{"id":3065,"date":"2010-09-22T04:08:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T08:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=3065"},"modified":"2010-09-22T04:08:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T08:08:56","slug":"leading-edge-proposal-ftw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/leading-edge-proposal-ftw\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Edge proposal FTW"},"content":{"rendered":"

I witnessed a friend of mine propose to his girlfriend today…at one of the weekly meetings of The leading Edge. \u00a0It was awesome.<\/em><\/p>\n

We have this quirky tradition among Leading Edge slushpile readers (well, several actually). \u00a0On the whiteboard, someone will write “Today is _____ day,” and then that person or someone else will fill in the blank with a different colored marker.<\/p>\n

Well, when I showed up around 7:45, the message on the board was “Today is Multiple days,” with an asterisk that said “will be explained later.” Like most of the people there, I shrugged and didn’t think too much of it.<\/p>\n

Well, around 8:15, Neal got up and said “I think it’s time to explain what I mean by ‘Multiple days.'” He then went up and started explaining how it’s harvest day, some other day, something else…<\/p>\n

To be honest, we all kind of lost interest. \u00a0Then he wrote down “the twist that no one saw coming,” and I think we cracked some kind of joke at it, but most of us still weren’t paying attention.<\/p>\n

Then he wrote “Nyssa will you marry me?” and got down on his knees with a ring.<\/p>\n

It was fantastically awesome. \u00a0She screamed and went crazy, one of the girls got up with Neal’s phone and started taking pictures, and everyone clapped. \u00a0Some of the editors came over to see what was going on, and when they saw it, their eyes just went wide. \u00a0It was awesome.<\/p>\n

Man, this science fiction and fantasy stuff at BYU leads to so many marriages. \u00a0I can count at least half a dozen from Quark, and I’m sure there are a ton of others that were before my time. \u00a0I think the main reason for it is that these sf&f clubs and events bring us together in a low-pressure environment where we can all just be ourselves and have fun. \u00a0Friendships naturally lead to more-than-friendships when you don’t feel forced to date someone from the group every week (which is why Quark has just as many marriages, if not more, than most BYU singles wards).<\/p>\n

Anyhow, congratulations Neal and Nyssa! \u00a0I wish you both the best of luck! \u00a0May all your children grow up to be just as geeky as you both!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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