Is this thing on?

Jon checking to see if the camera on the tripod had been timed correctly, our wedding day, August 24, 2002. Oops.
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kEma said:
hahahahh
01.16.05 - 06:02 AM / 1Shmee said:
I don't see a picture. Granted, it is Sunday morning and I haven't had my coffee yet, so my eyes are a bit blurry.
01.16.05 - 06:23 AM / 2Lisa said:
YAY!!! Nice pic!
01.16.05 - 06:23 AM / 3Goser said:
I can't see it
01.16.05 - 06:23 AM / 4huh? said:
huh?
01.16.05 - 06:24 AM / 5Goose said:
ok, I see it now. Just thought I'd let you all know cause I'm sure you were worried.
By the way, your dress is real perty Heather.
01.16.05 - 06:25 AM / 6Shmee said:
Now I see it. That's hilarious. BTW, I had the same orange gerberas in my wedding bouquet (though I paired them with hot pink ones). You have great taste.
01.16.05 - 06:25 AM / 7Cheryl said:
I love this picture... it's moments like that you don't ever seem to forget!!
01.16.05 - 06:25 AM / 8Cheryl said:
Oh-- I forgot to ask... your flowers are so beautiful... what kinds are they?
01.16.05 - 06:26 AM / 9Ladybug said:
That is SUCH a Kodak Commercial.
Groovy!
01.16.05 - 06:27 AM / 10Eric said:
Funny I was just looking at your wedding pics last night. I love Jon's tie; I too wore tartan on my wedding day. It is a good omen.
01.16.05 - 06:30 AM / 11Susie said:
You crazy kids! That one made me laugh out loud, like the pix of Eli and the kazoo did.
01.16.05 - 06:31 AM / 12Dr. Johnny Fever said:
Heather, the look on your face looks like you need to take a wedding day dump.
01.16.05 - 06:32 AM / 13Bucky Four-Eyes said:
This looks more like a confrontation with paparazzi than a tripod adjustment. Just practice for fame, y'all.
01.16.05 - 06:32 AM / 14sab said:
nice picture!
01.16.05 - 06:33 AM / 15tiffany said:
THAT is the coolest picture ever. I love it. Sell it to bridal magazines. Ha, it looks like you're handling a drunken wedding guest.
JOHN: Come on, Uncle Hal, we'll call you a cab.
HEATHER: Did you seriously just throw up on my fucking cake?
01.16.05 - 06:35 AM / 16maxigumee said:
Haha, this is cute. You guys look so confused. :P
01.16.05 - 06:37 AM / 17Brooke from CT said:
WHAT a gorgeous wedding! I've been to Yosemite, and always thought what a great wedding spot it would make. You guys are living proof.
01.16.05 - 06:38 AM / 18the niffer said:
I love Emily's mom.
01.16.05 - 06:41 AM / 19Martha said:
ya'll r such a cute couple.
01.16.05 - 06:46 AM / 20e said:
awwww :-)
01.16.05 - 06:46 AM / 21Wicked H said:
Love overcame geekiness if only for a moment. Priceless.
Thanks for sharing!
01.16.05 - 06:49 AM / 22Rosalie said:
the gerber daisies are perfect
01.16.05 - 06:49 AM / 23Mrs.Strizzay said:
Is the wedding story on here somewhere?
01.16.05 - 06:52 AM / 24Karen Rani said:
You guys are so fucking adorable!
Hugs,
Karen
01.16.05 - 06:52 AM / 25arielle said:
no joke dooce, you have the longest arms i've ever seen on a woman. must come in handy for grabbing pop-tarts/doritos whilst remaining in sitting position for operation runway.
01.16.05 - 06:55 AM / 26cee said:
excellent! It's great to have all the blooper photos too!
01.16.05 - 06:58 AM / 27August95 said:
This is a great photo. I always love the odd ones.
01.16.05 - 07:04 AM / 28Kimberley H. said:
I want ot hear the story of your wedding dress, Heather. That one has been a LONG time comin'. Don't you remember? hahaha
01.16.05 - 07:10 AM / 29Kimberley H. said:
to hear**
oops.
01.16.05 - 07:10 AM / 30JuJuBee said:
These are the pics that we cherish, no? I see the attack of the curling iron !!
01.16.05 - 07:10 AM / 31Heatheranne said:
You look like you're thinking "Hurry up so I can get the fuck out of this dress."
01.16.05 - 07:12 AM / 32shauny said:
i wish i could frown and be sexy at the same time like youse too! hee hee.
01.16.05 - 07:15 AM / 33zanna said:
"I touch myself"
01.16.05 - 07:19 AM / 34Sarah said:
Yes, tell us the story of your dress!
01.16.05 - 07:21 AM / 35Colleen from NJ said:
Wow, that could be a laundry detergent commercial; you can smell the perplexed freshness.
So purty.
01.16.05 - 07:24 AM / 36Paige said:
Heh it looks like he opened the secret door to the Wiggles World.
01.16.05 - 07:26 AM / 37RazDreams said:
um...are you grabbing yourself? (we all do; it's okay.)
01.16.05 - 07:26 AM / 38Ariel said:
Why, I remember when it happened!
http://electrolicious.com/archives/2002/02/dooce_blurb.html
01.16.05 - 07:49 AM / 39the other Paula said:
The two of you look so confused, as if you're almost saying, "what the hell did we just do?" Very nice pic though, love your dress and flowers.
01.16.05 - 07:51 AM / 40jules said:
I hope that's the picture that's on the fireplace mantle!
01.16.05 - 07:52 AM / 41geeekgirl said:
I thought the pictures were taken by a photographer. Good job tripod!
01.16.05 - 07:54 AM / 42Beth said:
That is such a fab photo. I'd totally frame it and have it up in the house somewhere!
01.16.05 - 07:55 AM / 43Taylor said:
When you decide to come out with your own music album, like all celebrities do, this will have to be the cover.
01.16.05 - 08:08 AM / 44Amy said:
Awesome distortion..
Cute, funny, sexy, land-scapey, goofy, arty, beautiful and cool all at the same time: Only you two could pull that off by accident!
01.16.05 - 08:14 AM / 45Janie said:
Your expressions really make the picture.
Gorgeous. And gorgeous background, too.
01.16.05 - 08:16 AM / 46wendee said:
Great Picture! I don't know why your photo reminded me but, someone sent me a link to a website of Dumb Laws. I thought this was hilarious "Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk. " this is in the great state of PA. Laughed my ass off!
http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/legal-jokes/dumb-laws.html
It will give you a good laugh!
01.16.05 - 08:16 AM / 47LadyBug said:
Love the pic! And yes, I second (or third, or whatever) the request to hear the wedding dress story. I remember reading in the archives a promise of a story to come, but never actually the story itself.
There's another Ladybug here today! Helloooo!
01.16.05 - 08:20 AM / 48kEma said:
I was first HA! Dooce, I've got to admit this is the best pic u've ever posted. ANd by the way what have you done to your hair, its awsome :P
01.16.05 - 08:31 AM / 49Dara said:
LMFAO!!!
01.16.05 - 08:38 AM / 50Mrs.Strizzay said:
I was married in a court house where the ceromony took all of 4.7 minutes. And it was to cold to go take pictures outside. At least we cropped the prisoners out of the pics. And I was pregnant. SO PWT.
01.16.05 - 08:52 AM / 51Julie said:
Excellent. Heather, you were a gorgeous bride!
01.16.05 - 08:57 AM / 52Sarcomical said:
just LOOK at your gorgeous dress! i love it that you guys already knew what many of us marrieds found out after they wed - it's stupid to waste your money and energy on a ceremony for other people...making it personal and your own is the coolest way to go!
you guys are so funny in that pic.
01.16.05 - 08:57 AM / 53Stephanie said:
You both looked fabulous. Heather did you try the curlers again that day? I must say it looks fantastic.
01.16.05 - 09:04 AM / 54Holy Schmidt said:
Love the hair Heather!
01.16.05 - 09:08 AM / 55amy said:
You are a stunning couple - even when you are trying to figure out if the camera is working!
01.16.05 - 09:13 AM / 56Danielle said:
I really like this photo. I too, thought that you'd hired a photographer, or that the person who did your wedding ceremony was doubly-talented. So, I'm impressed at the use of the tripod and timer.
I went looking for your wedding pics, tried "wedding", "elope", and "hair disaster" in the search category.... but nothing pulled them up.
So, I'm going to take pity on anyone else who goes searching and post the link here:
http://www.dooce.com/photos/elopacious/
The third pic? Long arms and a steady hand, wow!
01.16.05 - 09:14 AM / 57Mir said:
See, now, I only have beautiful and posed pictures from my wedding, and I'm divorced. I firmly believe it's pictures like this that hold a couple together.
01.16.05 - 09:21 AM / 58JulieT said:
Heather, A good friend of mine (who reads my site and has subsequently become hopelessly addicted to Dooce) pointed out that it has been a while since you have done any albums like the Elopacious one and the others from trips, etc. So from one reader... they were awesome and I, for one, would love to see more of them. :)
01.16.05 - 09:22 AM / 59RazDreams said:
Danielle: the search on dooce's website seems to be case-sensitive. try searching with Capitals at the beginning of the words to see if that helps. likely, you also may have to have the word typed *exactly* as it is in the post (i.e., if the word is "eloped," you couldn't find it with just "elope"...that's what i'm thinking).
01.16.05 - 09:22 AM / 60DG said:
No.7 & No.12 = ♥
01.16.05 - 09:28 AM / 61Danna said:
I like that one alot.
01.16.05 - 09:30 AM / 62Gooooder said:
confusion
01.16.05 - 09:37 AM / 63romy said:
hehehe i love it.
01.16.05 - 09:40 AM / 64Mrs.Strizzay said:
I love 1, 2, *3*, and 14!!! (yes I just used 3 of em) So pretty!
01.16.05 - 09:41 AM / 65HoneyBunny said:
wow. what an amazing backdrop. you both look awesome. i hope that my b/f and i can take cool wedding day photos...whenever that day arrives ;)
01.16.05 - 09:44 AM / 66Southern Fried Girl said:
That is such a beautiful spot to get married. Good for you all for doing it your own way. :)
01.16.05 - 09:49 AM / 67Amanda B. said:
That scenery is surreal it's so beautiful.
I love the fact that you and Jon did that together. You just went off and got married, damn it. Took your own professional wedding photos, thankyou very much.
After the clusterfuck that was our wedding, I wish Scott and I had done the same damn thing. In fact, on our 10th anniversary, we just might.
01.16.05 - 09:55 AM / 68twisteduterus said:
nerdarific!
dag
01.16.05 - 09:56 AM / 69squish said:
I love this pic! Perfect wedding photo.
01.16.05 - 09:58 AM / 70squish said:
By the way, gorgeous dress!
01.16.05 - 10:00 AM / 71Kerri said:
hehehe. That's cute. :)
01.16.05 - 10:04 AM / 72Alena said:
Totally unrelated to the photo, but in regards to sex with fat men..
I read an article about the size issue with overweight men, and apparently the heavier a man is, the more his penis shrinks. Yes, you heard me, his penis shrinks. So it's scientifically proven that fat men generally have little bitties. I'm at a loss as to how to describe why, but maybe you can Google it.
01.16.05 - 10:11 AM / 73Kristine said:
I wouldn't even know where to start looking for my old wedding pictures ;)
THANK YOU INTERNET.
I will write up something formal and mushy for what you all did yesterday for Julia.
I had no idea how many awkward 13 year old adults who had been teased in school resided on Dooce.com's comment page.
You guys are fantastic and I love you for commenting for Julia...I wish I could just give everyone a hug. I got home and I read what you all wrote and cried. You guys are unbelievable and I am in awe of all of you.
As soon as I hear from Julia & her mom Laura, I will let you know what she said.
Thank you again!!
01.16.05 - 10:21 AM / 74Ash D said:
I also enjoy the word "RIFUCKINGDICULOUS"
01.16.05 - 10:26 AM / 75gardens grey said:
So beautiful!
01.16.05 - 10:31 AM / 76bb said:
You DO have large hands!
(not meant as an insult, since I admire you very much and check this website often)
lol
01.16.05 - 10:37 AM / 77Sarah said:
I was wondering if you got your dress at the place that advertised their selection of "hundreds of modest wedding dresses" for the modern Mormon bride.
Just kidding. You look lovely. :)
01.16.05 - 10:37 AM / 78Fran said:
The dress is beautiful! The flowers lovely. You look gorgeous. But I'm trying to figure out why you would marry a man whose head is three times the size of your head.
Oh, wait, my bad. It's all about the perspective. Carry on.
01.16.05 - 11:02 AM / 79Beth said:
Alena - I know why the fat man has the penis issue, and this may be too much info. As the man gets fatter, his mons pubis gets fatter, and the penis kinda gets enveloped by the fat. If he loses weight, the fat goes, and the knob goes back to normal. So it's not that his penis shrinks, it's just not um..fully displayed.
I just typed the words "mons pubis". Woah.
01.16.05 - 11:02 AM / 80Mrs.Strizzay said:
Fat man penis retraction on the next Extreme Makeover (home edition)
01.16.05 - 11:10 AM / 81SEK said:
Dooce, my husband and I were married on August 27, 2002, and my son was born on February 3, 2004. I just thought it was kinda cool our important dates were so close to yours. Beautiful!
01.16.05 - 11:24 AM / 82Flowers said:
Gerber Daisies and roses!
01.16.05 - 11:24 AM / 83jill said:
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. You're Gorgeous! And he ain't so bad either...
Always love your photo's... it's a daily addiction!
01.16.05 - 11:42 AM / 84christilee said:
That picture is fucking beautiful. I would marry you guys in a heart beat. Please excuse the ass kissing, but I am dead serious!
01.16.05 - 11:47 AM / 85another paula said:
My god yes! You do have incredibly long arms and large hands! I agree- I like your hair not curled like that.. yikes!
But- wow- is Jon hot without facial hair...wowwowowoww... is that why you encourage him to grow it? lolol...
01.16.05 - 12:07 PM / 86Meggan said:
Whoever said this looks kinda like a paparazzi picture was right. And you both look great.
01.16.05 - 12:25 PM / 87Alejandra said:
That's how I first learned about the blurbdoocery, your way cool wedding pics, as linked to by kottke.
01.16.05 - 12:27 PM / 88back to Chuckie said:
Ok, So maybe he doesn't have the "ridge" but he is SOOOOOOO the rest of the Ridgeback thing.....
http://www.akc.org/breeds/rhodesian_ridgeback/index.cfm
I am now lobbying for the naming of Chuck's 75% Rhodesian Ridgeback, 25% Retriver.
Heather? Any votes here? Am I close?
01.16.05 - 12:40 PM / 89bushra said:
you know what i like about those little daily photo icon thingies you have on your main page? it's that you never know what the big picture is going to be.
01.16.05 - 12:53 PM / 90Jonna said:
Dooce - Leta looks like you here. A LOT. Can you see it? I think that it's more apparent to see genetic links when people are making a face that isn't posed for a camera, but is very natural - this is not a face unlike the one that Leta made when she realized Santa wasn't you or Jon!
See? She *does* look like you! Hurrah!
01.16.05 - 01:06 PM / 91Gia on Guam said:
You look so much like Gwen Steffani here!
01.16.05 - 01:26 PM / 92Sue FromOhio said:
This photo, IMO, reminds me of Gwen Stefani in the What You Waiting For video....Heather's hair, the dress, all the colors...IMO...I LOVE IT!
01.16.05 - 01:31 PM / 93España said:
THAT is my kind of wedding picture!
01.16.05 - 02:11 PM / 94karen said:
even when you two are making little gargoyle faces, you still manage to produce an excellent photo. I'm completely irrirated by the entire concept.
01.16.05 - 02:22 PM / 95Harry said:
Ahhhhhhh..........Wedding Pic au naturale....the best and most memorable. Bewbie Newc!!
01.16.05 - 02:22 PM / 96Harry said:
that was bewdie newc!
01.16.05 - 02:23 PM / 97Nicole said:
Number 89: I don't think Chuck has any Ridgeback in him, but only because Ridgebacks weigh in the 100 pound range and AS CUTE AS CHUCK IS, I could totally take his ass. He weighs, what, around 40 pounds?
Anyway, I guess we're all trendy as fuck, because I had orange gerber dasies (at my Vegas wedding) too.
01.16.05 - 02:29 PM / 98Mrs.Strizzay said:
I had like 4 roses at my wedding. HELLO on a budget here people!
01.16.05 - 02:37 PM / 99trucmuche said:
Nice! Is it me or is the picture too stretched horizontally? Looks like the frame was designed for the D70's aspect ratio.
01.16.05 - 02:39 PM / 100the husband said:
This (and all of the wedding shots) was taken with the Nikon 990. We got married before the D70. I was a nervous wreck. Yes, I was getting married. But taking the photos was almost as stressful.
01.16.05 - 03:02 PM / 101Dazed & Confused said:
I agree, Karen Rani. They are sofa king adorable.
01.16.05 - 03:04 PM / 102liz said:
i guess i'm the only one that thinks one of the flowers in the thumbnail picture (in the upper right corner) looks like a scalloped carrot slice, huh?
yeah, i'm not surprised.
by the way- best. wedding. photo. ever.
01.16.05 - 03:05 PM / 103GSV Micturition to Windward said:
Single.
Never married.
No prospects.
Green with envy.
01.16.05 - 03:16 PM / 104trucmuche said:
Yes Jon, that's what I thought - not that you were nervous {what for anyway? You were marrying the doOchess!}, but that the picture was taken with the coolpix (4:3 ratio), which looks stretched on this page because it is made to fit the aspect ratio of the D70 (3:2).
Ok, enough geekery :-P
01.16.05 - 03:28 PM / 105tickled said:
Hey, SEK (#82): August 27 of '02 was a Tuesday, right? You were married on a Tuesday? Well, so was I. And the first thing my father (who'd flown clear across the country to attend) said was, "Let me ask you one thing: WHAT KIND OF GEEK GETS MARRIED ON A TUESDAY?!"
Anyway, congrats to you and dooce on your kiddies' birthdate.
2/3/4 is awesome!
01.16.05 - 03:35 PM / 106kristal said:
One of my favorite pictures so far! perfect timing
01.16.05 - 03:43 PM / 107mashed peas said:
I got married on a Tuesday too, Tickled. Now that I think of it, I think my first wedding was on a weekday too. (The dumbass I married insisted on the 4th of July)
No pictures, no flowers, paid witnesses. Call me romantic.
01.16.05 - 03:50 PM / 108Kimberley H. said:
Dress story please. ;)
01.16.05 - 03:53 PM / 109Danielle said:
2/3/4 is cool... and pretty soon(ish) we'll get to have 3/4/5
but I kinda think a 2/2/4 birthday is cool, because
A) it is reminiscent of 2+2=4
B) You get to celebrate on Groundhog's Day. And who doesn't love small furry creatures?
01.16.05 - 03:53 PM / 110Mrs.Strizzay said:
my son is 2-1-01
01.16.05 - 04:11 PM / 111Dr. Johnny Fever said:
To me, a Tuesday wedding is like taking a dump in the sink. Normal people just don't do that.
01.16.05 - 04:36 PM / 112Mrs.Strizzay said:
You and the poo Dr
01.16.05 - 05:00 PM / 113Girl.A said:
A Tuesday wedding pretty much guarantees you can get married in effin peace.
01.16.05 - 05:07 PM / 114Mrs.Strizzay said:
Umm Heather, I don't even HAVE CABLE. It doesn't make me sad. There is no Barney, no Boobahs or whatever the hell they are other than sex), no Wiggles, no none of that. And the GGlobes suck! I am watching them right now...it seems so amatuerish....is it just me?? But I *DO* like Moet.
01.16.05 - 05:13 PM / 115MrsDoF said:
Great wedding picture. Brave photographer. Lovely flowers.
Mine were Silk, and I kept them, in their little basket on the end table, until the third time we moved.
I'm with Mrs. Strizzay. No cable, but the antenna gets 3 good channels and 2 fuzzy ones. Rarely need to videotape.
The GG were turned off by the son so he could listen to a Chuck Mangione CD he bought at the thrift store. That horn is wonderful!!
01.16.05 - 05:40 PM / 116becca said:
It looks blindingly bright out. I love days like that.
01.16.05 - 05:55 PM / 117Peter Hentges said:
TiVo rocks. On toast.
01.16.05 - 06:00 PM / 118coskel said:
GSV Micturition to Windward said at 05:16PM, 01.16.2005:
Single.
Never married.
No prospects.
Green with envy.
Add that I'm all of the above AND 40, and the statistical averages pretty much make me suicidal. All of you women out there w/husbands, don't let the small shit get to you - I would be grateful for it!
01.16.05 - 06:02 PM / 119tickled said:
Oh come on, Fever! We're normal--well, relatively anyway.
It's just that it was Quarter Break at the U., see, and we only had a few days before classes started up again. If we married on Tuesday we could get the hell up to Vancouver for a two-day skiing honeymoon and be back in time for the groom's Saturday night gig, then rest up on Sunday--THAT's why.
And no, Girl.A, no effin' peace either. Well-attended ceremony followed by Big Party at folks' house, Tuesday notwithstanding.
01.16.05 - 06:19 PM / 120mrs. george #2 said:
Way to be a non-conformist, getting married on a Tuesday. I think I'll get married on MONDAY just to piss people off. How is this Monday looking for you, mom?
01.16.05 - 06:35 PM / 121me said:
Me and hubby eloped too. The ONLY way to go for a stress free wedding day.
01.16.05 - 06:41 PM / 122Mrs.Strizzay said:
Peter Hentges said at 08:00PM, 01.16.2005:
TiVo rocks. On toast.
*In France!!*
01.16.05 - 06:47 PM / 123jules said:
mrs.strizzay i don't have cable either :( how do i get by day to day... :(
01.16.05 - 06:55 PM / 124very mary said:
Yikes. You look about 45 and really ticked off. I am guessing that is not the one on the mantle.
01.16.05 - 07:19 PM / 125Harry said:
Girl.A.....now, thats the way to use profanities!!!
01.16.05 - 07:23 PM / 126Mrs.Strizzay said:
Cable is over rated. Although the shows are pretty great the only one I really miss is The Daily Show.
01.16.05 - 07:40 PM / 127Kristine said:
Must MUST have cable.
Family guy, Sopranos, & Ali G.
Check it! Respek!
01.16.05 - 07:51 PM / 128Todd said:
The groom is also the photographer?
Geeky
01.16.05 - 08:22 PM / 129GSV Micturition to Windward said:
When someone I know first found out I was born on 1 June, she just had to tell me that her birthday was only a few days later: 6 June.
To be even more specific, at 01:06 on 6/6/66. Looking at it another way: she was born 66 minutes into 6/6/66.
She gets a huge kick out of using all the sixes in her birthdate/time to creep out all the idiots who believe in crap like numerology, astrology, "the number or the beast", yadda yadda yadda. Get a few drinks into her and sit her down beside one of those idiots and the way she torments him will be a barrel of laughs.
01.16.05 - 08:24 PM / 130DeAnn said:
That's awesome. I'm glad you are going back and sharing this stuff with us.
01.16.05 - 09:04 PM / 131GEORGE! said:
mg2, monday is no good.
01.16.05 - 09:17 PM / 132mrs. george #2 said:
mom? is that you?
...OH, g boo! Well if monday's not good for you then how about sunday, because we can get a discount at ihop for the reception if we get married on sunday. plus, god would be really effing pissed.
01.16.05 - 09:20 PM / 133Kahli said:
Hi, it is 5:30pm in Manly and I am trying to figure out what time it is at home before I call and check on le kitty. 11:30 MST according to dooce.com...
Yay for dooce.com!
Lovely picture of one of the lovelier couples to saunter about lovely-ly.
Best to everyone!
01.16.05 - 09:36 PM / 134mg2 said:
it's 1:04 CST here, kahli. and boy, do i wish i were in "Manly"
01.16.05 - 10:04 PM / 135allison said:
i'm only 19 but that picture makes me want to get married reallllllllll bad
01.17.05 - 03:21 AM / 136Kahli said:
Dude, Manly is amazing and now it is midnight and I CAN'T SLEEP....
It is warm and sunny and mg2, I wish you were here as well... I would have someone to chat with. My husband is too tired to talk to me, I can really talk a lot if pressed, or bored on a clock that is sitting next to my bed in SLC...
Okay, time to try to sleep. Goodnight all. Goodnight moooon.
01.17.05 - 04:04 AM / 137beth said:
Oh-The Nikon 990, no wonder you are looking at the camera that way! I used to have one of those with this weird third-party battery pack and you I just never knew if it was going to work.
01.17.05 - 04:48 AM / 138