{"id":366,"date":"2010-07-22T18:54:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T01:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=366"},"modified":"2010-07-22T18:54:32","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T01:54:32","slug":"juicing-for-a-cause-kind-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2010\/07\/22\/juicing-for-a-cause-kind-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Juicing for a cause… kind of"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So as for the wedding planning, I have officially finished the music for the wedding.<\/p>\n

We’re getting a lovely guitarist for the ceremony. We’ve asked her to play “Somewhere over the Rainbow” as the song to which Micky walks down the aisle. I hope it’s a lively, and upbeat rendition. We really liked the version<\/a> that was played as the final song on Glee this season. We’re still looking for a recessional, and it’s darn hard to find!<\/p>\n

That’s a big weight off of my shoulder though. I was in real deep shit with myself about not doing all of this first of June. I just sometimes don’t get it. I think working on “getting it” is something that life just throws at you, and either you fail epicly, or you stand up to challenge and figure out. Score one for me getting everything together, and knocking it out. Not that I deserve a pat on the back, but I’m giving myself one.<\/p>\n

The reception will be DJ-ed. The fellow who owns the company, who I hope is doing the work, sounds like a great guy. What is it about voice that we put so much trust in? Confidence. Asking the right questions. Having answers, and even having answers to questions you didn’t know that you were supposed to ask. Really impressive. Anyway, the big challenge for me was trying to blend Turkish, American and Folk.<\/p>\n

You see, we’re getting married in a barn, and I thought introducing folks to good bluegrass would be really amazing. But then what’s the first? How do you do the parent dances? It just doesn’t work. I didn’t want to do the iPod thing, even though I joked about it. And then I wanted the Turkish folks to have something to dance to. And of course dancing to some top 40 hits we grew up with would be fun too. In the end, a DeeJay was the only option.<\/p>\n

And so with that done, the next task is fitting into my suit. The goal… size 30″ waist. I’m currently a 34″ waist, and I have really 8 weeks to make the grade. First approach… juice cleanse.<\/p>\n

Micky’s friend Heather did a juice cleanse a few months ago, and then again recently, and swears by it if done right. So Micky and I went out and bought a fancy juicer, and got to business. We’ve gone 4 days now of 4 juices, and one solid meal. The next three days will be 6 juices a day, with NO solid meal. When it’s all said and done… I hope I’ve lost 10 pounds, which is about 1 inch of waist size.<\/p>\n

It’s been hard to down the vegetable juices, but the fruit juices are quite good. That said, we’re going to need a lot of help to get through the next three days in one piece. The vision of my James Bond suit is keeping me going.<\/p>\n

I’ll let you know how it goes…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So as for the wedding planning, I have officially finished the music for the wedding. We’re getting a lovely guitarist for the ceremony. We’ve asked her to play “Somewhere over the Rainbow” as the song to which Micky walks down the aisle. I hope it’s a lively, and upbeat rendition. 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