Ever Afters and Toy Poodles or: Why Weddings are Badass

Hello, humans.

Sitting here at a Starbucks in heart of Dallas after witnessing the matrimony of a couple dazzling individuals. I am a huge fan of weddings for several reasons, which you will [might] now read about:

a) Weddings force you to contemplate weightier things - things like ever-afters, devotion, faith, true love, sincerity, trust. These things are important because they act as just that - weights that tether us to the ground. Without them we'd just kind of float away into the great blue unknown. They make things worthwhile. They're hard. And worthwhile = hard. Not necessarily in Webster's Thesaurus, but in Miller's, the lesser known younger cousin of D-Web (as those of us in the industry call him).

b) You will, without a doubt, run into someone you weren't expecting to see. And it will be refreshing because you haven't seen or even thought of this person in a year - and you will remember why you love this person. And then you won't see them for another year - at the next wedding of another friend. Sometimes weddings, I'm beginning to believe, are the only thing keeping this country together. Obama needs to change his campaign slogan from HOPE to WEDDINGS. It will confuse at first, but then one by one, everyone will understand and nod knowingly.
...and that paragraph went places I hoped I'd never go.

c) There are a lot of stunning females. Creepy, Steve.

d) You get to spend a few hours at some really nice places - like church sanctuaries and clubhouses and (if the stars align) you receive free college drinks by the handful. And then you end up talking with Friend X's mom for 45 minutes about how much you both enjoy toy poodles, and she repeats the same phrase ("Wasn't it just a beautiful ceremony?") no less than six times. This is typically a sign that it's time to leave this nice place.

Music time!
Greg Laswell, Three Flights from Alto Nido
Electric President, Self-Titled
Wild Sweet Orange, We Have Cause to be Uneasy
Joshua James, The Sun is Always Brighter
The War on Drugs, Wagonwheel Blues

xoxo.