so i guess i associate weddings with prepubescent awkwardness

as that’s my only real context (so far), other than, say, movies.

of which father of the bride is probably the most endearing (but underscores the stress and exhorbitant cost), then there’s the wedding singer, (reminiscent of many bar/bat mitzvahs i attended in new york), my big fat greek wedding (big fat greek family not too sure about the hottie from sex and the city), my best friend’s wedding (julia falls in love with old boyfriend after finding out he’s getting married to cameron diaz), monsoon wedding (cultural drama of arranged marriages), in and out (marriage unraveled by a kevin kline’s dancing), the princess bride (princess buttercup kidnapped and forced to marry prince humperdinck), runaway bride (fear of commitment battles with richard gere’s desire to tie julia down), four weddings and a funeral (clearly relating marriage with death, hello!), and i regret to say i actually saw the wedding planner (wedding planner falls in love with her client the groom, audience suffers for 103 minutes).

all and all, an interesting lot. not, however, overwhelming positive about the whole wedding thing.

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:41pm
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el jefe
2/25/04 9:59am

dude… you’re starting to weird me out here… I’ve gotta ask.. what’s up with the whole wedding theme lately? Pubicly admitting to haven seen half of these movies much less remember the cogent points is behavior worthy of concern…
Your not dying are you?
dude….

justin
2/25/04 11:51am

you know how newspapers often print article series over a number of days like domestic abuse, border crossings, hurricane survivors (and often go on to win pulitzer prizes)?

i been thinking on this topic recently and thought i’d break it out over a number of days.

jane
2/25/04 4:11pm

el jefe: “pubicly admitting” … how’s that work?

Melanie
2/25/04 7:43pm

check this out! are you yankee or dixie? http://www.chuckchamblee.com/dom…_dixie_quiz.htm

Betsy
2/25/04 9:50pm

good try, justin, but you didn’t really answer el jefe’s question. WHY have you been thinking about it? c’mon…inquiring minds want to know

el jefe
2/26/04 8:26am

Pubicly… Publicly.. you say tomatoe I say tomatoe…

Alice
3/2/04 7:11pm

Okay, I’ve been advised to key in on this topic - as I have a definite opinion. I must say, since this ties into later conversation, that “Four Weddings and a Funeral” is interesting in that the same-sex couple seems to have the best/most genuine connection and bond, and yet it is their wedding we never get to see…..important, I thought.

justin
3/3/04 10:33am

ok, i need to see that movie again. out of all of the movies i listed, that is the one i pretty much summarized on the basis of the title!