04.13.12

Hello, Friday

This week… our stove is broken [and we are waiting for it to be replaced] so I’ve been making do with our slow cooker and waffle maker. It’s verrry annoying not having eggs for breakfast (my favorite!), but homemade waffles are pretty good too. Nail polish is “Agro” by China Glaze from the Hunger Games collection. You can’t really tell here, but it’s got a golden shimmer with the green.

Posts you may have missed on the blog -
Tips for Creating Your Wedding Day Timeline
Doctor Who: I’m Doing it Wrong

I’m going to take all of your advice and start Doctor Who at the beginning of season 1 (of the reboot). I didn’t realize how much media I consumed until I looked at all the titles that I have been viewing lately — Walt and I like to watch TV shows together and after finishing season 6 of Dexter a few weeks ago, we started in on Battlestar Gallactica. He’s seen most of it before; it’s all new to me. I am addicted, but we’re watching only one episode a night. Truthfully, all I want to do is this:

(I think at least 3 people told me about this clip when I said I was starting BSG and wanted to watch it all at once… you know who you are!)

This weekend is Diana and Michael‘s wedding!! So excited!! Happy Friday, everyone!

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Rachelle - I love that clip. That is soooo how I watch TV shows. I recently realized I can’t watch shows in real time anymore because I lose interest (in one week!) between episodes. I just want to watch ALL THE EPISODES!!

Emilia Jane - Okay that waffle looks delicious but pales in comparison to how amazingly hilarious that Portlandia clip is!!! And too true :-D BSG is soooooo addicting!

Christy - Stop it with the chocolate waffles & bananas! YUM! I’m dying to make some! Maybe I’ll do that for breakfast today! :)

Allison Andres - I love the green polish!

Fred and I totally did that with BSG, one weekend we stayed up until FOUR IN THE MORNING watching the beginning of S4 (which is so good, Kara Thrace’s character development will hook you).

I’m bookmarking the Dr. Who advice because I think that we might start that next.

Erin - Um. Yes, that is exactly how it goes with BSG. EXCEPT. I watched the second-to-last episode oh, about 2 years ago. Right before our wedding. And I could not stand for it to end (also, mega intense for that particular life stage). So I never finished it. The end.

mike - You make banana chocolate waffles look like a very good idea on an empty stomach : D

04.12.12

Doctor Who: I’m Doing It Wrong

I have friends. I’ve learned to trust my friends’ opinions. “Elissa,” one says, “you’d really love Buffy!” I watch all seven seasons and I agree that yes, I really love Buffy. “Elissa,” another says, “you love chocolate and honey… I bet you’d love the Cadbury Crunchie!” I find the Cadbury Crunchie, eat it, and discover that I am now addicted to a $2.99 imported candy bar. (Side note: damn you, Sarahhhh!)

So when many of my friends told me that I was missing out by not watching Doctor Who, I thought to myself, “Self, I should give this a try.”

The problem is, Doctor Who is the longest-running science-fiction television program in existence, and I’m not sure where to start. At my mother-in-law’s birthday dinner last week, my brother-in-law Max said, “Just start with the newer version. David Tennant is the best Doctor. Skip season 1 and go right to season 2.”

“Will it make sense?” I asked.

“Yeah, every time there’s a new Doctor the series kinda reboots.”

I trundled home and, later that week, attempted to watch season 2 with David Tennant. The season premiere starts with a blue telephone box landing somewhere in England during Christmas. Robotic Santas playing musical instruments open fire in a crowded market. The entire time the not-quite-regenerated Doctor gasped for breath after running from a Christmas tree that started to whirl around like a buzz-saw on a track, all I could think was, “What in the world is happening? Why is Barty Crouch Jr. heaving? Oh look, it’s Isobel Crawley! What is she doing here in modern clothes?” And so on and so on.

I paused the show, called my friend and sometimes second-shooter Chris, and asked him what part of this show I was supposed to understand. He told me to watch a season three episode, called “Blink,” instead of hopping in at the beginning of season 2.

I know there are quirks and charms to every darling TV series. Buffy, for instance, is wonderful, but you have to sit through the campy, low-budget first season to appreciate the later seasons. You don’t have to watch the movie with Kristy Swanson if you don’t want to.

I’m pretty sure that I started Doctor Who wrong. I know there are a lots of fans out there who would love to set me straight. Do you recommend that I just read the Wiki for it to get caught up, then jump right back in? Is there a certain point to start watching from? Is Chris right — should I actually jump to a season 3 episode, then jump back to the beginning? Would my appreciation for the show be deeper if I started with Christopher Eccleston? Or even before?

Help!

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Rachelle - I always ALWAYS start at the beginning of a show, even if people tell me not to. As you said with Buffy, sometimes watching the show struggle a little before it hits its stride is part of appreciating the whole show.

There was a Doctor Who special last year that was sort of a TV version of the Wikipedia page if you’re able to find it.

Elissa - Yes, but Rachelle, starting at the beginning is basically starting in 1963…

Ang - Start with the reboot, so the 9th doctor. I actually kind of hate him a LOT, but he has his reasons for being a supreme douche waffle, and his angsty-pantsness is crucial for following the doctor’s emotional state from tortured soul who decimated his own people, to god complex, to dealing with his own mortality in a marvelous manic child like/old man way.

Thing is they made a LOT of changes in the reboot from the original series, that I used to watch with my dad. I have to look at it as a different entity, and the old versions can kind of drag on, especially if you have the alternative of the eye candy that is 10 & 11. Almost all the old versions are on Netflix and you can go back and pick at them when you’ve watched the entire new series.

My opinion anyways.

Caitlin - I’m pretty sure I started with Tennant but that was years ago so I can’t remember exactly. It gets better with the eleventh doctor, Matt Smith. You just gotta have a marathon power-through.

Chris Lin - Yeah. “The Christmas Invasion” is a not-so-great place to jump in. Maybe the one right after that? With that at least you have the huge jump of it happening far away from modern times and reality.

Or maybe power through “Rose” and then watch the episode after that, “The End of the World”. The companion is the audience surrogate, so when they are new, things get explained to them.

04.10.12

Tips for Creating Your Wedding Day Timeline

Weddings are all different. Based on the priorities that you set for your wedding, the time — like your budget — will be split up in different ways to best highlight what you think is important. That being said, all weddings have similar elements: there’s a gathering of people, there is a commitment being celebrated, there is usually some sort of refreshment, and typically there is excitement that follows — be it dancing, toasting, speechmaking, fire-breathing, board-game-playing, just plain socializing, and other general merriment.

Most clients, when they come to me, don’t know for sure what sort of structure their day will have. Their wedding is months away and right now they’re more worried about booking a caterer than how the day should be laid out. But I implore these clients to give their timeline some thought before everything is nailed down. As ephemeral as the wedding day is during the planning stages, certain suggestions may be worth keeping in mind.

Here are some of my photography-related tips concerning wedding day timelines. Be aware that not all photographers think like I do or prefer to shoot the way I do, so this is all subjective! MORE »

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Emilia Jane - YES! To all of this. :-D

Christy - I love this! And I love that you showed the two options with First Look, without First Look. And mentioned the light! SO. Important! :)

Angelica - My fiance and I are still debating if we want to do a first look. This will be helpful for us in deciding while our heads are still on straight. :) great advice.
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