Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Blogging Incognito...
I have made many entries into this blog. Every one of them concern the relationship between Missy and I to some degree. What I can't figure is why I haven't told Missy about this thing.
She knows that I blog, and even that I make entries about the wedding. But I have yet to tell her the address. She has expressed some curiosity here and there, but I never satisfied her. Maybe I'm trying to build intrigue, maybe the delay will enhance the effect of her reading, maybe I'm not sure she'll like what I say, or maybe I just don't like attention.
That last one is probably the most likely, but it doesn't really fit with the whole blogging idea; posting so that all the world can see and yet I don't like attention. I think I only keep blogging because I get no visitors. If people were to take an interest in my blogs, I'd probably abandon them.
Missy is different though. True, in the past, she has not taken well to some of my writing, but we are far past that stage. She knows me well enough to know that my occasional rants don't necessarily reflect the cummulative Tony. But still, I am curious as to how she'll take reading what I've written. I don't believe that she'll be upset, but I do think she'll try to encourage some topics. Who knows, maybe she'll be completely uninterested.
In any case, I'll keep on keepin' on, and hopefully I will be able to keep to the theme of the blog and not digress into the influence the existence of the theme will have upon the theme...
Here's to eating one's own tail... mine needs a little ketchup.
She knows that I blog, and even that I make entries about the wedding. But I have yet to tell her the address. She has expressed some curiosity here and there, but I never satisfied her. Maybe I'm trying to build intrigue, maybe the delay will enhance the effect of her reading, maybe I'm not sure she'll like what I say, or maybe I just don't like attention.
That last one is probably the most likely, but it doesn't really fit with the whole blogging idea; posting so that all the world can see and yet I don't like attention. I think I only keep blogging because I get no visitors. If people were to take an interest in my blogs, I'd probably abandon them.
Missy is different though. True, in the past, she has not taken well to some of my writing, but we are far past that stage. She knows me well enough to know that my occasional rants don't necessarily reflect the cummulative Tony. But still, I am curious as to how she'll take reading what I've written. I don't believe that she'll be upset, but I do think she'll try to encourage some topics. Who knows, maybe she'll be completely uninterested.
In any case, I'll keep on keepin' on, and hopefully I will be able to keep to the theme of the blog and not digress into the influence the existence of the theme will have upon the theme...
Here's to eating one's own tail... mine needs a little ketchup.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Dress Decoding...
After searching through a redwood's worth of magazines, my girl came to a decision and bought her wedding dress. It's elegant, tasteful, classy and forbidden to my eyes until the wedding day. That doesn't stop her from making comments on the aesthetic quality of the dress, inticing me to discover the design of the dress.
She has taken great efforts to describe the dress only in terms of its beauty, hoping not to give anything away that might provide an accurate description. But I see this behavior as taunting and so I will make an equal effort to decode her comments into a mental concept of the design of the dress.
So I match her taste up with the vague descriptions to derrive the most likely combination of wedding dress characteristics. She has also provided other clues to help me narrow down the outcome. For instance, the star sapphire necklace leads one to assume that the wedding dress itself is strapless. She has also mentioned wearing "long elegant" gloves, which means that the dress doesn't have sleeves. Her consistent comments of elegance lead me to believe that the dress is not a giant poof-ball but is instead slimming. The list goes on.
I'm not intending to spoil her whole wedding dress surprise. I will still be very excited when I see her walking down the aisle. And if she does so dressed in something that I already suspect, it won't take an ounce away from how beautiful I think she'll be.
She has taken great efforts to describe the dress only in terms of its beauty, hoping not to give anything away that might provide an accurate description. But I see this behavior as taunting and so I will make an equal effort to decode her comments into a mental concept of the design of the dress.
So I match her taste up with the vague descriptions to derrive the most likely combination of wedding dress characteristics. She has also provided other clues to help me narrow down the outcome. For instance, the star sapphire necklace leads one to assume that the wedding dress itself is strapless. She has also mentioned wearing "long elegant" gloves, which means that the dress doesn't have sleeves. Her consistent comments of elegance lead me to believe that the dress is not a giant poof-ball but is instead slimming. The list goes on.
I'm not intending to spoil her whole wedding dress surprise. I will still be very excited when I see her walking down the aisle. And if she does so dressed in something that I already suspect, it won't take an ounce away from how beautiful I think she'll be.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
A Star is Adorned...
The ring that I bought to propose to Missy has a centerstone of sapphire (natural blue). She has told me that she would like to have the same stone on a necklace for the wedding. I had already thought of the same idea and planned to give the necklace to her as a wedding gift (although I'm an iconoclast, I occassionally submit to tradition, albeit begrudgingly).
So, knowing that I can't get anything past this girl I let her know my plans and they coincided with hers. I purchased a nice star sapphire from a gem seller in thailand. It arrived last weekend and I was amazed. I've never seen such a mesmerizing rock in all my life.
We are now in the works of creating a necklace in the same design as the ring, with pearls instead of diamonds and the star sapphire will adorn the center, nuzzled in her supersternal notch. We're accomplishing this economically, for we are now budgeting.
It is nice to save some money for a change. It will make life easier later to suffer today. At least I hope so, otherwise I'm limiting myself needlessly. But who cares, I hate money, it's the greatest abomination of mankind. Too bad we need it so.
So, knowing that I can't get anything past this girl I let her know my plans and they coincided with hers. I purchased a nice star sapphire from a gem seller in thailand. It arrived last weekend and I was amazed. I've never seen such a mesmerizing rock in all my life.
We are now in the works of creating a necklace in the same design as the ring, with pearls instead of diamonds and the star sapphire will adorn the center, nuzzled in her supersternal notch. We're accomplishing this economically, for we are now budgeting.
It is nice to save some money for a change. It will make life easier later to suffer today. At least I hope so, otherwise I'm limiting myself needlessly. But who cares, I hate money, it's the greatest abomination of mankind. Too bad we need it so.
