August 2012
12 posts
Out-of-Town Guests: Save The Date via Livestream
Near, far, wherever you are…Open your own bottle of champagne, dance in your slippers, and attend Save The Date remotely via Livestream. (Sorry, no virtual bouquet or garter tosses!)
Live stream by Ustream
An Invitation For You to Save The Date
Proposal? Check.
First Date? Check.
Engagement Photo? Check.
Dress Rehearsal? Check.
All that is left is The Big Day, and…
…You are Invited!
Dress up in your finest! Bring your dancing shoes (and some tissues)…
Please join Kathryn and her suitors as they join together in an hour of ups and downs, highs and lows, and experience the kind of emotional spectrum one comes...
Six days until The Big Day
The proposals are in and voting is closed!
Kathryn picked 6 suitors herself, and the 7th was chosen by public vote on the Save The Date Facebook event page.
Voting took place from August 2nd to August 3rd at 5pm. To assist in Kathryn’s (and the public’s) decision-making, suitors completed a short questionnaire and submitted a photograph of themselves.
And the Lucky #7 Suitor...
A Proposal from Eames Armstrong: A Blogger's...
“Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire. The emotion derives from a double contact: on the one hand, a whole activity of discourse discreetly, indirectly focuses upon a single signified, which is “I desire you,” and releases, nourishes, ramifies it to the...
A Proposal from Perth O'duibhdiorma: Bride Price...
Listen, I’m not totally behind this, uh, but my parents have really been on my case telling me that this is a necessary part of life, I mean, some might even call it, I dunno, a sacrament. Anyway, my dad is a very wealthy man who is willing to offer a generous bride price that would allow me to have…whew, this is awkward…oh man…your hand in marriage. Now I don’t...
A Proposal from Andrew Bucket: This...
Fall’s pumpkins melt down the stoop, I say ‘I thought leaves had left by now, blown away and reborn as cold mud— or maybe the chance to rot came and went and they are torn and petrified pages from the diary of spring…’ I say ‘sorry I was somewhere else’ and you hook my arm, a cab is rattling curbside, I ask if you have cash, but we’re already in, you buckle up ‘thats cute.’ The...
July 2012
24 posts
A Proposal from "Rocky": For Kathryn
Good morning when it’s morning Good night when it is night Good evening when it’s dark out Good day when it is light Good morning to the sunshine Good evening to the sky And when it’s time to go away Good-bye Good-bye Good-bye.
Kathryn,
I offer you my hand sincerely.
With compassion.
From one curious human to another.
With grace and appreciation.
I will get down on my knees now...
A Proposal from Floyd: A poem...
Metaphor, I think not.
I implore you to consider my hop.
The true nature of your reality,
is the conceptual path of duality.
Not philosophical banality,
nor existential fallacy
will stop you from rabbit-hole mentality
should you simply marry me.
The path you will follow shall veer
If only to scratch my large ear.
This hour long date, shall make for a mate
With proper time to...
Continued Courtship from Holly Bass: Day 6 - Tears...
Oh Kathryn, dear Kathryn. It’s been two weeks since I’m knocking on your door, but I can knock some more… http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=KuL2rtEgmog
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dearest Holly,
Don’t you worry, don’t you cry -
I would do anything for love
but I won’t treat you like a puppet on a string
I would do anything for...
Watchto the lovely Kathryn,
i offer my modest proposal and anxiously await your reply.
with admiration,
maya livio
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear Maya,
Such a short and sweet video piques my interest…
If indeed this sound signify our union, alas, it is one that shall last but an hour until the final bell tolls no more.
Continued Courtship from Holly Bass: Day 5 - I'm...
My dearest Kathryn,
I think the young gentlemen of Next said it best… “You never try me. Always stood right by me. You make living lively. Highly spoken of, my only love, the only one, you’re my wifey.”
I can’t wait until we jump the broom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7vj1lG5KLI&feature=related
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear Holly - Such sure words sound...
A Not-So-Much-Love-Love-Letter from John long: ...
Another great example of why the DC art scene has tanked.
——— @SaveTheDateDC: Dear John long (Your@yahoo.com),
Though I applaud the effort you took to sign-up for a Yahoo email address, and then a Tumblr account, all just to show me just how much you care, the vitriol with which you speak to my city puts us in opposite sides of the ring.
You may be settled down in another city, having left...
A Not-So-Much-Love-Love-Letter from someguy: No...
Why try to impress you? What do you have to offer?
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear someguy@mailinator.com,
If only I knew more about you, beyond your disposable email address and location (NY, NY - thanks Google Analytics), then I might be able to better mold my character into the perfect vision of a woman to fit your fantasies and desires.
Alas, with little to mirror but your gender...
A Proposal from Mr. Mystery Collector: I WANT TO...
Oh, dear Kathryn, I have admired you for years from afar…your beauty, charisma, creativity, and allure have captivated me. I am mesmerized. Although I am a bit older, I would hope that you would think about the MAGIC and the SPARKS our relationship would generate. We could make “art” together…our progeny!
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear Mr. Mystery...
Proposal from Dr. John R. Royer, PhD: Axiom of...
Given any set A, there is a set B such that, for any element c, c is a member of B if and only if there is a set D such that c is a member of D and D is a member of A.
In other words, will you marry me?
John R. Royer, PhD
Research Scientist
Complex Fluids Group
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear Dr. John R. Royer,
Though my math is not my...
Continued Courtship from Chris Lee: A Song
And as I watch the drops of rain Weave their weary paths and die I know that I am like the rain There but for the grace of you go I Read more: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - KATHY’S SONG LYRICS http://www.metrolyrics.com/kathys-song-lyrics-simon-and-garfunkel.html#ixzz21AnoA3fo Copied from MetroLyrics.com
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear Chris - Though you may have picked up from Miss Holly Bass that...
Continued Courtship from Chris Lee: A Poem
And be it the moon, or sun, or what you please; And if you please to call it a rush-candle, Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me … Sun it is not, when you say it is not, And the moon changes even as your mind: What you will have it named, even that it is, And so it shall be so for Katherine.
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear Chris - Though poetry strikes a cord in my heart, you have...
Proposal from Holly Bass, cont’d: Day 4 - Roses...
My dearest Kathryn, I never meant to cause you any problems. I never meant to cause you any pain. Here, please accept these musical roses…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4QJtlKgbb4&list=PL636B730E563A4026&index=5&feature=plpp_video
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dearest Holly,
Oh to be kissed by a such a rose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yivLt9cTaio on that special day would be...
Proposal from Holly Bass, cont’d: Day 3 of my...
Dearest Kathryn, Even though it’s only been 3 days, I feel so completely bonded with you. But I think Run-DMC and the fine fellows of Jagged Edge really say it best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF8IaExPv7s
And if you’re at a loss for an answer, take a tip from the ladies of Floetry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCCGIXME164
Yours always, Holly
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear...
Proposal from Holly Bass, cont'd: Day 2 - Not only...
My dearest Kathryn, it’s only been one day since I first expressed my feelings for you and already I can see us together. Here, to say what I cannot, Barry White: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpPQBL7PNhs
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@SaveTheDateDC: Dear Holly - While many can say they can’t quite get enough of me or my love, can you prove you have what it takes to hold me in your heart?
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Proposal from Holly Bass: Day 1 of my soulful...
My dearest Kathryn,
Words cannot adequately express my feelings for you. And so, in the spirit of Cyrano, I turn to that maestro of sexy music, Prince. No need to say anything just yet. I only ask that you open your heart as the lyrics invite you into the Dawn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCeZhH2WKgg
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@SaveTheDateDC: My heart is open…Is yours?
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Proposal from Antowne D. Walters: IMPOSSIBLE...
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU IN A WAY THAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED FICTIONALLY.
I LOVE YOU IN A WAY THAT MUST TYPE IN ALL CAPS TO DESCRIBE.
IF I WAS FRODO I WOULD FORGO MY MISSION TO DESTROY THE ONE RING FOR YOU.
IF I WAS OPTIMUS PRIME I WOULD THE DECEPTICONS RULE THE EARTH IF IT MEANT I HAD TO SPARE MOMENTS FROM YOU TO FIGHT THEM.
I WOULD PROTECT SMURF VILLAGE FROM GARGAMEL FOR ALL ETERNITY IF IT...
Proposal from Mia Feuer: lets eat meat together.....
so, ive never proposed to anyone before, im a bit shy, and super insecure.. but i think we have a lot in common- and i think i could make you really happy- maybe you can help me with my double-unders, and maybe i can help you some paper mache?
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@SaveTheDateDC: With such talent, strength, and charm, I would be honored for you to be my Paleo Princess…Shall our first dance be to...
Proposal from: The Girl Upstairs
Hi KC,
My pitch doesn’t rely on sonnets, songs, or video (though personally, I would be more impressed if it it did, if I were you) but it relies on the old fashioned, time tested, true love that comes from a good friendship.
You were one of the first people I met in DC, when I used to sit at the bar and drink martinis while reading math books. You sat there during what can only be called...
Proposal from brrrrrap: hey
will you marry me
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@SaveTheDateDC: Though minimalism is at times an aesthetic pleasure of mine, I am woe to submit to such light prodding.
Proposal from Quinn via Richard Gould/Len Skanby: ...
Ever since Quinn, a member of the Richard Gould/Lena Skanby household, heard that gay marriage was a step towards people marrying their pets, he had a new obsession, falling right behind dog treats and napping. Quinn would be honored if you were to accept his hand, err, paw in marriage. Quinn is a purebred pug. He’s 49 in people years, and is both fit and fixed. In spite of having watched...
Proposal from Chris Lee: Clearly Beloved-
My dearest Kathryn, I now know what my true purpose in the lifetime must be. I am a poor man with a large soul and in dreams have seen us ascending toward heaven in a chariot made of a sort of silverish suede with satin cream trim. To support you I have been buying lottery tickets daily from a bodega in Columbia Heights and hope to have a winning ticket by the day of our inevitable union. I am...
Marriage Equality?
i can’t marry you because we are both women and this is the stupid united states
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@SaveTheDateDC: Not so, http://southbaltimorenotebook.tumblr.com/ as marriage equality was passed into legislation for the District of Columbia in 2009. However, equal rights are not the same across all these united states.
For more info on marriage equality, see:...
June 2012
1 post
Save The Date - August 11, 2012
On August 11, 2012, I will wed and divorce 7 members of the public in a live performance at The Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Save The Date is latest performance by Kathryn Cornelius which explores the life cycle of marriage and divorce and the wedding ceremony’s complex mix of private emotion, public spectacle, social expectation, and state power.
The performance is part of The Washington Project...
