Wedding Info!

For all those that are interested, here’s the current state of affairs.

1) Invitation lists are being made and invitations considered.  Do we really need RSVP cards with return postage in this fancy new digital age?

2) We have an email for wedding stuff at jeffandsamplus2@gmail.com  You can email us there if you like.

3) We’re looking at favour ideas now.  Right now we’re favouring (har har) scarves.  We’ll see  how that goes.

4) Um, don’t know.  More to come I guess.

5) Oh, I’m going to make a page about the wedding and where our registries and whatnot are – you’ll be able to find it in the top right hand corner when I get it done.

Ankylosing Spondylitis?

It may be.

What, you may ask, is Ankylosing Spondylitis?  A new type of bug?  A bacteria growing in my toilet?

Nope.  It’s none of these silly things you never thought it was.

AS may however be the answer to why I’ve been having recurring rectal bleeding for the last few years, and recurring back pain for the last 8.

My physician recently did some blood tests and x-rays of my back.  He found that I have sacroiliitis, an inflamation in the sacroiliac joint. This may be the result of several years of Ankylosing Spondylitis.  (See, you know I wouldn’t leave you without a link to follow)

Now – from what I can tell, AS is uncurable,  degeneritive, and causes chronic back pain and deformity of the spine.  It sounds bad.  It is an autoimmune disease, and responds well to immunosuppresants – as long as the patient doesn’t develop any infections while on them.

It can cause injury if a patient with advanced spinal rigidity falls or has an accident, as the spinal cord is more easily damaged in a rigid spine – however, that is an advanced case.

I need to see a Rheumatologist to properly diagnose me – and really, I’m going to be doing the same things I’m doing now, but with different drugs so I sleep better at night and bleed out my anus less.  Sounds good to me. (Or I won’t have it, and that’ll be even cooler – unless they invent something worse for me to have!)

It could cause problems down the road, but it seems to be a slow acting disease, so I’m unlikely to see immediate worsening of symptoms.  I guess the downside is that I’m already 8-10 years into it, as it’s visible on an x-ray.  But hey – we take what we get right?

Anyway – doubtless more to come on this topic as I find out more.

A “Modest” Proposal

So.  I proposed to Samantha weekend before last.  Saturday July 12th, for the record.

She said “yes”.  Whew!

So – now we’re planning a wedding.  I remember doing this before – it’s full of suck.  But there is lots of good stuff involved too – and I’m really, really excited.

I’ve always been a fan of “elegance”.  I like nice things – even if they’re unobtainable.  So this wedding will be Sami’s chance to shine – she’ll be a queen of elegance for the day (well, even more so than she already is) – but I want to be a suitable accessory to her.  I want to look as dashing as I possibly can, in hopes of somehow convincing our wedding guests that I deserve to stand next to her.

I’m looking for a tailor now to alter some clothes or make them from scratch.  I need prices, and sources.  I have ideas of what I want to wear, but I need to try stuff on and see what it’s like.  I have some work ahead of me I think.

What I want to wear is:

• A Morning Coat (preferably in oxford grey)
• Double-Breasted Vest (with high collar)
• High-peaked wingtip or foldover collar shirt with removable collar in white. Possibly blue and white striped, with french cuffs in white.
• Ascot or Silk-Puff Tie
• Appropriate striped trousers
• Fancy Socks
• Balmoral boots with white tops.
• Maybe white spats.
• Black or White Gloves
• A top hat or bowler.  I’ve found a nice bowler, so I’ll see how a top hat looks somehow.

Sometime soon I’ll try and put some pictures up on here to describe better what my words are lacking.  I’ve been doing research into what a groom traditionally should wear, and it sounds like what I have picked out is very traditional.

Any input is appreciated.

Oh, and I guess I’ll have to arrange rental stuff for my groomsmen.  Scott and Josh have agreed to dress up fancy with me and get me to the altar on time, so I have to find affordable options for them, since I’m too cheap to get their stuff too.

Although, I’ll be buying their gloves, their ties and possibly some other accoutrements.

Oh, PS.

We don’t have a date yet, but we’re aiming for January 30th, 24th or 17th of 2009 – depending on hall rentals and whatnot.

Camera is D – E – D.

Well, the battery anyway.

We went to the Billy Barker Day’s Parade yesterday.  It was over an hour long, and I snapped a bunch of pics.  Before that we’d gone to Barkerville, and I’d snapped a couple of pictures. Or so.

And Morgan came and did a photo shoot and we all had a water fight.  Which was made of awesome.  So I took a couple of pictures.

And before that Dianne and Shane and the boys were here.  So I’d snapped a couple of pics.

I’m pretty sure I need a Flickr pro account now.  I have a lot of pics to upload.

Also, just a note from a web-geekery point of view.  What’s up with the Billy Barker Day’s Website that there is no parade route or time listed anywhere I can find it?  Am I blind?  Am I looking like a man does, and it’s hiding in plain sight?  Or is it actually…..y’know…..not there?  That’s pretty much inexcuseable in today’s internet age.

I wouldn’t be grumpy if there weren’t a website purporting to have information, but y’know, there is.  So the information should be there.

Go See Dr. Horrible

If you havn’t done so yet, go watch Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.  Go watch it now.

Then let me know if you’re surprised that Neil Patrick Harris can sing.  I was.

This is possibly the most amazing direct to internet superhero musical that I’ve ever seen.  And it’s only available until midnight tonight.  Probably EST.  Because that’s how things usually go.

A Concerned Citizen Writes Re: The Dissappearance of Dr. Mallory

ReConstituted Press (RP)

London – August 4th, 1859

A Concerned Citizen Writes Re: The Dissappearance of Dr. Mallory and What it May Mean for Society at Large!

Dear Reader,

You will doubtless know that we at the London Reconstituted Press normally only publish public letters in our “Letters to the Editor” column that won awards at the International Printing Awards last year for advances in the field of publishing.  It was a close run with the french daily “L’Esprit National” – though fine British ingenuity topped the scale.

But I digress.

Recently we were telegraphed a letter which we will print here in it’s original entirety.  We believe that the public may find it illuminating.  This letter is regarding the disappearance of Dr. Mallory, the Esteemed Physicist, just over a month ago.

TO RECON PRESS STOP I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN COMMA AND I WISH TO SHED LIGHT ON THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DR MALLORY STOP I WRITE YOU FROM NEW ORLEANS STOP DR MALLORY WAS RECENTLY HERE SPEAKING WITH THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE SPANISH COLONIES STOP RUMOUR HAS IT THAT HE IS PLANNING AN EXPEDITION TO CAPTURE LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE TO POWER A MACHINE THAT WILL HAVE MORE COMPUTATIONAL POWER THAN A CURRENT STEAM DRIVEN MACHINE COMMA A MACHINE HE PLANS TO USE FOR THE PROPER CALCULATION OF THE NUMBER OF ALTERNATE WORLDS AND TO CREATE A BETTER METHOD FOR VIEWING THEM STOP THIS WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE POSSIBLITY FOR REGULAR PEOPLE TO SEE THE ARTIFACTS OF THESE ALTERNATE WORLD COMMA PERHAPS EVEN TRAVEL TO THEM STOP

As you can see, if we are to believe the authenticity of this letter, Dr. Mallory is safe in the Spanish North Americas, and is working on a discovery of epic proportions.  Whether he succeeds or not, he works to further the cause of science and discovery for Britain and all Her Subjects.

Yrs Humble and Obedient Servent & etc,

Horatio Fedgewick, Grand Editor

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This is a story written for a game I play, called PMOG.  I’ve written about PMOG before, and if you would like to experience the narrative in it’s entirety I encourage you to go to pmog.com and get started on the game.  Then come back here and you will be able to follow the mission.

You can find other snippets at ficlets and my PMOG guild site at guildlaunch.