Random problem for Tumblr: How does one plan a wedding? What goes into planning a wedding? How is it similar to or different from planning anything else? Are there actually people who are good at this shit?
(Feel free to answer only one or a few of these questions. I just really really want some answers from someone, even if you don’t have any good ones. Pls no bystander effect s’il vous
plaît, gracias.)
((Yes, I’m aware that I’ve already said I’m married. That was the civil ceremony; actual getting-married-ceremonially-with-guests-in-attendance is still upcoming.))
So everyone seems to basically be like “get a wedding planner”
I am a poor
If anyone would like to plan a wedding in exchange for my undying gratitude and affection, that would be super great
Otherwise, we are probably going to have as much “““planning””” as I can fake up, which is why I’m trying to figure out what I’ll need to do.
(But really please take this off my hands I will love you forever)
Re: OP, for what it’s worth, some stories I tend to hear from people talking about their weddings (or other people’s weddings):
“Our photographer didn’t show up, or showed up but didn’t focus on the areas we told him to focus on.”
“Our DJ didn’t bring the music we requested, causing a last-minute scramble in which my fiance had to run home and get tapes* out of our own music collection.”
“My mother-in-law took a party-favour bouquet without asking first. I was going to give that bouquet to my aunt-in-law!”
“Only half of the people who said they were going to show up actually did, leaving us with an unnervingly empty venue.”
[while watching a reality show:] “It is not possible for a wedding dress to be worth that much money unless it is made out of precious materials and you plan to sell it for scrap. That lady is so going to regret not buying her wedding dress from the thrift store for $40.”
And a positive one:
“It’s great that the groom’s sister in Arizona was able to listen to the ceremony [in Massachusetts] live on speakerphone. Isn’t modern** technology amazing?”
Very well then, I shall call you out. Hello out, how are you doing?
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#I didn’t actually laugh aloud but it still amused me enough to reblog #puns #overly literal interpretations #the humour of my people #our roads may be golden or broken or lost
The Eclipse Phase, Second EditionKickstarter is going awesome! We’ve unlocked sweet stretch goals like Your Whispering Muse Series 1, NPC File Volume 2, and a raise for our freelancers!
Today’s update also brings the start of the Open Playtest, so check it out if you’re curious about the mechanics of EP2 and helping shape them!
Bay Area people! Anyone want to run a session of this? I’ll GM.
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#Eclipse Phase #the more you know #(note: I’m not in the Bay Area) #I’ve never actually played this game but the sourcebooks are a fun read #so I’m happy to hear there will be more sourcebooks
#the other thing I tagged Benedict on a while ago was also a beautiful blue #I don’t *always* tag Benedict in blue things #but it’s blue *and* a bird so how could I not #(and I was going to reblog this anyway) #bird #pretty things
So my friend and I were wondering about how new emojis are born. Turns out you gotta write a proposal and submit it to the Unicode Consortium. I was looking into it and found the proposal for the broccoli emoji (link). It’s just so wholesome:
You gotta justify that the new emoji has multiple uses.
Then again, maybe not so wholesome:
By now, I’m like 5 pages into this proposal and I’m like, “why did someone take the time to write an 8 page document on why we need a broccoli emoji?” Then I saw this:
These guys just really like broccoli.
I look forward to our new healthy vegetable / weed emoji.
Broccoli 4 lyfe
The broccoli fandom is a precious cinnamon roll
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#tbh I still don’t really understand how to emoji but this is #adorable #I went to the link and read the whole proposal #(broccoli stems are fine but I don’t like the florets) #(although it might have been the kind of dislike that goes away with the tongue rewiring at puberty?) #(so it might taste better now I should check) #(spinach definitely tastes a lot better when you use adult sensory receptors to taste it with) #food
The Bali myna is a medium-large bird, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, black wing-tips and tail tip. It has a yellow bill with blue bare skin around the eyes and legs. The Bali myna is restricted to the island of Bali in Indonesia, where it is the island’s only endemic vertebrate species. The bird was discovered in 1910, and in 1991 was designated the faunal emblem of Bali, its local name is jalak Bali.
Simon De Montfort, having been defeated and killed by Royalists, his body mutilated and his extremities distributed among his enemies as trophies, faces the final indignity: T.K. Maxx. Leicester, April 2017.
This will cause an extra parallel-universe cognitive glitch for my American friends, and I am excited for that to happen here
I’m amused to see Elodie’s addition, because yes, that is exactly what happened.
(Me, upon seeing this picture: ”–wait what? What???”
Me, upon scrolling down just enough to see the original caption: “You mean that’s not even what the picture is supposed to be about?”)
But why would they even–
‘The company modified the name to T.K. Maxx to avoid “confusion with the established British retail chain T J Hughes (which is not affiliated with TJX)“‘
Ah, okay.
(…wait, but if it’s not called that in Britain, why is there a bit in a Jasper Fforde book that goes like this:
“You imprisoned her in a clothing store?”
“It’s not really a clothing store; that’s just the cover story. Temporal Jail, Maximum Security. Didn’t you ever wonder why it was called TJ Maxx?”)
Because the rest of that acronym was “Temporal-J Maximum Security.” I always wondered why the “J” didn’t stand for anything!
And of course it would be entirely on-theme for a Thursday Next book to have editions with slightly different text.
>>And of course it would be entirely on-theme for a Thursday Next book to have editions with slightly different text.<<
Yeah, I wondered if maybe that just wasn’t in the original, but I’m not sure how cleanly you could excise the TJ Maxx joke given that a plot conversation takes place there. Was Aornis stuck at the checkout of a different store in the original, possibly one with an impenetrably British joke? (But a reference being impenetrably obscure has never stopped Jasper Fforde before.)
Does anyone have a British copy of First Among Sequels they can check?
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>>I always wondered why the “J” didn’t stand for anything!<<
I did some Googling and at first it looked like you were thinking of a bit in The Woman Who Died A Lot, which I haven’t read yet. I was thinking of First Among Sequels.
But then I went and looked at my copy of First Among Sequels, and that doesn’t specify what the J stands for, either.
I mean, I might have just filled it in from context, but it kind of looks like we have a Berenstain situation on our hands in more ways than one.
Simon De Montfort, having been defeated and killed by Royalists, his body mutilated and his extremities distributed among his enemies as trophies, faces the final indignity: T.K. Maxx. Leicester, April 2017.
This will cause an extra parallel-universe cognitive glitch for my American friends, and I am excited for that to happen here
I’m amused to see Elodie’s addition, because yes, that is exactly what happened.
(Me, upon seeing this picture: ”–wait what? What???”
Me, upon scrolling down just enough to see the original caption: “You mean that’s not even what the picture is supposed to be about?”)
But why would they even–
‘The company modified the name to T.K. Maxx to avoid “confusion with the established British retail chain T J Hughes (which is not affiliated with TJX)”‘
Ah, okay.
(…wait, but if it’s not called that in Britain, why is there a bit in a Jasper Fforde book that goes like this:
“You imprisoned her in a clothing store?”
“It’s not really a clothing store; that’s just the cover story. Temporal Jail, Maximum Security. Didn’t you ever wonder why it was called TJ Maxx?”)
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#reply via reblog #it’s always the little things that get you #juxtaposition #one of the recent replies to this post says #”what in the name of the berenstain universe is tk maxx” #my thoughts exactly #right down to the Berenstain reference
The update to the default Tumblr theme seems to break readmores.
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#The Great Tumblr Apocalypse #my theme *was* the default when I joined in 2011 #but it isn’t anymore and isn’t the theme in question #but some of you might want to see this
Brinens and Things - Tumblr Mirror 