Ordinary Day

This being Part 2, and the biggest part by far, of my and solarbird‘s Grand Four Day Weekend of Marriage and Music!

Though that said, it was also actually one of the simplest days of the entire weekend. Here’s the thing, O Internets: if you’ve read Elfquest, you’ll know what I mean when I say that Dara and I got as close as you can get in real life to Recognition, and we went from 0 to lifemates in pretty much no time flat. For us, there’s no particular difference between that and being legally married. This entire affair therefore was a lot more about just reinforcing the legal status as far as Canada (and hopefully soon by extension, the state of Washington) was concerned, as opposed to any real change in status between us as far as we are concerned.

So I hope I won’t disappoint any of you all when I say that this was the most relaxed and groovy wedding ceremony ever! We didn’t dress up, and we didn’t exchange rings–though we probably would have done the latter if Dara didn’t have an issue with rings that keeps her from wearing them (she gets a mild claustrophobia reaction off of them).

Here’s how the whole thing went!

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For those of you who have not already seen this breaking across Facebook, Google+, or Twitter tonight, solarbird and I would like to announce that on March 2nd, we will be getting a Canadian marriage license!

We were already planning this before today’s Washington state law signed by Governor Christine Gregoire. In fact, we are planning this as part of a Grand Four-Day Weekend of Marriage and Music, starting off with seeing these handsome boys perform on the night of March 1st! On March 2nd, Dara and I (and two other friends of ours who I will not identify publicly so as to respect their privacy, but who will be joining us for a dual ceremony) will be taking the appropriate steps to get legally married in Canada! On March 3rd, we will have yet more music as we attend Festival du Bois!

Mad props to gerimaple who has very kindly agreed to put Dara and me up for the weekend!

I have been asked as well if Dara and I are planning anything with the new law being passed in Washington state. To this, I note that to the best of our knowledge, if we are legally married in Canada, then that will count in the state of Washington–assuming that the law is not shot down in November. So for now we will be focusing on Canadian marriage fun, and getting in a boatload of awesome Quebecois music to go with it. :D

And! And! And! This being my and Dara’s 25th year of being together, there’s a whole extra layer of anniversarial awesomeness to celebrate here as well! So if you’re so inclined, raise a jar on March 2nd and think of us!

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Hey, Seattle-based peeps! My belovedest solarbird, in her auspices of Crime and the Forces of Evil, will be doing her very first bar-type show at the Cafe Venus/Mars Bar tomorrow night! She will be playing along with Natalie Quist and Gimmie a Pigfoot, and I’ll be there to provide merch support.

(Yes, you heard that correctly, I will be in an actual bar on an actual Friday night. But with my belovedest performing, hey, it’s worth it!)

Music starts up at 9pm and there will be a $6 cover charge. There will also very likely be shenanigans, and definitely rage-driven acoustic elfmetal. You should all come listen, and furthermore, buy her album while you’re at it. And if you see me, say hi!

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On this, the longest night of the year, I would now like to take the opportunity to expound upon a topic that's very near and dear to my heart: to wit, the ABSOLUTE AWESOMENESS of my spouse and lifemate, solarbird!

Exactly how awesome is solarbird? Let us count the ways!

1. She has her very own battlesuit! And she's got a heat ray too. Even if I'm not supposed to tell you about that.
   
2. She is an artist!
   
3. She's also a sculptor!
   
4. She takes excellent photographs!
   
5. She is dangerously good at Fake Internet Scrabble, a.k.a. the Lexulous app on Facebook. Playing Lexulous with her is like having to dodge lightning bolts. Made out of PURE HIGH-SCORING AWESOME.
   
6. Even birdies love to dance in honor of her Awesomeness!
   
7. Her Norwescon newsletters are celebrated in song and story! And I'm not kidding about the song part. Mr. Cranky actually did have a song written about him!
   
8. She is an instrument-learning MONSTER. She can play flute. She can play bodhran. She can play mandolin, and in fact, she plays it better than I do, since I gave her the mandolin that used to be mine! And bouzouki? Seriously, people, can I just say how loudly Kohaku roars in her grasp?
   
9. Given the slightest opportunity, she would absolutely join me in snogging Kara Thrace of Battlestar Galactica senseless. Because we do love our crazy TV girlfriend Starbuck.
   
10. And for that matter, she'd totally share Alan Doyle with me too! Because ogling The Doyle is a multi-woman job, and we are JUST THE WOMEN TO DO IT.
    
11. Did I mention the part where she is a self-taught musician? Because I MEAN WHOA AND DAMN, PEOPLE, SHE MADE HER VERY OWN ALBUM!
    

Join me, Internets, in expounding on her awesomeness!

Because like ogling The Doyle, it takes an entire Internet to sing her praises. Sing with me, people, SING!

Happy Solstice, my love! <3 <3 <3

Many of you have remarked upon this already in your own posts, but for those of you who might not have yet, hey, it’s the Day of solarbird! Who is a very awesome Solarbird indeed. Did I mention she’d written me a SONG? With its very own bass solo?

Happy birthday, beloved! <3 <3 Today there will be sushi and movie viewing (we're going to go see How to Train Your Dragon), and hopefully also speedy recovery from strep throat since Dara picked that up from Norwescon. Doh.

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