{"id":367,"date":"2009-09-15T21:52:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T01:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2009-09-15T21:52:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T01:52:22","slug":"i-have-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"I Have Returned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, 5 September, I boarded a plane to arrive a week early for my best friend&#8217;s wedding in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"What were you expecting, Albuquerque?\" title=\"What were you expecting, Albuquerque?\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2529\/3923861673_0bff891713.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, whilst I was unable to post daily photos, the 365 Day Project goes strong.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mad Pianists Unite!\" title=\"Mad Pianists Unite!\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2598\/3923861717_8523f1b340.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Like a ghost amid ghosts...\" title=\"Like a ghost amid ghosts...\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2569\/3924647854_b4a241f467.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My best friend, India, was getting married in a few days, so we didn&#8217;t have a lot of time for sightseeing.\u00c2\u00a0 Indeed, I saw almost nothing of Seattle, at least not compared to what I could&#8217;ve seen.\u00c2\u00a0 Sure, I tried some fantastic ice cream, and the thickest, chocolatiest hot chocolate this side of anywhere, but it was mostly work.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I got to attend the Bachelor Party and the Bachelorette Party.\u00c2\u00a0 I was the Bridesman.\u00c2\u00a0 If you&#8217;re expecting to see a wedding day shot of my in the bridemaid&#8217;s dress, you&#8217;ll be waiting a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re curious, India and Stephen were married this past Saturday.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve known India for almost half my life.\u00c2\u00a0 That feels like a long time, especially with my birthday coming up.\u00c2\u00a0 If you have any of my books, you&#8217;ll see I&#8217;ve thanked her in every one of them.\u00c2\u00a0 If you have a book and the acknowledgements don&#8217;t mention an India, I will gladly explain how it actually does.\u00c2\u00a0 You just have to know what you&#8217;re looking for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Saturday, 5 September, I boarded a plane to arrive a week early for my best friend&#8217;s wedding in Seattle. So, whilst I was unable to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/?p=367\" title=\"I Have Returned\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.darkfluidity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}