Canadian electro-house music producer Deadmau5 used Twitter over the weekend for his marriage proposal to tattoo artist Kat Von D, the reality TV personality from Miami Ink and LA Ink.
Yes, Deadmau5 (born Joel Zimmerman) digitally put a ring on Kat Von D's finger via a tweet, inciting a series of back-and-forth reactions that took place for two days.
I can't wait for Christmas so.... Katherine Von Drachenberg, will you marry me? @thekatvond twitter.com/deadmau5/statu…— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 16, 2012
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— Kat Von D (@thekatvond) December 16, 2012
holy fucking shit. im engaged and stuff!— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 16, 2012
Mi corazon!!! Thank you all for the lovely congratulations! Please excuse me while I go squeeze the hell out of my fiancé! ❤— Kat Von D (@thekatvond) December 16, 2012
thanks for the well wishes and support from the horde and everyone else! brb while i spend the rest of my evening with my future wife :)— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 16, 2012
Before I start my day of diving into music, just wanna acknowledge my blessings-starting with this guy. Send instagr.am/p/TT-d2qFSVB/— Kat Von D (@thekatvond) December 16, 2012
Beyond inspired last night, and started this drawing of Joel. @deadmau5 instagr.am/p/TUO6RhFSY0/— Kat Von D (@thekatvond) December 16, 2012
Other men have leveraged social media or digital tools to ask for their significant others' hand in marriage (see galleries below). For example, one New York City woman used a Nexus One and the Google Maps mobile app to complete a scavenger hunt that ended with a marriage proposal, and a Cincinnati man used Groupon to get engaged. In San Francisco, a man leveraged Twitter, Foursquare and live streaming mobile service Qik to propose. Other people also have used, memes, a check-in on Foursquare and Google's Street View to propose.
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