So when I first met Jordan I kept saying to myself I'm not gonna date him, I'm not gonna kiss him because he's leaving. It was the beginning of the summer and he was leaving in a week for his internship in LA. You know I think we all think we know how things are gonna go in our lives, and our relationships and that we have self-control, but then we don't. He had asked me to dinner or something I can't remember for Monday and I was like okay....I was kind of hesitant. Because the night before we were also going to watch Fiddler on the Roof so I didn't know if this was all supposed to mean something, but I was like Fiddler on the Roof, that's harmless right? I mean it's a 3 hour Jewish musical. Well, I guess it's about love, but it's arranged marriage. And we were going to watch it at his grandpa's house, WITH his grandpa, so- harmless. So Sunday I go over and I get there and he opens the door and he' standing there still with his church clothes on, and his sleeves sort of rolled half way up and he's smiling at me and looking literally like Jim Halpert in the flesh and I was like...dangit. So we're watching the movie and he sort of has his arm around me and I'm like whatever nothing's going to happen, I'm not gonna kiss him he's leaving in a week. And then he says, I mean I don't remember it this way, I don't believe that, but he says that after the movie (after his grandpa had gone to bed) that I kissed him. I don't think that's true. It was mutual. So yeah, I have no self-control.
Once I was working on my friend's movie musical and I was the production designer. And as the production designer you worry about colors for the sets, and costumes, and props and make sure that everything looks good and right together, and that it has the right feel for your film. So we were about to shoot this dance scene that had like 6 couples or something and one of the girls was missing. And nobody knew what to do and then finally I remembered that I had this dress in the back of my car from this wedding I just went to so as the good production designer that I am I spoke up and told them that actually I had a dress that would work perfectly in this scene that was the right color and style and everything and then they put me in the movie. So there I am dancing with these people who have been practicing the choreography for like 6 weeks, or a few months and it's like step, turn, jump into this guy's arms and sing! Well, of course they weren't going to use my voice, but I told the director to just put me on the end so I wouldn't stand out. And this poor guy that I was dancing with had to deal with me stepping on his feet and stuff, and the director, who's my friend, thought it was funny so I'm actually in the final cut of the film even though i'm on the end! Sometimes you wanna be back stage as a production designer, but then sometimes you end up dancing on stage in a musical.
So I asked Sariah's dad to lunch because I anted to ask him for his permission to marry her. So I called him and we're planning to go on Saturday and I'm nervous but I'm ready. And then Saturday morning at like 9 or 9:30 Sariah calls me and is like well my dad just called me and told me that he wants me to go to the temple with him so I don't know, I think lunch is going to be late. And I was like ok, that's fine. You know that actually works out better for me because I have a huge assignment due at 6 so yeah that's fine, that sounds great. So I go back to sleep. And then I get another phone call about five minutes later from her and she says well, actually, my dad says he wants to go to the Mt. Timpanogos temple with all 3 of us, and he wants us to be there in 30 minutes. Soooo I say ok. What else could I say? So we go and meet at his house and he drives us to the temple. And on the way there he's playing this conference talk and it's a really great talk, and super spiritual, but it was called "What to look for in your future spouse," by Gordon B. Hinckley. And it's so awkward! And I don't know what to say and I'm guessing that maybe he wants to talk about it when it's over because it finishes up right as we're getting to the temple, but he doesn't stop for us to talk about it, he just gets out and starts walking up to the temple. And so Sariah goes in to do baptisms and we go to do endowments and so I'm assuming that he wants to talk in the temple and that we'll talk about it once we're int he celestial room. Because we all know why I was there, and what I wanted to talk about, and why I had asked him to lunch so I figured he just wanted it to be a spiritual experience, which is great! That's fine. So I walk into the Celestial room and he's praying so I sit down next to him and wait for him to finish and ask soon as he's finished I'm about to open my mouth and say, "So Greg," right when he says, "Alright! Let's get going Sariah is probably waiting." And I'm like what??? Are you kidding me? What's going on? I thought we came here to talk about me and Sariah! So I have no idea what to do or what's going on. So we get in the car and Sariah mentions that she's really hungry and Greg says, "Well Alex is still taking me to lunch!" You know he's kind of a jokester, but we were all going to go to lunch together. And so the car is silent and I'm in the back seat and Sariah is in the front and then her dad says, "So what did you guys think about the conference talk." And I'm like well. Now's as good a time as any, I guess. So from the back seat I was just like Greg, you know I love Sariah, I love your daughter and I want to marry her. And I wanted to get your blessing first and hear any advice you have for us. And he was really nice about it and we all 3 were at the Olive Garden and he was asking me lots of questions, and giving us advice about being married. But I got the blessing.
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