we had a fantastic time. Cam has put some photos up here but has yet to go through the hundred gazillion "pretty shot of ocean and/or trees"s. Becuase it was SO PRETTY. On the first day we took the "scenic route" the few km up the coast to the lighthouse on the Indian/Southern ocean border and ended up spending all our time on detours to the Oh So Pretty beachy bits.(*)

I'm such a liar. At the wedding I was going on about how I hate beaches and don't eat chocolate, yet spent the first day gleefully climbing rocks and paddling feet on a beach, and the second eating as many free samples as I could find. More accurately: I don't like beaches unless they have at least one of: islands/sandbanks that I can paddle to, interesting nature, or large smooth rocks I can clamber over. I do like, say, beaches with a natural spring going through a wetland then over a limestone encrusted water wheel, rock pools and lots of big smooth interesting looking granite rocks, with wooded hills behind and rocky islands ahead(**). It's just that when people say "do you want to go to the beach" that's not usually the sort of beach they're talking about. Also they generally expect me to swim, blech.

Also I ate very small samples. It is taking all my will not to devour the small piece of fudge I bought from margaret river.

While we were gone I gained the ability to control animals with my mind (ie we visited a birds-of-prey sancturary. It was cooler than it sounds) Oh, and the post title comes from the name of a restaurant whose menu was in the chalet we rented. We did not try them out :)

We still haven't unpacked, preferring to spend our time playing with the sewing machine.

Anyway, I'm feeling a little overwhelmed by all the things I want to do (unpack, answer email, etc) so I may end rather abruptly right.....here.

(*)And then missed the lighthouse tour, decided it was all too much effort and instead went to the equally pretty (in a very different way) Jewel cave.
(**)The sand being in parts glittering with mica and in others red with feldspar and dotted with strange karstic structures like sandstone teeth doesn't hurt either. Heh. First year geology really got under my skin but of course my description may be way off :)

Times like this my mum says "clearly God has a sarcastic sense of humour" :/

Still, as long as cold tablets get me to the point of saying my vows and cutting the cake I Just Don't Care. I kind of knew it was going to happen anyway, I always get sick when I stress about an upcoming event. I've gotten better at zen-like peace but really, there's only so much you can do for this sort of thing.

*goes to have a nap*

People: you need to RSVP for my dinner thing, if you're going to. Also, it's at 6:30, sorry I forgot to say that before. "I can't come" or "There's a 50% chance of me" are both acceptable answers, I'm just paranoid about over or underbooking. And yes, I have had more than the 2 RSVPs on that post :)

Had a very productive weekend, have put a deposit on the wedding dress and bridesmaids dresses and ordered some furniture (soon our clothes will be in an actual cupboard, all fancy like, rather than boxes as at present) Dresses from Into Camelot.

Twice today I've had links to one person's lj take me to someone elses. The first was actually an interesting discussion on linguistics but the second made me briefly worry that darklion had suddenly become a pink-haired catgirl. Which was a little disturbing.
Anyway, is anyone else having this problem?

Secondly, for those too lazy to follow a link, we've set a date and muchos details of our wedding, more info here.

And while I'm here, happy birthday infamyanonymous!

Oh: and is anyone interested in making up a hut for terracon? Preferably people I like hanging out with who will facilitate me going to bed early by not being Very Loud at night. And don't mind me eating healthily and not drinking :) I reserve the right to ignore youse all and jump into someone elses hut if it's easier, etc.

EDIT: Do not click on the pink-eared catgirls lj (the post I link to above is ok, but yeah). No really, trust me.