We got a couple dozen photos, and at least a couple of video clips,
of the engagement. They are listed here for your viewing pleasure.
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The moment of realisation. Note Ducky on her knees. Santa
is trying to give Jim the ring-equivalent. Jim is busy being stunned.
Check out the electronically-enhanced closeup.
If you look reeeally closely, like in this
electronically-enhanced closeup, you can see that the scoreboard
reads: "Jim Delahunt: Will you marry me?"
Jim displays the ring-equivalent, a silver bracelet. At this point,
the crowd of 2,700 Lasers fans is applauding wildly. It takes
Jim a little while longer to remember that Ducky had asked a question,
and deserves an answer. The answer is "Yes".
Jim and Ducky were very happy. Unfortunately, it seems neither
one of them could keep their eyes open for long. Check out the
electronically-enhanced left closeup and
right closeup. (Experiment: the right-hand
photo in an alternate "Lab"
form.)
Santa offers his congratulations.
Instead of an engagement ring, Ducky got Jim a silver bracelet.
It is an AIDS memorial design -- see the ribbon shape? She also
wrote a poem, in the form of a sequence of haikus.
(Another experiment. Here's a 6-bit version of the left-hand image,
and a quarter-size version. Doing our bit for bandwith conservation.)
Funniest thing. We both photograph better when we're radiantly
happy. Check out yet another electronically-enhanced
closeup.
Commemorating the first marriage proposal in the history of the
San Jose Lasers, and perhaps even in the history of the American
Basketball League.
Ducky's housemates, Rich and Chris, came to the game with us.
They didn't know what was in store, but were pretty happy to see
it unfold. At one point Rich did wonder just
how long this picture-taking was going to last. The pictures
of Jim and Ducky (apart from the on-court ones) were taken by
Chris. Thanks, Chris!
The Sports Channel captured a short
MPEG clip (approx. 1.1 MB) of us embracing. This is part of
a longer 23-second clip which we are still trying to get
converted. KRON-TV has a 4-second clip, which actually
made it on the air! If you want to see the videos without waiting
for us to convert them, bribe us with some yummy food, and we'll
show them to you.
