Just got back from Marni's wedding.

Still bit tipsy (chocolate and apple martinis and cosmopolitans a dangerous combo for someone who normally doesn't drink much but has a weakness for stuff that tastes so yummy), so as to qualify if anything below makes it seem so...

So, yeah, my old friend, from Saint Andrew's Junior High School, as in more than a decade of history, knowledge of pre-pubescence through post-university, is now a wife.

It was beautiful and emotional and so, so strange to witness the intensity of the nuptial ceremony, the traditional mixed with the modern-day, the kipahs and the shawls and the chupah and Chinese food stir fry to accompany the pre-sanctuary cocktails...

That stuff always makes me try to position myself within the context of my own culture and present, where I stand in relation to all that stuff and my own lived life, etc. etc. But I also just tried to chill and meet folks and enjoy the privilege of good food and drink and dance a bit.

People here dance so differently than what I've been used to; I couldn't help but wonder when the Mariachi or Norteño or Mexi-pop tunes would come out...

It was really fancy... I even went to Hayley's beforehand to have her do my hair in preparation for the "Black Tie invited" affair. Luckily I had a suitable dress kicking around and had prepared with a rush compra of incredibly uncomfortable but very sexy shoes last week in Tequisquapan (not exactly the shoe capital of the world, but they worked).

Okay, babbling now, time for bed... G'night!!