My cousin is getting married! Mike proposed to Jen at the Oregon Country Fair on Saturday, July 10th. He arranged for them to be called on stage by a comedy act and got down on his knees in front of a crowd of dirty hippies. It was very sweet; I saw the video. After the comic duo (using shaky, faux-French accents) spends too long ad libbing and loses momentum, Mike takes over and pulls out the ring and the question. Jen is overcome, Jen accepts, they embrace. The crowd cheers.

Mike made a huge mosaic poster that was waiting for her to see when they left the outdoor theatre.

If you want to see all the little people and doggies that went into each tile, you can view or download a huge version (3.75MB). If you don’t have a lot of memory, your browser might hang a bit if you view it, in which case you should right-click and save the file to your computer where it will fill your hard drive with little Jens and Mikes (in much the same way as they’ll soon be filling San Diego with such homunculi). Congratulations, Mikey and Jen!

Update

Mikey has given me permission to post the link to the video of the proposal. Be warned: it’s ~four minutes long (70MB) and liable to cause jerking of tears and pulling of heartstrings — even moistening of palms, if you’ve got a thing for bad French accents.

Update update

Mike has whipped up a slick new page for the video and the poster, the former in Mac- and Windows-friendly versions.