Today: A Year in Review

One year ago today, elisandra and I stood together before our friends, family, and the universe, and were married.

What a year!

It hasn't always been easy. They don't tell you this, but anyone who says marriage is easy is either lying, been married for years (and thus has a lot of practice), or a freak of nature. Even people who generally see eye to eye sometimes disagree, and we have. Getting used to living together was a mess, and then six months later we got married, and even the previous six months didn't prepare us fully for that, but we knew it would get better, and we worked at it, and it did. Nowadays we have our brief disagreements once in a while, but nothing like the arguments we had once upon a time. There have been issues, but we've solved them all together.

The truth is, I barely remember our wedding day. I know who was there, and what went wrong and how it was solved (and who solved it!), but the fun details are largely missing. I was so overwhelmed it just flashed by in my mind. But that doesn't matter, because the last year has given me memories enough to make up for that. I often look at my wife and just smile. She makes me happy.

I am thankful, daily, for the woman who consented to marry me. I am grateful for the sacrifices she has made for me, and I appreciate the thousand tiny things she does to make each day better. I try to do the same, but I always feel I'm just a little behind.

I love you, Elizabeth. And I always, always will.

San Francisco Hates Limos: A picture Link

Dude. My City killed a limo.


Note for folks who don't know me well: SF is my hometown, but I don't live there anymore. However, I still call it "my City" because, well, it is the one true City, a sort of Amber of Earth cities.

And if I have to explain the Amber thing... Go here.

Hey, look: I was ahead of the curve!

I've ranted about this topic before, but have a professional's take on the matter: Erasing the Smell of Sci-Fi is an editorial from the Sci Fi Weekly webzine about television show actors and producers who claim their Sci-Fi show isn't. Like Sean Maher, who claimed Firefly and Serenity weren't really sci fi when he said "I feel like Firefly and Serenity are their own genre. It's not science fiction so much as it's about humanity and characters and dynamics between people."

Ugh. Anyway, go read Scott Edelman's article. It's good.