The Moxie is romantic

Written by Dan

We had our first wedding proposal here at The Moxie on Sunday night. The guy, Jeff, told his then girlfriend, Michelle, that he had a very special Christmas present for her... a private showing of one of her favorite movies (SAY ANYTHING) at The Moxie, her favorite movie theater in the WORLD. When they arrived, Michelle was under the impression that Jeff was simply giving her a really cool Christmas present, but what she didn't know was that Jeff had a big ol' diamond ring hidden in his pocket.

We gave Jeff and Michelle some complimentary concession goods and started up the film, with Michelle still none the wiser to what was about to unfold. Jeff, however, was way ahead of the game. He had copied the first hour and seventeen minutes of the movie, and then, during the famous scene when John Cusak holds the boombox above his head, Jeff spliced in himself, complete with a brown trenchcoat, holding a boombox above his head. Then the words: "Michelle, will you marry me?" splashed across the screen. I drew up the lights, Jeff dropped to his knee, and Michelle screamed with excitement.

How romantic is that? Before Jeff's little stunt, the most romantic gesture to happen at The Moxie was when I farted on Nicole's leg, pinched her butt, and ran away giggling. That was classic! Now Jeff has successfully made every guy who reads this (or at least those with girlfriends) feel nervous. How can they compete with a proposal like that? It even makes us married guys feel bad. After the proposal, I could see it in Nicole's eyes... she was wishing my proposal would've been more romantic. I don't know about you, but I think farting on someone's leg and throwing a ring at their head is pretty dang romantic!

Either way, a BIG congratulations to Jeff and Michelle... the first couple to propose (and successfully at that) at The Moxie!

Caleb says:

Congrats Jeff and Michelle. Jeff that was pretty damn clever.

¤ Posted on December 13, 2005 @ 11:57 pm

justin springer says:

yey jeff and michelle!!! i am so happy for you guys!

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 12:20 am

brian of moore says:

indeed.. gotta admit.. that is pretty awesome... kudos to him for whole splicing thing.. thats rad stuff... i wonder how nervous he was during the few minutes till that part came up...

ive been known to make cheezy romantic-ish animations for my lady..... well... when i had a lady..

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 12:33 am

--Jeff says:

Man, he's setting the bar pretty high for those of us with his namesake...

If you read The Blog: Congrats, Jeff and Michelle!

--Jeff

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 9:23 am

evilvet says:

Last night, alone by myself, I watched Forty Year Old Virgin (Unrated Version), in my apartment. Does that count for anything?

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 9:40 am

matt says:

I was going to propose in the same way, but with Oldboy where and I'd splice myself into the film eating a live ocotpus. My plan somehow seems redundant now.

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 9:46 am

michelle says:

It's THE michelle--
OH BOY IT WAS ROMANTIC! I have made people cry with the story who don't even know him... guys, get out your creativity... but don't feel so badly, Jeff is part of the Skinny Improv, and has to be creative almost all the time for it.

Anyway, again, Nicole and Dan--you guys are awesome! Thanks for being part of our engagement, I am excited to bring family and friends to "the spot" where it all took place.

Dan, farting is cute... (not really)

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 9:50 am

Andy Karr says:

Wow. That makes me hurt on the inside. In a good way.

I love Say Anything... what an excellent idea.

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 11:28 am

Nate says:

Sheesh, that's nothing. At the first showing of King Kong, last night at midnight, little did the audience expect that, at the climax, I had spliced in a scene of myself standing on top of a stack of boxes swatting at a model biplane. I think nobody noticed, because with my shirt off I am very hairy.

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 11:31 am

erin says:

its true! the moxie is for lovers....

im never coming back now. NEVER!!

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 1:39 pm

Matthew Martin (aka R.J. Jack MacReady Burton) says:

How did you get a print of Say Anything? (or was it the DVD) Good movie, by the way. Also, did you ever learn that fart jokes get old pretty quickly?

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 2:18 pm

Jeff The Proposer says:

thanks for the comments. thanks for the moxie for helping out so much.
I was going to splice myself into a california raisins commercial instead, but it was too hard trying to move in a clay costume.
dan-if it makes you feel better, i think michelle may have farted when she was screaming. she told me it was the 'sweet aroma of matrimony.'
i think it was the 'sweet aroma of frozen taquitos.'
but, thank you guys soo much. it worked out perfect!

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 4:58 pm

Dan says:

Ha ha! YES! Who says fart jokes get old fast? If they're good enough for Shakespeare, they're good enough for us. Taquitos... classic!

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 5:09 pm      [ The Moxie Blog ]

jenn says:

hey there moxie people. this is jenn, michelle's sister--jeff's soon to be sister in law...strange.
i watched the splice and i must say it was freaking good. i didn't fart though.
congratulations Jeff and Michelle. I am glad to call both of you family!

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 5:16 pm

justin springer says:

michelle you are so lucky...those blonde eye brows are absolutely irresistable!

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 10:08 pm

mish says:

look at michelle sportin the rock!

¤ Posted on December 14, 2005 @ 11:17 pm

Kelly says:

I have the oppertunity to work with Jeff and he is one special guy. Michelle, you have a keeper!!!!!! Congratulations.

¤ Posted on December 15, 2005 @ 11:02 am

Rachel says:

That is so great! I got teary just reading it...man.

¤ Posted on December 15, 2005 @ 11:12 am

Michelle says:

oh my goodness, this is getting funny. And NO I DID NOT FART when he proposed.

just how immature can we be?...

¤ Posted on December 15, 2005 @ 12:35 pm

Michelle says:

oh my goodness, this is getting funny. And NO I DID NOT FART when he proposed.

just how immature can we be?...

¤ Posted on December 15, 2005 @ 12:35 pm

Michelle says:

oh my goodness, this is getting funny. And NO I DID NOT FART when he proposed.

just how immature can we be?...

¤ Posted on December 15, 2005 @ 12:36 pm

Michelle says:

ONE MORE TIME>>>
immaturity is greatness.

¤ Posted on December 15, 2005 @ 12:36 pm

Ian says:

Yuck. Girls.
Keep the farts coming, man, Woo!

¤ Posted on December 15, 2005 @ 5:28 pm

Lora says:

WOW! What an awesome story.

¤ Posted on December 15, 2005 @ 5:53 pm

Zach says:

Very cool.

¤ Posted on December 16, 2005 @ 12:00 am

Kate says:

Oh, awesome! Very romantic, and yes, I did the bad thing and had my husband read this, too. I think he's feeling a bit stressed right now, . . . .

¤ Posted on December 17, 2005 @ 2:15 am

brian of moore says:

the moxie should join myspace.com
all the hip indie bands have a myspace
why shouldnt the moxie?
... then again all the not so hip bands have a myspace too..... hmmm

¤ Posted on December 17, 2005 @ 2:41 am

brian of moore says:

ps: im not hip, nor am i in a band

¤ Posted on December 17, 2005 @ 2:42 am

Cindy H says:

Congrats,,Jeff and Michelle,,,
Seems Jeff was worth the wait Michelle,,,
Jeff way to go guy!!!
You are definetly an Oringinal.
This is thr Koolest thing I've heard about in a long time.

Chelle,,Glad you didn't fart chic,,,lol

¤ Posted on December 19, 2005 @ 2:03 pm

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