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Marry Me

growabrain — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:53:21 -0800

"What if I could get Neil Gaiman, our most fave author and fantasy writer, to help propose to my girlfriend?" A sweet tale of how Jason got Neil Gaiman to stage the proposal. (Video here. From Gravity Lens)

By: Pope Guilty

Pope Guilty — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:19:57 -0800

That's pretty awesome.

By: null terminated

null terminated — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:23:52 -0800

This is great Maui actually failed to notice Neil's dedication because she was so starstruck. It took him about three times to actually get her to read the darn thing. Maui (squealing, closing the book): Thanks!!! Neil: Aren't you going to read what I wrote? You have to read it.. Maui (opening the book, shrugging, then closing it again): Thanks!!! Me: You have to read the dedication... And she bent over to give Neil a kiss, STILL not noticing what was going on. Neil: You really have to read this...

By: aeschenkarnos

aeschenkarnos — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:26:37 -0800

Aww. That is sweet. :)

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:32:57 -0800

That is very sweet, and was very fun to read.

By: Epenthesis

Epenthesis — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:33:58 -0800

Adorable.

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:35:04 -0800

Site seems to be b0rked. (maybe it got dugg?) In any case, here's the Google Cache

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:40:16 -0800

never mind, it's loading fine now

By: Zephyrial

Zephyrial — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:51:13 -0800

Awwwwwwww. /gets all mushy

By: gemmy

gemmy — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:57:25 -0800

It's a very cute story, lots of "awwws" from me too. Nice too that Mr. Gaiman thought it was the best part of his visit to the Philippines.

By: cgc373

cgc373 — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:10:27 -0800

This is great! Thanks.

By: cytherea

cytherea — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 23:40:29 -0800

Really? It seemed kind of lame to me. But then I wouldn't want someone proposing to me on Oprah.

By: Stunt

Stunt — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:05:08 -0800

This was just fantastically neat. Thanks for posting this.

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:46:41 -0800

See Cytherea, if your fiance-to-be knew you well enough to want to marry you, they'd know what you'd find lame and what you wouldn't and would (hopefully) do something else. Celebrate differences - pointing out that one person's romantic gesture seems lame to you is about as tolerant and relevant as "Your Favourite Band Sucks", or posting to point out how little interest you have in TFA.

By: twistedonion

twistedonion — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:13:25 -0800

That was great, really cute.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:25:00 -0800

Really? It seemed kind of lame to me. I was all set to let go with two barrels of maximum snark as well. Geeks, sci-fi convention, book signing, famed comic writers, marriage -- everything that I hate in the world, all rolled up into a single post. But somehow it just kinda snuck under my skin and ended up making me feel all soppy inside. Bastards!

By: flibbertigibbet

flibbertigibbet — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:14:58 -0800

I have fav'd this to help get me through the low points in exam studying, heh. (No, seriously. It's that cute.)

By: jacalata

jacalata — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:34:47 -0800

Man, I usually react to 'cool' proposals with a snarky hate, but .... yea, this would thrill me.

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:21:22 -0800

Great story! A couple of additional links... A mention in Neil's journal. Maui's story: How Jason ruined my Neil Gaiman experience:

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:22:40 -0800

Oops... missed gemmy's link... sorry!

By: aclevername

aclevername — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:35:17 -0800

You know, I think I would marry just about anyone who got Neil Gaiman to ask me....

By: everichon

everichon — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:19:40 -0800

That was very sweet.

By: inconsequentialist

inconsequentialist — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:22:08 -0800

This made me smile. Another cute wedding proposal brought to you by the cast and crew of Scrubs.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:06:38 -0800

*SQUISH*

By: cmgonzalez

cmgonzalez — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:10:12 -0800

Aww, that's really sweet.

By: gummi

gummi — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:46:34 -0800

I hadn't planned on tearing up today. What a wonderful story.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:23:55 -0800

This is major stupid. This would be like if, God forbid, some woman wanted to marry me and convinced Janeane Garofalo to propose to me on her behalf. I'd melt into a puddle in my sneakers and be all like "Doris who?" It would not Wendell. Yeah this ain't none too bright. What you do is you get someone that makes you look better in comparison do the proposing. Like Don Rickles for example. Or Carrot Top. Or that Screech kid who used to be on Saved By The Bell... if he bathes first.

By: rtha

rtha — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:46:10 -0800

Major stupid? None too bright? How so? She did say yes!

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:57:24 -0800

"Major stupid? None too bright?" That's affirm. "How so? She did say yes!" I rest my case, Your Honor.

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:04:47 -0800

A true story: my friend and his girlfriend loved the Old 97s, and had a soft spot for their sweet proposal song "Question." They went to go see the Old 97s in concert, and my buddy decided that he would get them to play "Question" and he would propose to his girlfriend as the song played. He somehow managed to meet one of the band members before the show and asked, would they play it so he could propose. The guy said, sure thing. My pal went and joined his girlfriend and some of his friends, some of who knew what was going on. My friend was very nervous, having no idea just when in the show they would play the song. He had the ring in his pocket. Between each song he got jumpier and jumpier. They never played it. My friend found another way to propose and they have a daughter now, so it still ended well.