Archive for the ‘Jump Into the Wayback Machine’ Category
Everyone’s Best Friend, No One’s Prom Date: The Sad Truth of Being “One of the Guys”
Posted by: neepernu on: July 18, 2010
BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SAID: Here is something that really disgusts me, in all kinds of ways. A few years ago, there was this show that was about a girl and her three guy friends, and a lot of it focused on how she was the ‘ideal’ girl, because she liked sports and playing [...]
Very Important Day for Maren
Posted by: neepernu on: April 1, 2010
As we learned from a recent episode of Every TV Show Ever Made, one of life’s most valuable things is friendship. I’ve been very lucky in my life to have lots of friends– but I think that something that I’ve benefited from even more is the different levels of friendship I’ve had in my lifetime. [...]
I came home and Mitch was calling his sister-in-law to tell her that we were engaged. He told her how he proposed, and she said, “Wait… did you get down on one knee?” He looked up at me with a look of sheer panic, and then said, “Aw, shit!”
Posted by: neepernu on: March 12, 2010
When Mitch and I started dating, he was 18 and I was 21. Even at the time I could not freaking believe I was dating a teenager. And I’d like to say that, just so you know, Mitch was super mature for his age, but really? He wasn’t. He was really nice, and really sweet, [...]
“Let us hope that we are each preceded in this life by a love story.” -Don Snyder, Of Time and Memory
Posted by: neepernu on: February 6, 2010
Like all girls raised on Disney, I am a connoisseur of love stories. I try to fake it like I am not all mushy and gushy, but for real, probably I have cream filling, and it’s likely that I could have been covered in sprinkles in a past life. And before that, it’s possible that [...]
Sometimes people ask me how the wedding planning is going. After I finish sauteeing the jelly in their eyeballs, they tend not to ask anymore.
Posted by: neepernu on: January 28, 2010
Mitch and I were officially engaged in March of 2008. We had a very tumultuous relationship for the first two years or so, took a break, got back together, took another break, and then got together for dinner one night– I called it our Make It or Break It Night. And I wish I knew [...]
This week, I have been so tired that I was afraid I might start shedding body parts. All the cells in my body would get together and discuss which parts of me could be saved, and which were expendable. Like whatever muscles you use for a sexy walk. I wasn’t using those, anyway.
Posted by: neepernu on: January 25, 2010
I am truly not trying to pull a pity card when I say this: I never thought that I would get married. I dated a lot in high school, and I suppose I dated a lot in college, too, although by then I was pretty burnt out on boys and just really liked to party [...]
Disney made me think that when I met my husband, it would involve unicorns and harp music. Dragon slaying at the very least.
Posted by: neepernu on: January 21, 2010
I met my husband in August 2004. I actually remember the first time I talked to him– but not because it was some beautiful, angels come down singing out of the clouds or anything like that, and I guarantee that Mitch has forgotten all about it. I really only remember it because I laughed about [...]
