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    • #1259

      toad32r
      Spectator

      Time to make an official announcement. 8)

    • #38704

      manillascissor
      Keymaster

      Cool! 8)

    • #38705

      mr.benway
      Spectator

      Cool, indeed! 8)

    • #38706

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      awesome!

      She’s a lucky gal getting proposed to in a beautiful place like that-good choice ;)

      Best wishes!

    • #38707

      blueczarina
      Spectator

    • #38708

      some pumpkins
      Spectator

      congratulations to arthur and shannen!

    • #38709

      amnesia
      Spectator

      congratulations!!!! :)

    • #38710

      Oh wow. Proficiat!

    • #38711

      oh, congratulations! :D that looks like a beautiful place! is the wedding going to take place there too?

      and very cool wedding date! it will be easy to remember your anniversaries :P

      which pumpkins song are you going to have played?

    • #38712

      Arthur
      Spectator

      oh, congratulations! :D that looks like a beautiful place! is the wedding going to take place there too?

      and very cool wedding date! it will be easy to remember your anniversaries :P

      which pumpkins song are you going to have played?[/quote:3v2zma0m]
      The wedding will be in the Municipal Office of The Hague (city where we live), not in the Keukenhof I’m afraid. :wink:

      And yeah, it’s an awesome date indeed, since 9 is a Chinese lucky number also, meaning eternity…

      I’m risking a spank from Shannen now, as she wanted to surprise everybody with our song choices, but I guess nobody here will attend the wedding ceremony anyway, so why not telling here already… These 2 songs we choose so far, and we didn’t change our minds till now, so I guess they will be played:

      Entering the ceremony (Within Temptation – Our Solemn Hour)

      [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMSS3pW_GLw[/youtube]

      Signing the papers etc. (no introduction needed… :wink: )

      [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQSxwzOngMU[/youtube]

    • #38713

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      excellent choices although you must be planning a very dramatic entrance and rightfully so for your wedding. :wink: and Tonight, Tonight is a perfect pumpkin choice of course. 8)

      and i decided to check out Without Temptation the other day- awesome band. 8) i downloaded four albums. and that same woman sings the Armin Van Buuren track In and Out of Love.

    • #38714

      Tion
      Spectator

      congratulations, arthur. iam happy for you!

    • #38715

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Thanks guys! :D

      Our wedding card…

    • #38716

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      I like it!!
      did Shannen make these?

    • #38717

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      they are pretty :)

    • #38718

      amnesia
      Spectator

      Those are very pretty indeed. :)

      Im so happy for you guys! :D

    • #38719

      Arthur
      Spectator

      I like it!!
      did Shannen make these?[/quote:3dr8jlu7]
      Shannen wanted to make them first, but when a friend of her offered to do it, we kindly took that offer. So we got 5 of those beautiful handmade cards, for the witnesses and the Master Of Ceremony. Also she made a little, but absolutely stunning, guestbook in the same style. It all looks very cool indeed… :)

    • #38720

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      how sweet of your friend to do that for you both. Got to love friends and the gift they provide (not wedding gifts, their friendship ;) )!! Neat a guest book too. I am so excited for you both :D
      Are you guys writing your own vows too?

    • #38721

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      Congratulations, Arthur and Shannen, two Siamese Twins… Each of whom shall someday own a PC keyboard each! To great times: KER-LINK. :=)

    • #38722

      Marcella
      Spectator

      CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

      I’m so so so glad to read this!

      PS:

      Whoa, 999? 666! 69?

    • #38723

      Arthur
      Spectator

      PS:

      Whoa, 999? 666! 69?[/quote:2g0lddz2]
      999 is 3 Chinese lucky numbers in a row, 666 is the number of the biblical beast, and 69 is a pleasant sexual position. And? :lol:

    • #38724

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Are you guys writing your own vows too?[/quote:24zbx3au]
      No, that is not very common to do in NL actually, so it didn’t slip our minds so far… The ceremony will go like this: a host will receive the few guests and bring them to their chairs. Then the music starts (first song) and Shannen and me enter the room and walk to our chairs and sit down. Meanwhile the guests are applauding maybe, I don’t know. In our case, we get married in the Eastern style 1001 Nights room, so the chair of the couple will be with canopies and all… should be very romantic, I guess. Then the wedding official will do a speech in English and Dutch, then Shannen and me exchange our wedding rings, then sign the official wedding papers with the witnesses (meanwhile song 2, the Smashing Pumpkins, will be played! 8) ), and then after a few additional words from the wedding official the whole thing will be over… in just 20 minutes I guess?

      This is a pic of the room where we go after the ceremony, where we will shake hands with the guests:

    • #38725

      Arthur
      Spectator

      excellent choices although you must be planning a very dramatic entrance and rightfully so for your wedding. :wink: and Tonight, Tonight is a perfect pumpkin choice of course. 8)

      and i decided to check out Without Temptation the other day- awesome band. 8) i downloaded four albums. and that same woman sings the Armin Van Buuren track In and Out of Love.[/quote:21g1we3l]
      Dramatic? Dramatic you say? We will ROCK the joint through the roof! :lol:

      But yeah, Sharon den Adel is quite the singer indeed. Within Temptation is Shannens’ favourite band, and I like that band too of course, otherwise I wouldn’t want them on our wedding… :wink: So we had no issues picking the 2 songs for the ceremony, as Shannen came up with the Smashing Pumpkins song, and I came up with the song of Within Temptation, and we both did not protest at all to each others’ choices… :wink:

      _

    • #38726

      Marcella
      Spectator

      Yummy, what will you eat? :D

    • #38727

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Yummy, what will you eat? :D[/quote:3fuya0up]
      The restaurant calls it the PUUR! Menu.

      It contains of 4 starters:

      -Soup of sweetbreads with wild boar salami and chicory
      -Fried clams with pimento despelette and cress
      -Vitello tonnato
      -Tartar of beef with potato salad and lukewarm mustard gravy

      Then, at choice, the main dish:

      -Turbot with fried spinach, homemade fries and beurre noisette
      Or
      -Fried Charolais beef loin with braised legs, mashed peas, fried mushrooms and celeriac fondant served with a gravy

      Dessert:

      -Banana Cake served with coconut ice cream & a cool sauce

      Finally, a surpise course:
      -That’s a surprise, of course! :lol:

    • #38728

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      mmm, banana cake. sounds tasty.

      and that’s a cool room you will be getting married in. :)

      so are all dutch weddings kind of like that process wise?

    • #38729

      some pumpkins
      Spectator

      im such dork.

      arthur, i know who the manufacturer is of those chandeliers that are hanging in your reception room. if they’re the glass ones, they’re by \"archeo vencie\" (pronounced ar – chee – o – vee – nee – che’) if they’re the silk ones, they’re by \"fortuny\". both made in italy. they’re absoultely beautiful in person. and ridiculuosly expensive! we have one in the showroom. although ours is a single tier, unlike the 3 tier ones shown in the picture.

      and banana cake sounds really good right now!

    • #38730

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      yeah, i want banana cake right now.

      and what kind of place do you work in Brandon? is it some interior design place? and i didn’t know Fortuny made lights. i tend to think more of the gown he designed. :wink:

    • #38731

      some pumpkins
      Spectator

      i work at a chandelier showroom.

      and i didnt know fortuny made gowns! i only knew he/she/they were known for their silk chandeliers.

    • #38732

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      haha, i guess we both learned something new then. :wink: it was back in the day though mainly. Mariano Fortuny, the company’s namesake, designed the delphos tea dress. its a grecian inspired dress with this silk satin pleated fabric. he designed other pieces, but they all kind of had a Mediterranean/ grecian feel to them and this particular fabric for the most part.

    • #38733

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Funny that you receognized the style… Based on your info I looked up those artists/firms and here they are. Very interesting, thanks Brandon! (and see, Smashing Pumpkins fans ARE normal people after all, they do have jobs, and sometimes they even work in chandelier shops… :wink: )

      http://www.fortuny.com/Home.html

      http://www.archeovenicedesign.com/

    • #38734

      some pumpkins
      Spectator

      thanks for the history lesson blue. those chandeliers are a tough sell! who’s got like $4000 – $6000 to spend on a chandelier? the rich people who have an ocean view do!

    • #38735

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      no problem. i love fashion and design. i live for that stuff. and its interesting to know he made light fixtures too.

      and yeah, you would have to be loaded to own one of those. they are pretty though.

    • #38736

      some pumpkins
      Spectator

      really pretty, but very gaudy. i’m more into transitional stuff like this…

    • #38737

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      that’s pretty too. its kind of deco-ish.

    • #38738

      Marcella
      Spectator

      That’s really cool up there.

      Chandelier showroom, that sounds like a nice place to be in. Very….showy.

      And I crave the coconut ice cream so bad, after several days of schorching hot weather. It’s finally raining, though. We’re barely touching 25 celsius and I’m cold! Wonderful.

      When the day of the wedding comes, I’ll be thinking about you guys and giggling to myself.

    • #38739

      Tion
      Spectator

      oh wow, the room looks stylish.
      do you have children or/ and wanna have more pumpkids?
      cause soon its wedding night, sir :P

    • #38740

      Arthur
      Spectator

      No children yet, we are still practising from the book how to have children, and after the wedding we might try some of the examples shown in the book. Seems like fun… Besides, we are still very young to have kids… :wink:

      Oh, happy birthday, Shannen! Muah!

    • #38741

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      yeah you are too young to have children how would that work :lol:

      if ya like I’ll pay you to take mine on ROFL (just kidding)

      8 more days :P

    • #38742

      OMG ONE MORE WEEK! :o :shock: :P

      dancing bananas!!!

    • #38743

      amnesia
      Spectator

      :lol: :lol:

    • #38744

      Arthur
      Spectator

      dancing bananas!!!

      [/quote:q3qwqu94]
      I feel like that purple banana in the middle, man! what an emotional rollercoaster, this wedding shit… :lol:

    • #38745

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      Finally I’m back online and have the use of an Enter key too (don’t ask).

      Arthur and Shannen, congratulations and may many infinite great times ensue! :) 8)

      Small gift digitally (hope you don’t already have this), I forgot your mailing address after our romance fizzled out:

      All the very best to you two, don’t forget to cry and everything like big babies. :wink: :)

      http://www.sendspace.com/file/mrvl8j

    • #38746

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      OMG ONE MORE WEEK! :o :shock: :P

      dancing bananas!!!

      [/quote:21jroefu]

      OMG! they are back :lol: and so is Dazey! :)

    • #38747

      Pipoka
      Spectator

      So cool to read this!!!
      I’m happy for you! :D

    • #38748

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Small gift digitally (hope you don’t already have this), I forgot your mailing address after our romance fizzled out:[/quote:1rfi89rv]
      No, this is actually a VERY nice surprise, I have been looking for this (not very intense though) but I had never run into it so far. The full audio of Glass And The Machines Of God in FLAC format… wow! :shock:

      It’s very cool to listen to all that Machina II tunes coming back in these Glass soundscapes! 8)

      Dazey Romance switched to ON mode, mailing address provided again by pigeon courier… :lol:

    • #38749

      hey dazey! welcome back!

      it’s getting close arthur! i’m excited for you two! :D

    • #38750

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      it is getting close. in 6 days you will be Mr. and Mrs. SPfreaks. :P

    • #38751

      Arthur
      Spectator

      so are all dutch weddings kind of like that process wise?[/quote:23aavmxs]
      Yeah I guess so, I’m not that experienced with getting married. This is my first time, and hopefully only time too. :wink:

      One can also get married in a church, but we are not really religious, so we skip that.

      it is getting close. in 6 days you will be Mr. and Mrs. SPfreaks. :P[/quote:23aavmxs]
      :lol: :lol: :lol:

      And thanks last_rose, and believe me, in my head it jumps up and down all the time. Nervous, excited, but firm to go all the way. Over the years that I know Shannen, I have grown to be very attached to her. She is quite something, you know… 8)

      On a not-so-sidenote, I was just looking at some pics of the day in April that I proposed her by surprise, and this one is taken on the actual spot, just after the proposal… And look, who was with us! :lol:

    • #38752

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      :shock: Billy was stalking you two :lol:

      good choice in my opinion with skipping the church thing ;)

    • #38753

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      yes, and good choice in shirt 8)

    • #38754

      Tion
      Spectator

      you both look very relaxed and happy.
      love must be something beautiful, i guess.

    • #38755

      9/9/9?

      THAT’S TOMORROW!

      /slow

      Nice one, Arthur :wink:

    • #38756

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      tomorrow is the big day
      good luck you two!!!

    • #38757

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      yes, have fun you two. :)

    • #38758

      some pumpkins
      Spectator

      happy wedding day guys!

    • #38759

      160 more minutes… :o

      van harte gefeliciteerd, allebei. ik ben erg blij voor jullie. maak er een mooie dag van. :)

    • #38760

      Tion
      Spectator

      Congratulations Shannen & Arthur!
      Die Allerherzlichsten Glückwünsche von mir.

    • #38761

      Marcella
      Spectator

      CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

    • #38762

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      Happy Wedding day..
      you are now married
      Honeymoon it up tonight ;)

    • #38763

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      <a href="http://www.hotglitters.net/:2fncw5q7][/url:2fncw5q7″>

    • #38764

      Danni
      Spectator

      Happy marriage Artie!

      Hope everything is wonderful today. :P

    • #38765

      Pipoka
      Spectator

      Congratulations!!!!

      Have a happy happy day! :)

    • #38766

      amnesia
      Spectator

      congratulations Arthur and Shannen :)

    • #38767

      manillascissor
      Keymaster

      *awaiting pictures*

    • #38768

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      yes ^^ i want to see the dress. :P

    • #38769

      Arthur
      Spectator

      *awaiting pictures*[/quote:ovlw1vmz]
      Coming, coming… we couldn’t take them ourselves, so a few other people took them. We are waiting for them to send us the downloadlinks! The official photographer made between 500 and 600 pictures! Wow! :lol:

      Little update already: it was an awesome day, in all it’s spectacular intimicy. Some things of course went wrong (our preferred wedding car had a window smashed 2 days before the wedding, thank you Dutch hooligans!, the wedding official made some tiny mistakes in her speech (as if we cared, not…) and they almost played the same song twice… and my ego, stubborn father didn’t show up as expected. Unlucky him :P ). But the whole day was big fun and very special. Looking at my girlfriend Shannen (can I say now: my wife Shannen? Guess so! :wink: ) and saying YES to her was very cool. I wasn’t as nervous as I thought beforehand, and the ceremony was over before you know it. Then the photoshoot afterwards took ages, but was fun also. I looked forward to the dinner in the Henricus restaurant, and that was a smasher indeed. We all enjoyed our food! And we were with 6 only, which makes it more fun for us. Tell more when the pics are there OK?

    • #38770

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      wow sounds nice…can hardly wait to see the pics!
      and no wedding ever goes as planned…it’s just the way it is :P

    • #38771

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      sounds like a great time… i can’t wait to see pics either :)

    • #38772

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Oh I forgot a funny little detail, which would have come up with the pics anyway I’m sure, but I can’t hold it back now… When we left the wedding ceremony, and got back to our cars, there was a TV/Internet reporter standing there. She wanted to interview us about getting married on this special date 09-09-09, so we agreed on a little interview… It might be online on the TV West website tomorrow, she said! 8)

    • #38773

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      that’s really neat. 8)

    • #38774

      Arthur
      Spectator

      The first batch of pics was just emailed to me, here are a few I quickly picked…

      Photo shoots take AGES! :lol:

      (By the way, the girl taking pics is Ayu, the witness of Shannen.
      And the guy in the background is RedWolf himself, my brother, the builder of SPfreaks.com, and my witness. 8) )

      In front of the town hall, just before the ceremony started

      My beautiful wife, in the restaurant :oops:

    • #38775

      Tion
      Spectator

      im happy for you!
      :D

    • #38776

      Tion
      Spectator

      ha, you posted the fotos quick :shock:
      wow, your WIFE looks beautiful, arthur.
      and you are looking elegant.

      again, concratulations!

    • #38777

      manillascissor
      Keymaster

      wow, shannen is looking hott!

      and so are you! good job!

    • #38778

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      oh, you look so pretty Shannen. i love your dress. its cute and Summery. and you both look very elegant.

    • #38779

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      OH WOW Shannen is absolutely gorgeous!! Arthur you look happy :D
      nice pics..we want some more

    • #38780

      amnesia
      Spectator

      Awesome pictures!
      You guys look really gorgeous indeed, im so in love with Shannens dress. :)
      You look hott in a smoking, Arthur. :)

    • #38781

      Pipoka
      Spectator

      You both look beautiful and elegant! Shannen hits 10 points from head to toe. the hair looks amazing, the dress is so pretty and elegant! You look great too Arthur!
      :D

    • #38782

      Marcella
      Spectator

      Shannen looks STUNNING, the dress looks beautiful on her. And oh, you looks so radiant and happy, Arthur! Once again, congratulations! :D :D :D

    • #38783

      congrats Arthur and Shannen! you both look amazing! :D

    • #38784

      Danni
      Spectator

      Yeah, what has and hasn’t been said?

      You look like a terriffic couple, guys. May it last forever :)

    • #38785

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Thank you guys, thank you, thank you! Wow! :oops:

      In the meantime, we made it to the TV West internet documentary! :P

      http://www.westonline.nl/nieuwsitem/34340 (click on Waarom 09-09-09 TV symbol)

      or go straight to the little movie:

      http://www.westonline.nl/video/nieuws/4006

    • #38786

      yay! :D

    • #38787

      Arthur
      Spectator

      And we are on YouTube!

      (OK, I did it myself, but hey, we want our split second of internet fame also sometimes, you know…) :lol:

      [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8mMdGGCWWY[/youtube]

    • #38788

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      that’s really neat. :)

    • #38789

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Yeah, I said something about 9 being a Chinese lucky number for eternity, and how we were lucky that another couple cancelled their wedding so we could jump in on 09-09-09. Also I mentioned that when the wedding department called me, and said that this date was fully booked already, I replied with some silliness about \"you can just shove us into the toilet, and marry us there, if you like…\" :lol:

      And here are already a few teasers from Ayu her pics… :shock: 8) :shock:

      __

    • #38790

      some pumpkins
      Spectator

      you guys make such a beautiful couple. i hardly know you guys but i truly wish the best for you both.

    • #38791

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      I love the shoe picture! The picture of you 2 is a good one. You both look great!! I am really happy for you both :D

    • #38792

      Danni
      Spectator

      And Arthur, you resemble of Billy Corgan in the thirty-three video.

      Great video, congratulations really! Thumbs up.

    • #38793

      Im a Cult Hero
      Spectator

      Wow I’ve been absent from here for too long.
      Sorry for being late with the congrats, but : Congratulations!
      I can’t really add to whats been said already, so I’ll just echo it and say
      you both really did look stunning.
      Wish you both all the best in your new life as a married couple :)

    • #38794

      Tion
      Spectator

      And Arthur, you resemble of Billy Corgan in the thirty-three video.

      Great video, congratulations really! Thumbs up.[/quote:120qqpso]

      i thought the same!
      without classes you would look like billy on 33.
      :shock:

    • #38795

      great pictures! the shoe pic is very artistic :)

    • #38796

      Arthur
      Spectator

      We just received the last batch of wedding pics. Rock on! 8) :lol:

    • #38797

      Anonymous
      Spectator

    • #38798

      amnesia
      Spectator

      We just received the last batch of wedding pics. Rock on! 8) :lol:

      [/quote:36p714sr]

      I love this picture. 8) Rock on. :lol:

    • #38799

      heehee that’s awesome! :D

    • #38800

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      This is the best picture ever!!!
      my favorite :D

    • #38801

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      haha, that is the best pic. :D very kick ass 8)

    • #38802

      some pumpkins
      Spectator

      rock on indeed.

    • #38803

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      So…has anything changed now that you have tied the knot so to speak? :lol:

    • #38804

      Arthur
      Spectator

      Hehehe, no, not really… Should something change then? :wink:

      But we did get another surprise from our boss, last Friday we had a little party in office for the colleagues, and our boss offered us a night in a Starwood hotel called Hotel Des Indes. We spend there the night from Friday to Saturday, and we were allowed to stay the Saturday also, oh boy oh boy… :shock:

      In this very same hotel President Eisenhower, Winston Churchill, The Spice Girls, you name it, stayed also… The bed was awesome, we had a Continental and American Breakfast on bed, champagne, we did a beauty treatment, Shannen added a pedicure to it, and we finished it all with a 4 course English High Tea… 8)

      Here’s a compilation of pics:

    • #38805

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      ^ Phew, very nice. :)

      Now we know where the name King Arthur came from!

    • #38806

      blueczarina
      Spectator

      whoa, fancy! and your boss must really love you. :wink:

    • #38807

      Anonymous
      Spectator

      wow…that looks like a very nice place. Lucky kids ;)

    • #38808

      looks like a beautiful hotel! :)

    • #38809

      toad32r
      Spectator

      I haven’t been around 4 awhile, so congrats to u, i wish u and your wife nothing but great things my friend.

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