Other states are allowed to have nutria? I thought they were exclusive to Louisiana.

Speaking of Louisiana, the New Orleans airport tends to back up when the planes need to be de-iced. I will be sitting here in the Salt Lake City airport for a while, having missed my connection home.

Yay, so happy to see Kate posting!

Okay, it is a terrible idea, but also very funny.

Aw, see, everybody's being all mature and stuff.

lisah, I do know about Offbeat Bride -- I've been reading her book!

Is it good? I'm intrigued but also resistant to the idea of buying a book about weddings.

Am with "terrible idea, but funny, cherish in your heart, or your LJ", PC

Dana, yay for having WiFi or whatever you've got that allows you to post in the airport? yay for modern technology?

I am studiously avoiding work. I need to stop doing that.

I am studiously avoiding work. I need to stop doing that.

I am, too. I just can't get my brain back into gear, and am addicted to teh interwebs something fierce.

Aw, the quote on this page is, "See Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun". How appropriate for the wedding dress discussion.

Hi javachik! *waves*

Yay for geeking out together, Erin! Your dress idea sounds amazing -- I can't wait to see it come together.

Is it good? I'm intrigued but also resistant to the idea of buying a book about weddings.

It's OK. I'm enjoying reading it, but more in a spirit of solidarity ("other people have had offbeat weddings too!") than for any particularly helpful advice. A lot of the ideas are along the lines of "Hey, your dress doesn't have to be white!" or "You don't have to put on lots of makeup if you don't want to, but it's OK if you want to!" It's mostly a lot of stories about other people's weddings: hers, of course, and a bunch of other people she interviewed. In terms of practical suggestions and resources, I bet the website is just as good, if not better.

(I probably wouldn't have bought the book myself, but it was a gift from my mom, in the spirit of "I know you want to have a weird wedding, and I'm OK with that," which was sweet of her.)

I am totally with the rest of you in avoiding work today. *goes back to looking at red dresses*

edit: love the Vera quote!

See Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun". How appropriate for the wedding dress discussion.

Even funnier, as I saw "Vera" and thought "Vera Wang."

BTW, DAN and I were looking at wedding stuff yesterday and he kept muttering "WANG!" and cackling.

I am going to get that book if the library doesn't have it, because I am a planner, and I think it will help me to have a how-to guide that's not crazy.

EDIT: It's not how-to-y, Kate? Dammit, I need a checklist or something.