20111011

stop. smell this flower

so, a friend told me about a wedding she went to over the weekend.  by all accounts, the couple and ceremony were beautiful and the young bride was just a sparkling sight to behold.  apparently, however, *immediately* following the ceremony, flush with the grand newness of being a Mrs., the missus took off to the ladies room....and proceeded to stay there for the *remainder of the reception*.  therein, she missed the first dance, the father-daughter dance, the chicken dance, and every other cheesy dance there is at these things, and exited the john only when all the guests had nearly dispersed, at which point, she made a mad dash to her car and drove away.

i can't stop laughing.  is that bad?

i mean, i feel bad for the poor baby.  i personally do NOT understand this weird western obsession with weddings, but ok, she really must have been looking forward to the blessed event, and to spend it all in the bathroom???  evidently, she had a panic attack and spent four hours on the crapper.  all that money Pops must have shelled out, right down the drain, literally.  and HOW do you deal with THAT recollection the morning after??  man oh man.

oh for God's sake.  why didn't anyone at the party pull out a Xanax?  and what's with this wedding obsession anyway.  what's with this weird MARRIAGE obsession, honestly.  what year is this???

here are some flowers i saw along Park, some version of marigold, i think.  look how perfect it is with all its little mini-flowers, it just blows my mind.  sometimes i wonder why humans can't be like nature, which is pretty cool and plain ol' perfect, but then i realize maybe we are.  i will need to exercise some serious mind bends to get my head around that one.