all tomorrow's parties
Oct. 11th, 2014 11:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yamamanamaSo one of my very very many cousins got married.
It wasn't quite the short short version but it was short, and I swear at least three quarters of the ceremony was everyone walking up to the metaphorical altar to some music I've never heard before. I swear it was just a contemporary song arranged for strings. I did recognize the Canon in D, and that's it. If you want an interesting ambient electronica version of that, look up Domain by Future Sound of London. Last wedding I was at felt a lot longer, but that was 14 years ago. But yeah, very short reading, vows, the end. The speeches came later.
It's hard to carry on a conversation when there's music and dancing going on (I briefly danced with a woman, and I thought she had pink hair but it was just the lighting. I felt a bit awkward. Think Gene Belcher dancing with Tina Belcher moaning. Also, it's hard to dance in dress shoes. Also, I did the Hans Gruber dance from the latest Bob's Burgers and my uncle did an awesome dance that would make Gene Belcher proud). Emily was wondering why people were afraid of clowns and I've heard it's because kids think the clown makeup is part of their face. And us singles had no regrets.
And I thought that Carolyn's fern tattoo was a scorpion or a eurypterid* or an anomalocaris**. She wants a millipede. Just no scythe fish and sun around the eyes.
*An eurypterid just sounds wrong.
**I was talking to Emily about the Paleozodiac and thought that an anomalocaris would make a good Cancer. There's nothing that's unambiguously a crab until the Jurassic, after all.
I did my best to showcase Emma's art but Tumblr was being weird. I didn't bother with Erica's. I'm going to blame Tumblr for this because when I showcased the Burgess Shale fauna, everything worked fine, but the tumblr showed half-artworks, half-gray.
And it's probably for the best that the DJ probably had a set playlist.
Because if the DJ was taking requests, I'd totally request Datura by Tori Amos.
Rachel and Lauren were given the short straw when it came to tables, apparently.
Rachel was talking about some conservative guy she knew who wasn't very bright and took the Daily Show seriously and got pissed off at Jon Stewart.
My guess is he bribed someone, since math and hacking into school computers most likely isn't on his list of talents.
October's not the worst time for a wedding, nay, that's July and August, but it's not the best time either, nay, that's September or late in May or June. At least, to us Bostoninans. It may differ in other parts of the world.
burning question: Why would you even consider an outdoor wedding in October? I mean, yeah, it could be blue skied and 82° F but it's just as likely to be a snowmaggedon.
It wasn't quite the short short version but it was short, and I swear at least three quarters of the ceremony was everyone walking up to the metaphorical altar to some music I've never heard before. I swear it was just a contemporary song arranged for strings. I did recognize the Canon in D, and that's it. If you want an interesting ambient electronica version of that, look up Domain by Future Sound of London. Last wedding I was at felt a lot longer, but that was 14 years ago. But yeah, very short reading, vows, the end. The speeches came later.
It's hard to carry on a conversation when there's music and dancing going on (I briefly danced with a woman, and I thought she had pink hair but it was just the lighting. I felt a bit awkward. Think Gene Belcher dancing with Tina Belcher moaning. Also, it's hard to dance in dress shoes. Also, I did the Hans Gruber dance from the latest Bob's Burgers and my uncle did an awesome dance that would make Gene Belcher proud). Emily was wondering why people were afraid of clowns and I've heard it's because kids think the clown makeup is part of their face. And us singles had no regrets.
And I thought that Carolyn's fern tattoo was a scorpion or a eurypterid* or an anomalocaris**. She wants a millipede. Just no scythe fish and sun around the eyes.
*An eurypterid just sounds wrong.
**I was talking to Emily about the Paleozodiac and thought that an anomalocaris would make a good Cancer. There's nothing that's unambiguously a crab until the Jurassic, after all.
I did my best to showcase Emma's art but Tumblr was being weird. I didn't bother with Erica's. I'm going to blame Tumblr for this because when I showcased the Burgess Shale fauna, everything worked fine, but the tumblr showed half-artworks, half-gray.
And it's probably for the best that the DJ probably had a set playlist.
Because if the DJ was taking requests, I'd totally request Datura by Tori Amos.
Rachel and Lauren were given the short straw when it came to tables, apparently.
Rachel was talking about some conservative guy she knew who wasn't very bright and took the Daily Show seriously and got pissed off at Jon Stewart.
My guess is he bribed someone, since math and hacking into school computers most likely isn't on his list of talents.
October's not the worst time for a wedding, nay, that's July and August, but it's not the best time either, nay, that's September or late in May or June. At least, to us Bostoninans. It may differ in other parts of the world.
burning question: Why would you even consider an outdoor wedding in October? I mean, yeah, it could be blue skied and 82° F but it's just as likely to be a snowmaggedon.
