Nasty Conjugation

Hello lasses and lads. Slowly but surely I am building the habit of updating regularly. Let’s see, let’s see. What’s new? Well, tomorrow is the Florida Primary, so Holly and I are going to vote. Tomorrow I’m also going to be spray painting four robot suits that V89 PR made for the imminent pledge drive. Oh, I came up with an idea for a final creative project in my grad program - ask me about it if you want to deal with me telling you.

I remembered today that after the wedding some people asked if I would post my vows on my website. I worked really hard on them! They’re called, “vows,” which I took to mean promises, and these are promises I’m making a for a lifetime. If you’re going to make promises like that you’d better make them pretty good, you know? So here they are: my vows!

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Sometimes, in the past, you’ve asked me how much I love you. It’s a question that is really difficult to answer, but I always enjoyed trying to come up with the best way to describe it. I’ve been saving some of those answers, so that today I can find the right words to promise my love to you. So -

Holly, you are my one true certainty. My unshakeable belief. My great adventure. My sanctuary. Today, I promise to always reach for you, like a flower for the sun. I promise to love you more than every cookie baked by every Grandma from now til Christmas. I promise to love you like the tides love the moon, like touching loves hands, like lips love lips.

But more than anything, in answer to your original question, I promise to love you this much:

And that’s when I put the ring on her finger, and then we got to kiss in front of everyone, and wow. Good thing I got married!

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