This is the raw video as taken by Miroku of Anirage with Chris's video camera of the engagement!!
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Enjoy!!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
This is...
...the story of our engagement!
It was the weekend of December 13 2012, well really the 13th was a Thursday. I couldn't wait for work to be over because right after 5pm we were Orlando, FL. bound for Holiday Matsuri 2012 (a holiday themed anime convention)! When the clock hit 5, i rushed to Chris's house to pick him and his things up and then to my house to pick up my things. We left later then expected because in our excitement we forgot a few things at both his house and my house. The road trip itself was uneventful for the most part, but it was pleasurable with both of our excitement on a high and the night was sprinkled with cute little Christmas displays here and there. It was a beautiful cold and clear night.
We arrived at the hotel about 9:40pm and checked in. The Hotel itself was beautiful. it had only been open for a few months prior. It was extremely elegant and beautifully decorated. The rooms were fantastic! they were like little suites, that had a seating, dinning area and then a bedroom area. everything was spacious and comfortable. We had a late night snack across the street at a Burger King which was 24 hours, and then came back and went to bed.
Friday morning (Dec 14 2012) we got up and went down to have the free breakfast that was being offered to hotel guests. It was pretty good, and so nice to wake up to a hot meal. We took a quick minute to stand in line to pick up our con badges/tickets, and then were off to see what was open. It was around 10 in the morning, so only the dealers room was open to VIP ticket holders or Founders. We are Founder ticket holders, because the first year the con opened i gifted Chris and myself with the special founders tickets which mean we never have to pay for tickets for this convention ever again. i figured it would be like gifting Chris a convention for his birthday (That being Dec 17th) the day was spent meeting new and old friends, shopping and over all fun! We watched a concert performed by some friends of mine, and i hung out with some other friends while Chris attended some panels of interest. Afterwards we had dinner and went back to the room and the first day ended well enough.
Saturday (Dec 15, 2012) we got up and did pretty much the same thing. there weren't a lot of panels or anything i wanted to see (there usually isnt.) so again i spent the day hanging out with friends and making new ones. Unbeknownst to me Chris was off making plans for the big night, i just thought he was off taking pics of cosplayers and taking videos for his Youtube channel. When in reality he was off nervously checking in with everyone and making sure everyone knew what they had to do. I noticed he was nervous but paid no mind to it really. I spent some time in the afternoon with Katt as she met up with me so i could give her, her wedding veil... because her wedding was going to be the following weekend. We went and had dinner at a little chinesse resturant across the street. it was really quiet and the place was pretty much empty. He of course by this time was very distracted and i couldnt get much conversation wise out of him. I even mentioned about skipping the ball entirely and just relaxing at the hotel and he told me we had to go because they were doing a special viewing for the AMV contest. (Anime Music Video) So after dinner we went back and got dressed up for the ball and then we headed back down to wander around some more.
We stood and line and at this point Chris was coming and going, back and forth. I was wondering whats up but since he gets easily wound up i didnt pay it much mind. We entered the ball, and again he kept leaving me. At one point i was getting annoyed with his aloofness. he wanted me there so badly and then wasnt anywhere to be found. We danced a little, but the ball had a bunch of performances by people so there wasnt a whole lot of dancing. but it was still nice. the ball itself is a benifit ball for Toys for Tots. people bring in a toy as a donation so they can attend the ball. So the ball itself has a lovely purpose. As the ball was wrapping up for the night DJ Shadow Fax said that there was a special announcement, Someone came up to Chris (which at the time i didnt know who it was, but it turns out to be a friend of Chris's who goes by the stage name Miroku.) and asked Chris to come with him. There is a performer who goes by the name of Dancing Kakashi, and he asked Chris on stage. At that point my heart started racing because i kind of knew where this was going. Chris started with thanking all of the Matsuri con staff and all the attendees and then went on to tell a short story about how 4 years ago he met the girl of his dreams and wanted everyone to be witness to him asking that girl of his dreams to be his wife. He got down on one knee and asked if i would come up to the stage. (Fun fact: He said my full name, but was so excited thinking of me as his future wife he called my last name as his own instead.) I walked over to the stage (totally forgetting there were stairs) and he pulled me on stage and then bent down on one knee again, showed me the ring, and i said something to the effect of "absolutly" and they played our song and we danced on stage!! He cried, i cried, and there were tons of ooohhs and ahhh's in the audience. and apperantly there are some girls out there who love a good love story because i have found pics on Tumblr, of our engagement and a even a video on Youtube, that someone else recorded.
YouTube Video of the actual engagement as taken by a guest of the ball (No dancing though)
I'll post the video Chris had recorded whenever he finishes that one
Pics from Tumblr:
So i just want to thank the lovely people who thought this was a special event enough to take pics and to post them to the wide world of the internet so that i could find them! <3 and to Miroku and his lovely wife for video taping for Chris!! <3
Afterwards we ran around finding all the crazy people involved. We thanked DJ Shadow Fax who is a super nice guy and super talented, and Kakashi for being a great host and making the engagement super fun. Then we wandered over to the see the Chalk Twins (A pair of identical twin artists who do large format art with chalk.) apperantly Chris had wandered off to see them at some point to calm down, and we raced to see them and they congratulated us and chris bought me one of their prints and they wrote congrats on it! we stayed a while talking with Miroku's wife who had been proposed to at Metrocon a year or two prior and they got married at a convention too. all the while i was listening to Chris's video log about his adventures of getting my ring and how it took up to the last minute because he had to have the ring re-sized! and then he told me how he left at some point in the ball to give the ring box to one of the vendors (Mike! whose a friend of ours) so i wouldnt get wise to the box in his pocket, and how he stopped off at the radio pod cast booth to get a baggy to put the ring in... and all manners of crazy.
and so for the rest of the weekend (Sunday) we had to thank everyone and everyone was like "Your the couple who got engaged at the ball!!! You guys were so cute! congrats!" and all sorts of stuff. We were on cloud 9 and i felt like shouting all the time "I'm getting married!" it was super cute and every now and then the happy feelings still hit me! its crazy. Sometimes i cant believe it happened till i watch the video over and over again.
I guess i'll leave this post here for now! It's already longer then i intended it to be! :D
It was the weekend of December 13 2012, well really the 13th was a Thursday. I couldn't wait for work to be over because right after 5pm we were Orlando, FL. bound for Holiday Matsuri 2012 (a holiday themed anime convention)! When the clock hit 5, i rushed to Chris's house to pick him and his things up and then to my house to pick up my things. We left later then expected because in our excitement we forgot a few things at both his house and my house. The road trip itself was uneventful for the most part, but it was pleasurable with both of our excitement on a high and the night was sprinkled with cute little Christmas displays here and there. It was a beautiful cold and clear night.
We arrived at the hotel about 9:40pm and checked in. The Hotel itself was beautiful. it had only been open for a few months prior. It was extremely elegant and beautifully decorated. The rooms were fantastic! they were like little suites, that had a seating, dinning area and then a bedroom area. everything was spacious and comfortable. We had a late night snack across the street at a Burger King which was 24 hours, and then came back and went to bed.
Friday morning (Dec 14 2012) we got up and went down to have the free breakfast that was being offered to hotel guests. It was pretty good, and so nice to wake up to a hot meal. We took a quick minute to stand in line to pick up our con badges/tickets, and then were off to see what was open. It was around 10 in the morning, so only the dealers room was open to VIP ticket holders or Founders. We are Founder ticket holders, because the first year the con opened i gifted Chris and myself with the special founders tickets which mean we never have to pay for tickets for this convention ever again. i figured it would be like gifting Chris a convention for his birthday (That being Dec 17th) the day was spent meeting new and old friends, shopping and over all fun! We watched a concert performed by some friends of mine, and i hung out with some other friends while Chris attended some panels of interest. Afterwards we had dinner and went back to the room and the first day ended well enough.
Saturday (Dec 15, 2012) we got up and did pretty much the same thing. there weren't a lot of panels or anything i wanted to see (there usually isnt.) so again i spent the day hanging out with friends and making new ones. Unbeknownst to me Chris was off making plans for the big night, i just thought he was off taking pics of cosplayers and taking videos for his Youtube channel. When in reality he was off nervously checking in with everyone and making sure everyone knew what they had to do. I noticed he was nervous but paid no mind to it really. I spent some time in the afternoon with Katt as she met up with me so i could give her, her wedding veil... because her wedding was going to be the following weekend. We went and had dinner at a little chinesse resturant across the street. it was really quiet and the place was pretty much empty. He of course by this time was very distracted and i couldnt get much conversation wise out of him. I even mentioned about skipping the ball entirely and just relaxing at the hotel and he told me we had to go because they were doing a special viewing for the AMV contest. (Anime Music Video) So after dinner we went back and got dressed up for the ball and then we headed back down to wander around some more.
We stood and line and at this point Chris was coming and going, back and forth. I was wondering whats up but since he gets easily wound up i didnt pay it much mind. We entered the ball, and again he kept leaving me. At one point i was getting annoyed with his aloofness. he wanted me there so badly and then wasnt anywhere to be found. We danced a little, but the ball had a bunch of performances by people so there wasnt a whole lot of dancing. but it was still nice. the ball itself is a benifit ball for Toys for Tots. people bring in a toy as a donation so they can attend the ball. So the ball itself has a lovely purpose. As the ball was wrapping up for the night DJ Shadow Fax said that there was a special announcement, Someone came up to Chris (which at the time i didnt know who it was, but it turns out to be a friend of Chris's who goes by the stage name Miroku.) and asked Chris to come with him. There is a performer who goes by the name of Dancing Kakashi, and he asked Chris on stage. At that point my heart started racing because i kind of knew where this was going. Chris started with thanking all of the Matsuri con staff and all the attendees and then went on to tell a short story about how 4 years ago he met the girl of his dreams and wanted everyone to be witness to him asking that girl of his dreams to be his wife. He got down on one knee and asked if i would come up to the stage. (Fun fact: He said my full name, but was so excited thinking of me as his future wife he called my last name as his own instead.) I walked over to the stage (totally forgetting there were stairs) and he pulled me on stage and then bent down on one knee again, showed me the ring, and i said something to the effect of "absolutly" and they played our song and we danced on stage!! He cried, i cried, and there were tons of ooohhs and ahhh's in the audience. and apperantly there are some girls out there who love a good love story because i have found pics on Tumblr, of our engagement and a even a video on Youtube, that someone else recorded.
YouTube Video of the actual engagement as taken by a guest of the ball (No dancing though)
I'll post the video Chris had recorded whenever he finishes that one
Pics from Tumblr:
So i just want to thank the lovely people who thought this was a special event enough to take pics and to post them to the wide world of the internet so that i could find them! <3 and to Miroku and his lovely wife for video taping for Chris!! <3
Afterwards we ran around finding all the crazy people involved. We thanked DJ Shadow Fax who is a super nice guy and super talented, and Kakashi for being a great host and making the engagement super fun. Then we wandered over to the see the Chalk Twins (A pair of identical twin artists who do large format art with chalk.) apperantly Chris had wandered off to see them at some point to calm down, and we raced to see them and they congratulated us and chris bought me one of their prints and they wrote congrats on it! we stayed a while talking with Miroku's wife who had been proposed to at Metrocon a year or two prior and they got married at a convention too. all the while i was listening to Chris's video log about his adventures of getting my ring and how it took up to the last minute because he had to have the ring re-sized! and then he told me how he left at some point in the ball to give the ring box to one of the vendors (Mike! whose a friend of ours) so i wouldnt get wise to the box in his pocket, and how he stopped off at the radio pod cast booth to get a baggy to put the ring in... and all manners of crazy.
and so for the rest of the weekend (Sunday) we had to thank everyone and everyone was like "Your the couple who got engaged at the ball!!! You guys were so cute! congrats!" and all sorts of stuff. We were on cloud 9 and i felt like shouting all the time "I'm getting married!" it was super cute and every now and then the happy feelings still hit me! its crazy. Sometimes i cant believe it happened till i watch the video over and over again.
I guess i'll leave this post here for now! It's already longer then i intended it to be! :D
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