Upping the Aunties

Sorry, folks. I know I am a week late but I did actually have a new blog ready to go last Monday night. I just wanted to run it by Eileen first before I embarrassed her and after she read it she requested a slight change. So below is an edited version of the original. Also, I am told I should remind people that I am joking in case you're unfamiliar with the weird things in which I find humor.

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Eileen and I recently watched Pixar's latest bit of animated awesomeness, Up in 3-D. Maybe my geekiness makes me biased toward their movies, but I think it's always fun to watch their ability to give digitally created characters humor and emotion that connect with the audience in ways that even live-action entertainment sometimes can't. And okay, I'll admit that my eyes did extra moisturize during certain parts of the movie but as a human being with a heart, how could you not? Oh, that's right. You could not if you are Eileen.

Eileen likes to think of herself as a feisty little non-girly girl. Some girls choose to wear pink. Eileen chooses to wear teal. Some girls eat dainty little salads. Eileen eats more than I do. Some girls have two thumbs. Eileen had 2.5.

And some girls cry. Eileen rolls her eyes. Well, maybe that's not entirely true. She cried when I registered JengIsMyEdward.com ("You are not Edward! Take it back!") and when they were out of lechon kawali at our favorite lechon kawali restaurant (which, by the way, is no longer in business). But basically any time emotions that result in tears are expected of a normal person, Eileen refuses.

All this brings us to my goal for our wedding day: make Eileen cry. Be clear that my intentions are not sinister. I won't physically harm her or embarrass her in order to squeeze out a tear. I don't expect her to cry like my mom and some aunties will (my mom has already teared up when discussing various wedding-related items). I just want to see a tear (or more) of joy and know that she is human and does actually have more emotion than a made-up cartoon character.