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01:26 pm
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Marjorie's wedding, my first deposition
So Marjorie's wedding was beautiful. There were quite a number of travesties, but none of them affected the actual ceremony. It started with the airline's losing my suitcase on my flight there so that Marjorie and I had to go to Wal-Mart to buy an outfit for me to wear to her bachelorette party. On the big day, the hairdresser was an hour late (she had five women's hair to fix); one bridesmaid ran out of formula for her child and had to go buy some more; she, another bridesmaid, and some groomsmen got stuck in a car with a flat tire; and there was torrential rain and flooding. However, we did manage to get Marjorie married. I can't begin to say how beautiful she looked or how happy she and James seemed to be. I don't know that I've ever seen her smile so much.
Nicole, another bridesmaid and Marjorie's college roommate, was a blast. She and I had met previously, but we really hit it off the before the wedding. We decided that being a McBride bridesmaid is the best job in the world. Marjorie picked out lovely dresses to flatter both of us. We got presents every time we attended any function. Everything was planned, and we had only to show up. We had very little responsibility and very much fun. It's also great to be a bridesmaid and have the fun of teasing the bride and groom who have no way of responsing in kind.
Sadly, I had to return to Raleigh. I started full-time court reporter work on Thursday. I spent my first day working on a combination written/audio course on the use of the stenomask. This is an old course. One of the exercises was to take the dictation of a case in which the witness, a Mrs. Smith, spoke of waking up in the middle of the night to find her husband's bed empty and un-slept-in. Did you know that husband's and wives had separate beds before the seventies? Anyway, it is quite monotonous, and I still have quite a bit to go.
On Friday I went with another court reporter to observe my first deposition. While getting dressed up smartly and driving to Smithfield was interesting, listening to old white men argue about whose fault it is that wet insulation caused mold in a manufactured home and about the legal expert status of a home inspector was not. I didn't know what to think when one of the old, white attorneys walked in, saw the court reporter and myself, and said, "We have two pretty girls!" Was I supposed to act bashful and say "Thank you" or stand up for the dignity of my position?
When I am doing the court reporting myself, I will have to bring my own Bible with which to swear in witnesses. I wonder if I have one official-looking enough. My Meredith KJV Bible is leather-bound and has gilded pages, but it also has the Meredith seal on the front. Some people, I am told, won't swear for religious reasons. In that case, I would have to "affirm" them. And I wonder, may an atheist refuse to swear, or does one have to profess religious beliefs to be allowed to refuse on religious grounds?
I have made another Myers-Briggs convert. I sent my sister Rachel a copy of the David Keirsey book for her birthday, and she's hooked. She has tested as an ISFP. All my family are Ss. How did an N like me get in there? And I've wondered for some time now whether M-B traits, particularly S or N, are somewhat hereditary. Are N parents more likely to have N children? If so, is it hereditary or environmental? David Keirsey seems to think these traits inborn. I know some families I would classify as all Ns. Hmmm.
Happy Independence Day!
Current Mood:  good
Current Music: Moulin Rouge "Tango de Roxanne"
Tags: marjorie, myers-briggs, work
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11:43 am
[Link] | I submitted the poem to an lj Quenya community for review. It is now corrected thus:
( Vestalelindë Marillen )
Translated:
( Wedding Hymn for Marjorie )
Tags: elvish, marjorie, quenya
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08:59 am
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Leylean vestalen meldanildenyo Texasenna; I go to my best friend's wedding in Texas
Of course, the wedding isn't until this Saturday. But I'm down here helping out in the week-before arrangements. Yesterday I and Marjorie's friend Nicole threw her bachelorette party, actually more of a lingerie shower. We had a blast. I thought it really amusing that my gift was considered "shocking." I thought it rather conservative.
I'm now staying at Marjorie's apartment in Baton Rouge, Louisianna. Last night we stayed with her Mamaw and had homemade Cajun shrimp gumbo. Can life hold any greater joy?
One of Marjorie's cats decided to take and hide my watch. I haven't found it yet.
And I finally gave Marjorie the special gift I had for her. I knew that only she and I would appreciate it. She has the honor of being the recipient and subject of my first original Quenya composition. I worked very hard, but I'm afraid there might be some errors in it.
Vestalelindë Marillen
Ercassenen
Marillë, lótë nission,
Anvanima marillion,
Ammelda nildë, laitanyel
Endanyo tenna Tarmenel,
Ar hantan Eru annaryen,
Ai! Hantan Ataremma lyen.
Lyen merin ilyë alassë
Vestalerélya sinassë.
Osellë, seler anwa lá
Ar sanda lá onórë ná,
Utúlien si lá rúcan,
An úval auta, vë istan.
Vernonya aran cemenna,
Ar Enderemma Aran na.
Ai! Túra Aran Ambaro!
Marillë indis arano!
Roughly translated:
Wedding Hymn for Marjorie (name meaning "pearl")
by Holly
Marjorie, flower of women,
Most beautiful of pearls (or, "of Marjories"),
Dearest friend, I bless thee
From my soul to the highest heaven,
And I thank God for his gift,
O! I thank our Father for thee.
To thee I wish all joy
On this, thy wedding day.
Sister (in spirit), truer than a sister,
And more abiding than a blood-sister is,
I have come now without fear,
For thou art not going away, as I know.
Thy husband is a king on earth,
And our Bridegroom is (the) King.
O! The King of the world is coming!
Marjorie is the bride of the king!
Most of the "king" comments refer to her fiance's last name -- King. Then there are the Christian references -- our Father God and our Bridegroom Christ the King.
Tags: elvish, marjorie, quenya
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