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HollyGolightly

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Sep 6, 2013
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Heart of the South
You know, I don't think I've actually read anything by Woolf? I've read a lot about her, but I'm not sure I've read her. Have to remedy that right away :)
Short story collections - it's where I read Woolf, Wharton, O'Connor, Welty, Porter, so many classics, if you get something like
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or upload_2015-5-6_11-19-15.jpeg or
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or
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You'll get a smattering of classic literature. I don't think that story is in any of those though. I've got so many of these. I think I'll see if I can find the one I'm thinking of and send it to you!
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
Moderator
Apr 11, 2006
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The High Seas
Short story collections - it's where I read Woolf, Wharton, O'Connor, Welty, Porter, so many classics, if you get something like
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or View attachment 9536 or
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or
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You'll get a smattering of classic literature. I don't think that story is in any of those though. I've got so many of these. I think I'll see if I can find the one I'm thinking of and send it to you!
I adore short story collections by an author. As I've said many times, a writer has to have wicked skills to write a tight short story. I learn more about an author from their short stories than I do from a novel.
 

ghost19

"Have I run too far to get home?"
Sep 25, 2011
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Arkansas
First 'real' wedding in many years in my family, so it was wild. I locked myself out of my apartment when I went to get my hair done, so I had to race across town to my mom's house, get my spare, & race home to get my dress. I was late to my own wedding--lol. My little cousin flower girl freaked out when she saw all the people & ran to her mom, so my friend's little boy who was ring bearer also ran up the aisle, slammed the ring pillow into a bridesmaid's hands, & raced to his mom. My cousin showed up dressed as a hooker and forgot the signing book, so I have no signatures. Cake had the wrong flowers--I paid for fire and ice roses and it had limp orchids. The DJ didn't discover until it was time for the dance that he'd forgotten the tape with our song (U2's All I Want is You), and so we had Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2U (pretty, but not exactly a wedding song--lol). My friend Marty got a little tanked and kept trying to pick up my mom (or Hooker Cousin--he wasn't choosy). My SIL insulted my mom (and she's still insulted nearly 25 years later). My huge hilbillyish family was there, which was fun, but I hear my aunt had to be carried out of the bathroom when the reception was over, and someone threw up in my brother's long, blond, rockstar hair sometime later that night (he was sleeping on the floor). We got no food at the reception, because I refused to do a line and with tons of uncles, friends (most of my friends have always been guys), cousins, etc., I was dancing the whole time. On the way to the hotel we went through a fast food drive through in our wedding clothes & they gave us free food.

All in all, an excellent day :)
View attachment 9523 View attachment 9524 Look at those babies--lol.
LMAO, wow, that was an awesome wedding story. Not sure anyone can follow that one...lol
 

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
Jun 15, 2007
87,651
358,754
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Cambridge, Ohio
First 'real' wedding in many years in my family, so it was wild. I locked myself out of my apartment when I went to get my hair done, so I had to race across town to my mom's house, get my spare, & race home to get my dress. I was late to my own wedding--lol. My little cousin flower girl freaked out when she saw all the people & ran to her mom, so my friend's little boy who was ring bearer also ran up the aisle, slammed the ring pillow into a bridesmaid's hands, & raced to his mom. My cousin showed up dressed as a hooker and forgot the signing book, so I have no signatures. Cake had the wrong flowers--I paid for fire and ice roses and it had limp orchids. The DJ didn't discover until it was time for the dance that he'd forgotten the tape with our song (U2's All I Want is You), and so we had Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2U (pretty, but not exactly a wedding song--lol). My friend Marty got a little tanked and kept trying to pick up my mom (or Hooker Cousin--he wasn't choosy). My SIL insulted my mom (and she's still insulted nearly 25 years later). My huge hilbillyish family was there, which was fun, but I hear my aunt had to be carried out of the bathroom when the reception was over, and someone threw up in my brother's long, blond, rockstar hair sometime later that night (he was sleeping on the floor). We got no food at the reception, because I refused to do a line and with tons of uncles, friends (most of my friends have always been guys), cousins, etc., I was dancing the whole time. On the way to the hotel we went through a fast food drive through in our wedding clothes & they gave us free food.

All in all, an excellent day :)
View attachment 9523 View attachment 9524 Look at those babies--lol.
...damn!...he's beautiful and yer a knock-out.....
 

carrie's younger brother

Well-Known Member
Mar 8, 2012
5,428
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NJ
Although we are together 21 years this year, we only got married in 2012 when it became legal in NYC. We "had" to get married by the end of the year for tax reasons, so we picked the only day where the two of us and my niece (witness) could all get together, 12/11/12. Luckily we did not pick the next day, 12/12/12, or we would have been one of hundreds of couples. I never even thought about the date beforehand.
We were married at the City Clerk's office and then went to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch that afternoon. It was nice, but having never thought same-sex marriage would be legal in my lifetime, it was and still is surreal to me. If I were in a room and someone said, "All the married people move to the left-hand side of the room" I probably would stay put. I don't always think of myelf as married. It's odd.wedding.jpg
 

skimom2

Just moseyin' through...
Oct 9, 2013
15,683
92,168
USA
Although we are together 21 years this year, we only got married in 2012 when it became legal in NYC. We "had" to get married by the end of the year for tax reasons, so we picked the only day where the two of us and my niece (witness) could all get together, 12/11/12. Luckily we did not pick the next day, 12/12/12, or we would have been one of hundreds of couples. I never even thought about the date beforehand.
We were married at the City Clerk's office and then went to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch that afternoon. It was nice, but having never thought same-sex marriage would be legal in my lifetime, it was and still is surreal to me. If I were in a room and someone said, "All the married people move to the left-hand side of the room" I probably would stay put. I don't always think of myelf as married. It's odd.View attachment 9543
What a great picture! It was about time you made honest men of each other ;)
 

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
Jun 15, 2007
87,651
358,754
62
Cambridge, Ohio
Although we are together 21 years this year, we only got married in 2012 when it became legal in NYC. We "had" to get married by the end of the year for tax reasons, so we picked the only day where the two of us and my niece (witness) could all get together, 12/11/12. Luckily we did not pick the next day, 12/12/12, or we would have been one of hundreds of couples. I never even thought about the date beforehand.
We were married at the City Clerk's office and then went to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch that afternoon. It was nice, but having never thought same-sex marriage would be legal in my lifetime, it was and still is surreal to me. If I were in a room and someone said, "All the married people move to the left-hand side of the room" I probably would stay put. I don't always think of myelf as married. It's odd.View attachment 9543
...it's rather ironic old friend...that you look like the twin brother of my gay best friend...he's a handsome feller too...
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
Moderator
Apr 11, 2006
53,634
236,697
The High Seas
Although we are together 21 years this year, we only got married in 2012 when it became legal in NYC. We "had" to get married by the end of the year for tax reasons, so we picked the only day where the two of us and my niece (witness) could all get together, 12/11/12. Luckily we did not pick the next day, 12/12/12, or we would have been one of hundreds of couples. I never even thought about the date beforehand.
We were married at the City Clerk's office and then went to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch that afternoon. It was nice, but having never thought same-sex marriage would be legal in my lifetime, it was and still is surreal to me. If I were in a room and someone said, "All the married people move to the left-hand side of the room" I probably would stay put. I don't always think of myelf as married. It's odd.View attachment 9543
Nice photo. You guys look so handsome.
 

not_nadine

Comfortably Roont
Nov 19, 2011
29,655
139,785
Behind you
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Wedding photos include a best man in a mickey mouse shirt and scuba flippers.

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Never going back.


But wait.. there's more...


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. There was a very rare hurricane that day.

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Never going back.

(I would to back to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) By myself this time. :joyous:

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