Those of you that know me also know that I am imminently going to be married. My fiancée is an extremely talented woman who I would describe as a ‘Jill of All Trades’. She can cook, she sews, quilts, crochets, makes jewelry, clothes, blankets, purses, and all manner of other creative goods. I really count myself as lucky. (She has her own blog about our wedding process here: Lydibug-Fluff)
One of the favorite things that Lydia and I do together is watch films. We regularly watch movies together, and have a subscription to Netflix that keeps us nice and supplied with new things to watch. Of course, we don’t always see eye to eye on the types of movies we watch. Lydia, for some reason that surprises and amazes me, loves thrillers and scary movies. If there’s a haunting, or a killer, or some sort of paranormal threat, she’s there (she does draw the line at the subgenre of ‘slasher flicks’ she doesn’t care for those ones as much). I on the other hand, enjoy watching more lighthearted fare, as well as being prone to watching the same movies again and again. Seems like every year that I watch the Star Wars saga, the Back To The Future trilogy, The Karate Kid movies, and the ever excellent Bill & Ted films (Speaking of which, I still have a very exciting Bill & Ted themed blog entry I’ll finish soon). Lydia knows what she’s getting into with me and Star Wars. She’ll begrudgingly let me watch all 6 movies, as well as endure my enthusiasm for them (she did make me an excellent Jedi costume that I wear whenever I can find a good excuse to). As an accommodation, I’ve agreed to watch the entirety of the Harry Potter movies with her each year. That’s a total of 8 films, so she’s the winner by quantities’ standards.
Lydia also puts up with many of my quirks. I see her roll her eyes and laugh whenever I open an automated motion-sensor door by waving my hand like a Jedi, or where I stop the microwave at the last possible moment as though I were disarming a bomb, or when I go into ‘Adventure mode’ while driving whenever a particularly action-themed musical score begins to play on my CD player (In adventure mode, I focus my eyes on the road and try to give my best, stern, action-hero face while I drive).
The date of the marriage is swiftly approaching, and I'm eagerly looking forward to it. I had no idea organizing and planning a wedding would be as much work as this, but in the end it will all be worth it. Hopefully the transition from being a singular into a true married couple will go smoothly.
