The Great Nerd Wedding Rehersal…

This weekend marked the wedding of two of my best friends, and . Friday night was the rehearsal dinner, which was held at Matt’s parents house. It was quite obvious that Matt was really feeling the stress, as most everything that came out of him had that frantic “this may be followed by vomit” tone to it.

I was more than a bit surprised that for detail oriented nerds, much of the ordering of things was not latched down to the second and there appeared to be a lot of play in Brother Hickman’s schedule. During the process of deciding who was going to walk Matt’s parents down the aisle, I thought I may have offended his parents by referring to them as “very cool, awesome people, but for the sake of today they are just two more in the crowd”. I was trying to relate to Matt that this was about his decision and did not hinge on the stage of the sun, which lichens were growing on the nearby trees, or even how many bits are in a byte. I found out later that not only did I not offend his parents, they also agreed with me completely.

Regardless of all that, we took two stabs at the rehersal and were in fine shape by the end. We then gorged ourselves on the excellent burgers and dogs prepared by Matt’s Dad.

Matt gave us attendants gifts of handmade mosaic art that he gridded out on Photoshop and then transferred by hand to framed canvas. Mine was of my infamous side kick picture. Also in the bag was a shirt that said “Deadly Viper Attendant Squad”, which was an awesome callback to Kill Bill.

The party broke up shortly thereafter, as many were tired and ready to get in from the savage bugs that took over the proceedings. Matt and Sarah then travelled to our house for some covert practicing of the dance routine that they were going to do for their first dance. It went perfectly the first time, with some mistakes in later attempts. They elected to not continue practicing any more, and we gave them their wedding gift and they left.

I will post more of the wedding specifics when I will not get fired for spending an hour.