Star Wars and Bobbleheads

Remember when I used to have something resembling free-time, and I could actually blog more than once a month?  That was cool.  Hopefully, the pay-off is worth it...

Mark I are off the island and back in Canada in 15 DAYS!!!!  That means 15 days until Starbucks.  15 days until bi-lingual signs.  15 days until an honest-to-God mall and not just an IGA.  I need everyone who follows this blog to say a little prayer to your respective God in 15 days so that we actually get OFF the island, and don’t get stuck here by some weak ass hurricane.

School...

I am choosing to NOT blog about school for the time being to avoid a ruptured brain aneurysm…

Star Wars

In other completely unrelated news, Mark and I recently watched Star Wars.  For those of you who don’t know, I had never seen Star Wars.  Ever.  I tried to once, and fell asleep in the first 10 minutes.  I have never had any interest in seeing them.  However, Mark REFUSED to marry me until I saw at least the first 3 (Episodes IV, V, VI)…and I’m pretty sure he was serious.  He was tired of Star Wars being referenced in TV shows and me not getting it.  I also assume that he intends on making our kids watch it, and it would be lame if mom didn’t get it.  Anyway, I watched them.  All 3 of them within a week (maybe I should’ve been studying…but whatever…it was right after a big test…). 

In all honesty, they were better than I thought they would be, but I can’t say that I loved them.  My favourite by far was Return of the Jedi, followed by New Hope, and lastly Empire Strikes Back (Mark disagrees with my order).  The best part of Star Wars?  Ewoks.  And Yoda.  I want one of each. 

Yoda, Ewok, and their love child...a Gremlin.
Such classy wedding guests...

Until Yoda gets into the open bar.

Wedding

I have my first appointment to try on bridal gowns on August 24^th.  Kind of a big deal.  I am PURPOSELY avoiding the store that carries my dream dress for the time being because I know it is out of my budget.  Mind you, I’ve been looking at SO many pictures of wedding dresses/watching SO many episodes of Say Yes To The Dress (NYC & Atlanta) that I think I have confused myself a little as to exactly what I want.  I am confident that I will find something within my budget that looks rad.  I am trusting the expertise of the staff at the bridal shop, plus the opinion of my mom, maid of honour, and bridesmaid that I am bringing with me, to make sure I don’t end up looking like this on May 26, 2012…

If this is what your wedding dress happened to look like, it is NOT hideous.
I'm sure it looked great on you...

Or this (I love couture, but come on now)…

Although I’ve looked at a lot of pictures, it is hard for me to really envision myself in any of them.  Why?  (a) because most of these models have NO hips and (b) I weigh more than 90lbs.  However, I did a little experiment to see what I might look like in the dress anyway…

                   

On the model...

On the Denise...

I had to give myself the paint-brush tan in Microsoft Paint because my face is a WAY different colour than that model’s body…


I look like a bobble-head.

Hopefully, I will look better in real life.

Although Mark doesn't get much of a say in what dress I end up wearing, I bet he would be pleasantly surprised if I showed up in this…

Minus the gun, probably…


Denise.