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Something a bit lighthearted for Friday. Here are a couple of pictures of the inspiration for my wedding dress:

It was worn by Carly O’Brien of Gloucester when she married in 2006. Weighing in at 425 pounds, it had 30 layers of material and 30,000 Swarovski crystals. Who wouldn’t want a dress that was heavier than they were?

Some interesting and little known facts about weddings:

The tradition of wearing wedding rings on the third finger has two sources: one started back in ancient times when it was believed that the third finger had a nerve that ran straight to the heart; the second is metaphorical, while every other finger can be extended to its full length and straightness alone, the ring finger can only be fully extended in the company of an adjacent finger.

Groomsmen were basically henchmen. Originally made part of the wedding party by the groom in order to keep too many uninvited people from joining in the celebration and the wedding party getting big, rowdy and uncontrollable. Today, they are simply symbolic.

In Christian ceremonies the bride stands on the grooms left. This was started when it may have been necessary for the groom to reach for his sword with his right hand in order to keep someone from riding up and stealing his bride during the wedding.

A number of cultures adopt the western custom of a bride wearing a white dress. This tradition came to symbolize purity in the Victorian era (despite popular misconception, the white dress did not indicate virginity, which was symbolized by the face veil). Within the ‘white wedding’ tradition, a white dress and veil would not have been considered appropriate for a second or third wedding of a widow or a divorcee.

 And finally, a funny twist to the traditional wedding dance:

Signing out for the last time as ‘Miss’ Rose

Its winter over here in NZ, and what a winter it has been. Canterbury has been the place to be! With fresh snow dropping weekly, most little canterbury clubbies boasting triple the amount of snow than the Queenstown massive.

Right up there on my inspirational hero’s list, along with “Kevin Bacon” is “Frank Bare “, who in 1983 completed the first quadruple tiple twisting backflip on skis. Truly inspiring, he doesnt muck around, and nails it on his first attempt.

Make sure you check out his trademark “goggle pump” and pre jump ninja moves. I often immitate these stretches in front of my computer each morning before creating amazing graphics.

Interesting facts currently quad flips are not legal in competition and a great event we all miss is Ski Ballet , its no longer a part of competitive freestyle skiing, (I wish it still was) but was conducted from the late-1960s until the mid-1990s. Ballet involved a choreographed routine of flips, rolls, leg crossings, jumps, and spins performed on a smooth slope. After the mid-1970s the routine was performed to music for 90 seconds.

If you are feeling the chilly winter fingers ravaging you, Simon has just informed me of a good supply of “under one’zies ” (complete with comfort flap) to keep you toasty.

 Brett “airblaster” King

So Zoner of the week must go to Richo “Duckles” McDonald and Zoner by association Lori McDonald - for taking the plunge and more importantly - for putting on a damn fine shindig for their mates! Lori and Richo are currently sunning it up on honeymoon in Mexico - so he can’t stop me posting the attached photo. Lori and Richard started off their union in perfect style (as the photo shows) but just remember all marriages are happy; it’s the living together afterward that causes all the problems. (Just jokes - congratulations again!)

The Blogizadpha (Hamish)

Yet again, our creative team managed to express ourselves through interpretive dance and questionable dressing. Something we seem to excel at – maybe it should even become a prerequisite for new staff. They could present their ‘weeekend persona’ to the team at interview stage!? A good test of creative skills!

This occasion was in aid of Kim’s 40th birthday and the invite did mention ’80’s dress encouraged’ so we went all out. So did Kim, she was dressed to impress in a lovely jazz-a-jetics number! Not to be confused with the more modern term ‘aerobics’. I am sure she will kill me for posting such glamorous photos of her…

Brett definately would have won ‘the most excessive use of 80’s accessories’ had there been a category for it.

Check out the hijinks below.

Blogonista - Liz

This is a new category I have introduced to the friday blogging, think of it as “entercation” for your weekend. Brought to you by the dance floor disaster himself.

Most of the creative team will be practising these moves to some whitesnake and starship on the balcony eagerly awaiting Kim’s Birthday party on saturday. I hope the same is goin on in the business team as we are a global company, we should all be skilled in some “couger” hunting manouvers.

Moves of the week: “The Bacon high speed foot shuffle” and “parrellel arm rocket lift”.

This video in my opinion is pretty much what turned Kevin Bacon, from a nobody, to one of the greatest actors/dancers of the millenium, or dare I say greatest of all time.

Does any one feel an ad coming on?

Brett “the freshmaker” King