Shakespeare

Here is the beginning of sonnet 116. We scanned this section in my rhyme and meter class to examplify one of Kiparsky's rules of meter. (The important thing is that the stresses on the pollysylabic words all fall on even syllables, which are the strong syllables, because this is written in iambic pentameter.) I thought it would fit in nicely on this blog, because of the topic :-)

Let me not to the marraige of true minds
admit impediments. Love is not love
which alters when it alteration finds,
or bends with the remover to remove:
O, no! it is an ever-fixed mark,
that looks on tempests and is never shaken.

Team Ramey Pulls Yet Another Victory

The 2nd night of the Oregon Coalition of Dance's annual Festival was wonderful. We were down by two guys and Team Ramey pulled our group together for a successful performance. :-) It was better then I expected, thanks to the strengths of Em, in combination with the strengths of myself. That is the beauty of theater. We will tell you more of our Team efforts if we end up keynoting at an autism conference in England (August 1-4), but for now, stay tuned for details regarding the webcast of our wedding. Yes friends, family, and bussiness contacts in Zanzibar, you will get to see our wedding wihout flying in. :-) This is a good time to live.

125 days

I have counted the days until the wedding, and there are 125 from today. That breaks down into five segments of 25.
May 24th: there will be 100 days remaining.
June 18th: there will be 75 days remaining.
July 13th: there will be 50 days remaining.
August 7th: there will be 25 days remaining.
Not like I'm counting or anything ;)

THE ACTUAL PLACE AND DATE FOR THE WEDDING

We have an official date for the weding: 2 September 2006, at 9:00 A.M., St. Michael the Archangel Catholic church, 424 S.W. Mill Street, Portland, Oregon 97201. To quote Father Mayo in an email he sent to Em and I on Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:11 AM, "9:00 AM on Saturday, September 2nd, will be fine with me. It's on my calendar. Please let Margie know also." We are encouraging lots of people to come celebrate with us on this special occasion. Our plans at the moment are to have a simple wedding: Clergy, Church, Cantor, Congregation, Connection. :-) We are also planning on not having flowers, not allowing people to wear perfume or other scented products, and hopefuly we can keep the volume down on most everything. :-) We will keep updating when shtuff is known.

Posible Saturday Dates for the Wedding

I recieved an email from Father Mayo, the priest that will more than likely be the one performing the ceremony, and he said he is available on the 2nd, or the 30th of September in the morning. We would need to be done and completly out of the church by 11:00 A.M., so Em and I will have to talk about this and decide if we wish to do a Saturday or a weekday. Lots o' shtuff to consider. We will write more when there is more info available.

time together

Today, Jody my parents and I went to dinner together at Red Robin. Mom and Dad are heading back to Montana tomorrow morning, so it was nice to spend a couple of hours hanging out together. We chatted about music and food and miscilaneous other things. Even a little about linguistics. (I am working on a good little study scheme, and it is very fun. But I will post more about that on my other blog.)

Kitty Blessings

Hung out with Em's parents at her apatment today, and was introduced to one of the kitties for the first time today. I think I have blessings to come back to the house again from the feline authority, but I am not absolutely sure.

Tired: Bed Now

dress found

A good friend from my linguistics class has offered to sell me her wedding dress at a low price. She brought the dress in to school, and when I tried it on, it fit perfectly. She also tossed in a lovely headpiece to go with it. This must be the easiest dress search that ever there was.

Pre-Marital Counseling

We had our first pre-marital counseling session today at St. Michaels church. It was not a monumental encounter, but it was good to chat about up and coming issues that could affect our marriage. About a week ago we went in and took this marriage focus inventory, which was a 156 question thingy addressing different aspects of relationships. Em and I answered many of the questions the same way, and what we did not answer the same was due to not understanding the question wording more than it was to not being in agreement or whatever else that could stand in the way of positive interactions. Red letter day for team Ramey! :-)

hello all

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