Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess named Jenny. Well, actually, there was a nerdy 7th grader named Jenny. Who was obsessed with the royal families of Europe. For a couple of years. Give or take a few. Who may or may not have wanted to scratch Camilla’s eyes out when all that shizzle hit the fizzan.
And who may have gotten up at 4 a.m.on my 20th birthday to watch Princess Diana’s funeral. Even though she had a bunch of college girlfriends sleeping over.
*Ahem*
But now, I’ve morphed into a super-busy, half-crazy, live-in-a-bubble mom. I see very little news, I never watch real tv, just TiVo or Netflix. Truth be told, I get most of my news from Facebook. {the shame!}
So it barely even registered when Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement a few months ago. And it really crept up on me this week that the wedding, is, well in a few hours. Probably good and over by the time you read this! So tonight I’ve been trying to “catch up” really quickly on all the news and plans and schedules (because if the baby wakes me up at 4:30 a.m., I might get up and watch. But if not, then NO. That is what the aforementioned TiVo is for.) And what I’ve found has bloooown my MIND.
The British Royal Family has gone all Social Media on us. They’re like, “with it” and stuff.
There is an official Royal Wedding 2011 website. And an official British Monarchy Royal Wedding “Share Your Stories” Facebook App. And a Flickr stream. And a You Tube Channel where you can watch live, or better yet upload your own video message to the happy couple. And of course, there’s a Royal Wedding twitter. With hashtag #royalwedding.
Well, on this Royal Wedding eve, I must say, thanks to the savvy British Monarchy for helping me catch up on all the wedding details via social media. I am very impressed! For an institution steeped in tradition, you’re working this whole wedding thing pretty hard in a pretty modern way. {Insert British congratulatory phrase here.} Well done! And now, I may just get up at 4:30 whether the baby wakes me up or not!
Just like me, they’re hipper than they look…well, except for Prince Charles….geesh!
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Oh, yes, I’ve been obsessed with the British Monarchy since the 4th grade.
I had to go to work 🙁 but I watched it at my computer 🙂 ssh, don’t tell my boss!
I got up and made scones and tea. Too much? It was great. I kept up with friends on FB and twitter, while IM-ing my sis and mom.
Well I wasn’t getting up at 4am to watch but I was able to see thru out the day the hats, oh my the hats!!, and how pretty the dress was and the 2 kisses! Kind of nice to be a part of history even though it aired for seventeen hundred hours it seemed! Kept my mind off other things I didn’t want to ponder! 🙂