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May 10, 2005
...as a House.
Well, I haven't posted in a while, so here we go.
The weekend of April 30th I spent the weekend in Ann Arbor with my brother and his family. It was really nice to spend time with all of them, and especially nice to see Rachel, I have only seen her once or twice since she was born.
May 6th, 2005 was 2 years to the day since I had last been in Marquette, I went up there to be best man for Nate and Trish's wedding, an honor I will cherish for the rest of my life. I had become a driving wuss, and the drive almost killed me. A nice coincidence though happened regarding the weather. I was driving on 28 towards 41 and crested the hill in the City, and the skies parted and the sun seemed to devour all the rain clouds and then my iPod switched to "Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now".
The wedding was absolutely spectacular. Nerves from all parties were on edge, but it went off without a hitch. Dr. Poe officiated magnificently and should be proud of the job he had done. Trish was quite the sight to see in a very modest Wedding dress, and she never looked so happy and relieved in all of her life. I managed not to trip Mary on the walk up to the stage, and also got the rings untied from the pillow with little difficulty. Nate managed to hide his nerves well, but it was apparent that everyone was on edge. I am very honored to have been a part of this new beginning in their lives.
I tried to be on my best behavior this weekend, and tried to hit all of the best man duties that were required of me. I think I managed ok.
I also got to spend some time with Todd, and talked about old times and new. General consenus says that I will be better off now than before, and the prospect of not being treated like a piece of shit is definately nice.
Saw H2G2 and Sin City and was pleasantly surprised with both. H2G2 has been commercialized to meet the masses requirements of movies, but the inherent storyline is held and the feel was strong. After a poor review I was ready to be disappointed by Sin City, but I found that I enjoyed it a great deal. I think that Miller's vision was kept intact, and the comic relief was not so heavy as to kill the experience.
What is on the horizon for your faithful narrator? Work this week, fun this weekend. Barb's grandfather has a box at Tiger Stadium so we (Barb, Brandy, Andy and myself) are going to go see a game in the lap of luxury this weekend.
Posted by sgowell at May 10, 2005 01:07 PM