Genevieve + Arthur = 8.15.08

Today Arthur and I went to his parents house to give his sister a violin lesson. His other younger sister was there and she asked to come stay with us. We agreed, and headed back to our house in Eagle Mountain. While we were in the car, his sister found one of our wedding albums behind Arthur's seat. She pulled it out and was looking through it. When she was done, I spent some time flipping through the pages. It was funny to think that I hadn't really looked through them since I put the album together. I realized that I had never really shared my wedding video or pictures with most of my family and friends.

So, I uploaded the video and wedding photos for you to see. The video was shot by my friend Katie and then I edited it. Unfortunately, I had to reduce the quality because Blogger will only take 100MB in size... so you get the pixely version.

I really enjoyed making this video and it helps me remember the day, because I really can't remember too much of it. I had stayed up the night before packing, cleaning and enjoying a "bachelorette party" with Katie. Don't worry, we didn't party too hard... ;)

Here's the video and slideshow for you to see. Before you push play, just know that I say "HELLO!" really loud in the first few seconds. After that, you can turn your volume back up. If you'd like to see larger versions of the pictures, you can click on them and Photobucket should open in another browser. Let me know what you think!

Music in the video:
First song: Winter in August from Nanny McPhee Soundtrack
Second song: I Do by Jewel
Third song: Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole
Last song: Standing Still by Jewel

Blog-mazing

Hello friends (all 4 of you!) I didn't blog yesterday. That is ok. Remember, blogs that force their readers to endure "just beacuse I have to post everyday" entries usually suck. You're welcome.

Let's see... I haven't posted anything lately about what's been going on in my land. Ever since that job interview, my life has changed quite a bit. I was told last Friday that I didn't get the job and in that same conversation with my Manager I was told that they are moving me to another department. I now work for a different Manager in a different building doing basically the same job. I just have a better desk.

I'm pretty excited for next Monday beacuse my little brother will be starting at eBay as an agent doing what I train. So I may get a chance to train him, which is totally awkward and totally cool. I'm excited to be able to spend more time with him since he's been living out of state for so long. Hurray!

Speaking of brothers, my big brother's birthday is today! Happy Birthday, Lil Leenard! Our family is getting together tomorrow to go to dinner and have a birthday party. We usually take some pretty funny pictures at these parties, so I'll be sure to post them. :)

So, I do have a video I would like to share with you today. Before I post it, I would like to call out that YouTube has made some interesting changes since I last posted a video. I used to be a pretty avid YouTuber with almost 1,000 subscribers. That may not seem like a lot, but it was to me. :) I tried posting a video once a week when I could and I was pretty used to how YouTube worked. The new upload feature allows you to upload larger sizes of movies, which is cool. I'm just having a hard time figuring out how to make sure it is uploaded in widescreen. I will have to mess around with the features in my video editing program to see what I'm doing wrong.

In the meantime, here is the video I made of one of my favorite parts of one of my favorite cities in the world. Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. This was taken when Arthur came to visit me while I was up there for work. This Aquabus is used kind of like a small ferry or water taxi. I'm not sure many Canadians actually rely on it to get around, but it is still a cool feature of this beautiful city. Enjoy!

The First Day of Fall

Hurray! It's the first day of fall! Fall is probably my favorite season because it's cool enough that I can layer, layer, layer. I also don't have to deal with snow and I still have many sunny days left until the snow falls.

One of my first dates with Arthur was driving up the Alpine Loop and seeing all of the trees with their fall color. This is a video I took last year when we went again. It was so beautiful! I hope you enjoy. :)

Tim Burton Movies FTW

Arthur and I went to see a movie this weekend called 9. It was really good. I thought the little gunny sack people were so cute. It was kind of a combination of Coraline and Wallee. It was pretty intense, some of the characters in it were pretty creepy. The movie is directed by Tim Burton, which made it really cool. I like most all of Tim Burton's movies. The only one I didn't like was Sweeney Todd, and only because it was so gory. I like the music from Sweeney Todd, and I like Johnny Depp.

Speaking of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, I'm excited about a new movie that is coming out soon. It's going to be pretty awesome. I'm a big fan of Alice in Wonderland because of the song that Jewel sings. I also like the references from Gwen Stefani's album. The original movie is pretty good too. There is a new movie that is directed by Tim Burton that has Johnny Depp in it called Alice in Wonderland. I'm really excited to see it. It comes out in March, which is awhile away, boo.

I've got the trailer for both 9 and Alice in Wonderland for you. You're welcome. :)

Here is the trailer for 9:


Here is the trailer for Alice in Wonderland: