Maria Brumm has a Master's degree... in Science! She wrote her thesis on 
- You scour eBay looking for zircon engagement rings. Zircons are forever.
- During the wedding portraits, you keep hearing the words "for scale"
- Who knew REI had a bridal section?
- Altar? I thought you said meet me at the outcrop!
- She asks the musicians to slow down at any interesting unconformities exposed in the Canyon in D
- Your gift registry has its own GSA or AGU session
- Your vows include a promise not to take each other for granite
- You suggest following that up with a promise not to be fault-finders with each other, and she nearly dumps you
- She keeps asking if you've tried licking it
- She asks you to rub it against your teeth
- You honeymoon in Hawai'i without ever seeing the beach... because you are at the active flows or the summit caldera the whole time.
I'm getting hitched today. Comment moderation will be nonexistent for the next week - the honeymoon is sadly not in Hawai'i, but it is far away from the Internets.
And I know there should be something in there about a Brunton, but couldn't quite figure out where. Anyone? Bueller?
Comments
Congratulations Maria and best of luck on this next stage!
Posted by: DrugMonkey | September 6, 2008 9:37 AM
I love it. (And, ummm, we did get wedding gifts from REI, and climbed a mountain after the ceremony.)
Congratulations!
Posted by: Kim | September 6, 2008 10:42 AM
And nothing about hammers? Congratulations!
Posted by: afarensis | September 6, 2008 11:00 AM
The first time I got married, we got a massive gift certificate to REI as a group gift. Of course it has a bridal section. ;)
Posted by: Mary | September 6, 2008 12:39 PM
Congrats! I was thrilled to find out REI had a bridal registry! We got alot of good stuff from there! And most of our honeymoon pictures are of rocks with only on or the other of us in there for scale ;)
Posted by: ReBecca | September 6, 2008 1:21 PM
Congrats!
Posted by: Rachel | September 6, 2008 1:25 PM
Many congratulations!
Posted by: OmegaMom | September 6, 2008 1:43 PM
Congrats! Did you measure the strike and dip of your wedding cake layers?
Posted by: ScienceWoman | September 6, 2008 2:44 PM
Congratulations! Can you describe the wedding dress in two letter color codes?
And if you really do want zircon jewelry, I'll be driving past Mud Tank on Tuesday morning...
Posted by: Lab Lemming | September 6, 2008 3:06 PM
Congratulations! Have a fabulous honeymoon!
Posted by: Peggy | September 6, 2008 3:14 PM
Congratulations, Maria!
Posted by: Callan Bentley | September 6, 2008 6:20 PM
Congrats! And you'll probably think of some more good ones while you're away - don't forget to take notes!
Posted by: Silver Fox | September 6, 2008 8:34 PM
Congratulations!!!! Have a great time. Don't forget to step back from all the hubbub for a minute during the whole hoopla and remind yourself how cool this day is.
Posted by: Alice | September 6, 2008 10:02 PM
WOOHOO! Many many congratulations!
Love the list. Teeheehee.
I gotta ask - IS the honeymoon someplace with interesting geology?
Posted by: Julian | September 7, 2008 1:35 AM
She asks the musicians to slow down at any interesting unconformities exposed in the Canyon in D
Groooooan.
Congratulations!
I knew a couple who was talking about specks of meteoritic moissanite for their wedding ring, though I don't remember if they ended up with any.
Posted by: eub | September 7, 2008 3:22 AM
Congrats!
(Yer present from me is my *not* throwing past-due-date vegetable matter at you due to that "Canyon in D" line...)
Posted by: Andrew Ironwood | September 8, 2008 2:58 PM
Congratulations!
Posted by: ecogeofemme | September 8, 2008 11:32 PM
That Canyon in D pun is terrible, but not nearly as bad as the one this song was written around...
Congratulations!!! :)
Posted by: Aaron F. | September 9, 2008 12:58 AM
Congratulations! Of course REI has a bridal section!
Posted by: Sandra Porter | September 10, 2008 7:08 PM
Congrats! I just got married myself. And, the photographer did get a picture of me examining the limestone rock we were standing in front of in one shot. What can I say... rocks are cool.
Posted by: Mel | September 12, 2008 2:12 AM
Hooray for dorky weddings! ^_^
Seriously, congrats. :-D
Posted by: Falyne | September 15, 2008 7:40 PM
Aww, congratulations! And good luck with the job hunt. What you need is another 10X magnifier. No one has enough of those.
Posted by: Andrew | September 25, 2008 8:16 PM