365 Days of Knowledge #10, 11, 12,13 and 14.....yeah, I suck

Well, not keeping up on this very well but I am keeping up on the ever important....learning!

First things first, the Blues Traveler song, "Hook". I found out that the meaning of this timeless and main-stream tune is that the lyrics of a song can be completely hollow but if it has a good tune and a catchy "hook" people will love it. Point (and cash) well made Mr. John Popper. I'm sure many of you knew this but it was news to me.

Due to a conversation I had after learning about the Blues Traveler song, I learned another classic tune's "enlightened" significance. The central theme of the Eagles tune, "Hotel California" is the American decline into materialism. Next time you listen to it, listen instead for it.

I'm feeling like a Trivial Pursuit writer.....I should be banking on this blog, Lord knows I'll be needing the extra cash soon (foreshadowing alert!).

Enough about music. The last trivial bit of information I learned was that the only American president never to marry was James Buchanan. Is engagement to Ann Coleman was broken off and afterward he vowed never to marry. Speaking of marriage.....

On Tuesday, January 13th, I learned that I no longer have a boyfriend, in fact, I now have a fiance. Yes, yes, yes, I got engaged! My boyfriend of nine years proposed to me while ice skating on a snowy and romantic evening. I was so surprised I actually began skating away when he got down on one knee. It was simply beautiful and one of the happiest moments of my life. I'm sure most of my future "knowledge" posts will center around wedding details and frustrations. I'll try to keep a variety.

Lastly, and a bit depressingly, I learned that the wedding business is a BILLION dollar industry. This left me sad because the indisputable core of a wedding is *love*, and that my friends, don't cost a thing.

*New goal alert. I know it's going to be difficult, as I am easily lured, but I am going to try my darndest to theme my wedding around pure and simple love, because I'm the luckiest girl in the world for having found it myself.