She loved the menus!

My fiancee got my letter today. I sent her a copy of what I think the menu should look like. She loved the presentation! Her voice went up an octive as she spoke about it, and that's the sign that I did a good job. Yes!

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You would think I would know better...

...than to send four women into a store that sells nice stuff ...during a sale.. with my checkbook.

Yep, we picked up our centrepieces, bombonieri, and bridal shower gifts today. The grand total is a wonderfully astronomical amount that brings tears to my eyes. I guess to some people, "sale" means "buy more expensive stuff with the current budget" indstead of "we can now buy the same stuff on a smaller budget". It's all good, tho. At the end of the day, we have stuff that is quite a bit better than what we thought we would have.

All that's left of this chapter is the brute force labour it will take to decorate 32 centrepieces, 120 bombonieri and 80 bridal gifts. Shweet.

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A terrible, terrible insult

I was watching Star Trek TNG today, in particular the episode "Tapestry", in which a "dead" Jean-Luc Picard is given a chance to go to his youth and correct one of his biggest regrets. Back in the Academy, Mr. Picard got into a fight with some rather large guys, and was impaled by one of them over an enormous knife.

Sounds like something you would want to undo?

It turns out that he takes his opportunity to correct this mistake. When he is returned to life, he is no longer Captain, but a lowly crewman. It turns out that his brush with death was one of his definining moments in life, that affected how he made decisions, and how he focused his life.

The whole thing was summarized by Q, the person who gave him his chance to go back in time. What he said affected me very deeply:

          ... he never
   realized how fragile life is...
   how important each moment can
   be... so his life never came into
   focus. He drifted through much of
   his career, with no plan or
   agenda... going from one
   assignment to the next, never
   seizing the opportunities that
   presented themselves...
                             [snip]
   He learned to play it safe. And
   he never, ever got noticed by
   anyone.

I heard that and got the chills. This is possibly the worst insult someone could give me about how I approach life. Having it written in this way gives me a new perspective on my carreer and life goals. If you know me, and see that I am perhaps acting in this way, it would be much appreciated if you would help me out!

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