When I say 'shotgun' you say 'wedding'

From friendsorenemies.com:

"While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm that we are expecting our first child. This is truly the most joyous time in our lives and we are excited to share the happy news and start our family."

- Pete and Ashlee Wentz



I should have known, because in Hollywood, as in the Geinoukai in Japan, there's no wedding without a baby. While in this case, I am a fan of the father, I feel that anything I have to say concerning dekichatta kekkon aka shotgun weddings, has already been said when the dozens of other artists I liked had them.

Ashlee seems kind of young, but then again, Namie was 20, and she did fine, so who knows. And one one hand, I can't imagine Pete as a father, but on the other, I think he'll be a really good one. And anyway, it's not my place to have misgivings, so I just want to be happy for them. I can imagine they are both over the moon about it.

So congratulations to Pete and Ashlee.

my graduation...la la la la

I think I never actually put up a congratulations message for Em, so congrats for making it safely out of college in one piece! ;)

Uncle Mike just sent me some photos from the graduation, and they're really nice. Em looks so happy, and everyone looks so proud. I almost started crying actually. I wish I could have been there with everyone.

I also wish I had had a graduation. When I decided not to go to the May ceremony, my parents kept telling me I'd regret it, but...I don't. Because that class wasn't my class. All my friends had graduated the previous May. And at the time, graduation was about graduating with your friends.
And I don't regret not going to that ceremony, because I think it would have been meaningless, really.

But I wish I'd gotten my act together to appear in the ceremony with all my friends, especially because of all the great college traditions we had surrounding graduation. Not just for the experience, but because it really gives your family a chance to celebrate.

As it was, graduating in Decemeber, I never really got that. I wish there'd be some kind of ceremony however small, for the December graduates. Half the family didn't even know I'd graduated. I wouldn't have cared so much, except that Em graduated from high school that same year, and had a ceremony, and was congratulated and feted by everyone, and I felt...cheated out of that somehow. Like, I just graduated from *college* here. It stung a little.
Even thought I have to admit that I do think I could have handled it better, could have had a party or sent out notices or what not. Oh well.

I don't know. I have some confusing feelings surrounding my own graduation.

But Em's looked like everything one would wish for in a graduation, so that's really awesome.

I don't know if I get to say this as your sister, but I'm proud of you, Em!