…For me, at least. Since I’ve gotten behind in my blogging for the challenge and I’m itching to blog about something else at this point, I’m going to wrap up the last eight days here all at once in one entry!
DAY TWENTY-THREE:
Favorite Movie
“Ghostbusters”, if you haven’t been paying attention! As we said, this is some sort of error made by whoever created this challenge, whose name has been lost to the ages, just like the creator of the Classic-Era Mayan calendar (I picked up a book on 2012 in Boston). We’ve already covered this day in our replacement North Carolina topic, which we are very excited about, but I just wanted to find an excuse to mention the Classic- Era Mayans or something.
DAY TWENTY-FOUR:
Something You’ve Learned
I’ve learned many things over my life, but I have to say the life lessons Jenn has taught me over the past three years have been the most important. She has taught me to be more independant, more relaxed, and less stressed! She’s also taught me a lot about fashion and some things about health and nutrition that I didn’t know before. I couldn’t have picked a better partner in life!
DAY TWENTY-FIVE:
First Five Songs That Come Up When You Shuffle Your iPod
I believe I’ve talked before about how essential my iPod is to my life; so essential that I had it on me when we were evacuated from our hotel in Boston! Jenn mocked me a little for that. Ok, let’s see what the first five out of 688 songs are:
1. “Sister Christian” from the “Rock of Ages” soundtrack. As I’ve mentioned before, try to see this show, because it’s awesome!
2. “Starfish” by Sister Hazel, one of my top 5 or 6 favorite bands
3. “Got A Feeling” by Flickerstick, another of my top bands. We actually used one of their songs (“Lift”) in our wedding ceremony, when Jenn walked down the aisle (well, pre-determined path in front of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse)
4. “Walk Away” by Athenaeum, another great band that Jenn has introduced me to. Unfortunately, they, as well as Flickerstick, have broken up.
5. “Mr. Bluesman” by Richie Sambora, Almighty God Of Guitars. He’s the lead guitarist for Bon Jovi, and had a couple of solo albums in the 90’s, as well as at least one tour, I think. His first album “Stranger In This Town” was praised by me in a previous post, and if you haven’t taken the time to listen to it since then, you should do it now. Seriously, you’re only hurting yourself. I believe this song is a tribute to his inspiration, Eric Clapton.
I’m quite surprised that nothing by Bon Jovi (all the members) came up, since I have 129 of their songs on here. I also have multiple Daughtry and Lifehouse albums, so I thought we might hear from them, but I guess I thought wrong!
DAY TWENTY-SIX:
Your Dream Wedding
My dream wedding would be to Jenn, at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, with a reception at Pemaquid Beach, in which Jenn would walk out during “Lift”. We would cater our own reception with a homemade pancake breakfast, cooked by the wedding party in aprons personalized with their relation to us and/or function in the wedding party. We’d do some Karaoke, and Jenn and I would sing a duet of “Two Less Lonely People” by Air Supply. We’d have a specially choreographed first dance (“So This Is Love”) and last dance (“Save The Last Dance For Me”) which we would practice our butts off and excel at on the dance floor. And of course, the day would be a gorgious and the sky a perfect September Blue (a color Jenn taught me).
Luckily for me, I got this dream wedding one year, 7 months, and 1 week, and three days ago. If we were to do it again, I would also add a few things to the dream that unfortunately didn’t happen…
1. I would want my family to be as helpful and supportive of our ideas and wedding plans in the months leading up to our wedding as my future in-laws were.
2. I would want the reception to be longer and to not be rushed through the reception by my family members and others from my side leaving early. I would also want certain family members to pay attention to our dances.
3. I would want Stacey to be my Best Man. I guess I actually did get this part of the dream, if not in name. Stacey was, of course, the Maid Of Honor, but still threw my bachelor party, was very helpful in preparing (she even made some bitchin’ comics for our wedding programs), and gave me a place to stay the night before the wedding, when my Best Man (in name only) wouldn’t stay with me unless it was on his terms, which meant adding his own special brand of drama to the night.
4. Julie and Justin would be our guests. We unfortunately didn’t know them then (well Jenn and Stacey knew Julie but hadn’t been reunited yet).
But in the end I got the most important parts of my dream wedding, the parts that truly matter, and we had an amazing day, an awesome time, and made some great memories! I am one lucky guy!!!
We also had our own Bobbleheads made for the cake decorations. Our wedding pretty much ruled!
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN:
Original Photo Of The City You Live In
I’m not entirely sure what this means. I’m guessing it doesn’t mean “original” as in “the first photo ever taken”…I guess I’m supposed to post a photo of the city I live in that is “original” in that we ourselves took it. I unfortunately, don’t have one, and I get a laugh thinking of Standish as a “city”.
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT:
Something That Stresses You Out
Many things stress me out, hence the value of Jenn’s life lessons that I mentioned a few paragraphs back. I would say unrealistic deadlines at my job stress me out, though not as bad as they used to (thanks to Jenn teaching me ton put things in perspective).
DAY TWENTY-NINE:
3 Wishes
This is hard…I actually think about this often, and always have for as long as I can remember. What strated with “More Wishes” has evolved into something like this…
1. I would wish to be independantly wealthy. I have no interest in working, outside of a means to support myself and Jenn and our future family, so I would make that disappear if I could.
2. I would wish for a healing touch. I would be able to heal Jenn of her kidney problems, and any thing else that crept up throughout our lives, as well as be able to help friends and family members, and have fun healing random strangers. In a way, this one wish gives me many future wishes down the road.
3. I would wish to be able to fly without wings (like Superman, not like Angel). Mainly, because it would be fun! Probably scary at first, but fun!
DAY THIRTY:
A Picture Of Yourself This Day And 5 Good Things That Happened
1. I had a wonderful morning watching “Friends” and eating breakfast in bed with Jenn.
2. I got to draft with my headphones on for most of the day.
3. My iPod speaker batteries didn’t die in my car (I hate when that happens)
4. I just had a wonderful dinner with Jenn, in which we discussed our days. I love hearing about her kiddos!
5. I just held Jenn, who was holding Skeeter in the kitchen, and we had a group hug!
I do not have a picture of myself from today, nor do I have the ambition to take one and upload it to the blog and post it tonight! The photos Jenn put up from our Boston trip are only a little over a week old, so that will have to do!
And so ends my part of the 30 Day Blog Challenge! Hope you enjoyed it! We’ll be posting some more “Jenn and Caseyesque” stuff pretty soon!
