Hiya, welcome to Sailor Coruscant's Archive. I'm your host, Sailor Coruscant, though in real life I go by the (somewhat more prosaic) name 'Catherine Braiding'. I'm a PhD student looking at star formation, who occasionally dabbles in fandom. That means that as you wander around my site, you'll no doubt find fanfiction and fanart for my various projects, but there are also a few original stories (one of which was even published for money - well, gift vouchers), my photo albums (currently under construction) and of course my online diary (which I am going to update any day now)! So please look around, have fun, let me know your thoughts on yaoi and hopefully we'll become friends someday.

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My day to day life is sometimes interesting, sometimes full of insight, and sometimes just plain weird. So, here for the very first time is the totally insane rantings and ravings of Catherine. I don't normally approve of sharing my thoughts with the internet at large, but what the heck. Let's give it a try, shall we?

Sunday, August 03, 2008

sighs...

Yesterday, Julia and I threw a rather successful party for 20 people celebrating the fact that D'Arth is getting married (I really ought to finish illustrating that, ne?). Was exhausted and overwrought by the time I got home (and thanks again to Mum for being my driver for the day).

Today I'm so lonely I could cry and am getting my kicks by switching off the cable modem for 30 seconds at a time in order to drive my kid brother mad.

Labels: lonely-Cat, losing sleep, photos, weddings

posted by Catherine, 2:05 PM | permanent link | (0) comments

Monday, February 25, 2008

Engagement Parties (rambling)...

So, I've been to a few engagement parties in the last couple of years, and every time I ask the bride-to-be if they're expecting gifts. I'm usually answered by a "huh?" at this point, but I only ask because I remember gifts being given at engagement parties during my childhood.

This morning I did the sensible thing and asked my mum, because obviously she'd know if I was going crazy and making things up. The good news is I wasn't (hooray!) and that way back in the 80s when she and her sisters were getting married it was custom to bring a gift to the engagement party if you weren't invited to the wedding. It seems that the engagement party was the one that absolutely everyone you had ever met attended, and only close family and friends went to the wedding and reception. So your second cousin once removed would bring a gift to the engagement party, but the best friend wouldn't because they'd be bringing something to the wedding itself.

(These days wedding showers exist to be another source of gifts, but I haven't been to any of those yet, so I can't comment.)

Labels: chasing after butterflies and wishing I could fly, ms manners, weddings

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