Whew. I spent the the last 10 days in a whirlwind. My lady and myself left a week early for our wedding out in Palm Desert, and even then found every moment of our time locked up. That week was spent visiting with as well as introducing the immediate parents, and planning and wrapping up flowers, centerpieces, cake, booze and decorations ourselves.
Then the wedding itself hit -- a two day extravaganza where we rented out an entire 23 room motel in Palm Desert called Mojave Resort. Simply incredible having that space all to ourselves. Classy 40's modern theme, impecible rooms, stylish overgrown lounge area in the center of it all, with a 9' deep pool and a hot tub. We made people come for a two day party: Day one was wedding and reception, all at the resort. Day two was pool lounge grill out day. We bought all the booze so it was open bar throughout. I had a friend bring a PA, to which I hooked up my laptop and entire music collection on an external drive to continually play these playlists I had set up in iTunes over the past few months. Since we had the whole resort, we cranked it at all hours.
I am quite used to being in front of crowds and being the focus -- i've been in multiple bands, performed in a low-brow black comedy musical, regularly rawk the karaoke, you name it. You could say that I'm pretty used to making a complete ass out of myself in front of others. Nothing can explain what I felt come wedding day. Yes, yes, they ALL (our day-of coordinator, our officiant) say that everyone gets the jitters, but -- dammit I'm a stage magnet -- It shouldn't happen to me! But it did.
We had a fucking incredible officiant that made us make eye contact through the entire crowd. I then realized that everyone is there to celebrate us -- our love, our life. It's an amazing feeling. All focus is on you, all the time, and you can't walk 10 feet without getting locked into another conversation with old friends, family members or barely known family members to be. Friends played 3 songs throughout the ceremony, amplifying the connection to the crowd. We also came up with the idea of passing our rings to each and every person in the crowd during our ceremony for their own private blessing. It took a long time but made the whole thing much more personal.
It felt like I was on some kind of natural speed for those 2 days of the wedding. I probably slept 3 hours a night for those 2 days, and ate maybe a single plate of food during that time.
It was the best party I've ever had.
We then decided to decompress for 2 days in Vegas. Fun, but missing in the "decompression", especially when you invite 10 friends along for the debauchery and bring along all the left over booze. Broke even at poker, lost a bit at craps, saw a great shark exhibit and had front-row tix to the dirty Cirque du Soleil.
Whew. I'm ready to not have any plans for a while. Not likely with Halloween fast approaching.
Then the wedding itself hit -- a two day extravaganza where we rented out an entire 23 room motel in Palm Desert called Mojave Resort. Simply incredible having that space all to ourselves. Classy 40's modern theme, impecible rooms, stylish overgrown lounge area in the center of it all, with a 9' deep pool and a hot tub. We made people come for a two day party: Day one was wedding and reception, all at the resort. Day two was pool lounge grill out day. We bought all the booze so it was open bar throughout. I had a friend bring a PA, to which I hooked up my laptop and entire music collection on an external drive to continually play these playlists I had set up in iTunes over the past few months. Since we had the whole resort, we cranked it at all hours.
I am quite used to being in front of crowds and being the focus -- i've been in multiple bands, performed in a low-brow black comedy musical, regularly rawk the karaoke, you name it. You could say that I'm pretty used to making a complete ass out of myself in front of others. Nothing can explain what I felt come wedding day. Yes, yes, they ALL (our day-of coordinator, our officiant) say that everyone gets the jitters, but -- dammit I'm a stage magnet -- It shouldn't happen to me! But it did.
We had a fucking incredible officiant that made us make eye contact through the entire crowd. I then realized that everyone is there to celebrate us -- our love, our life. It's an amazing feeling. All focus is on you, all the time, and you can't walk 10 feet without getting locked into another conversation with old friends, family members or barely known family members to be. Friends played 3 songs throughout the ceremony, amplifying the connection to the crowd. We also came up with the idea of passing our rings to each and every person in the crowd during our ceremony for their own private blessing. It took a long time but made the whole thing much more personal.
It felt like I was on some kind of natural speed for those 2 days of the wedding. I probably slept 3 hours a night for those 2 days, and ate maybe a single plate of food during that time.
It was the best party I've ever had.
We then decided to decompress for 2 days in Vegas. Fun, but missing in the "decompression", especially when you invite 10 friends along for the debauchery and bring along all the left over booze. Broke even at poker, lost a bit at craps, saw a great shark exhibit and had front-row tix to the dirty Cirque du Soleil.
Whew. I'm ready to not have any plans for a while. Not likely with Halloween fast approaching.
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what are you going to sing on Saturday?