A trip to Sydney last weekend for a close friends wedding marked the third in the last year.
One as a grooms man, one as a guest, and last weekend as the MC.
I’d never MC’d a wedding before and didn’t know what to expect. It seems I had nothing to expect. It was a gorgeous wedding and I got a lot of laughs and complimented by the bride and groom, and by a few guests. Like most times I’ve spoken in front of a crowd, nerves fade away within 30 seconds of beginning to speak.
It also marked the first weekend away for Katie and I. We had 3 days in Sydney, which included a day kicking back in the hotel, and a wild day on Sydney harbour and a visit to Fort Denison. Wind in our hair, sea spray in the air and plenty to see and do.
So many things lately I’ve been meaning to blog about and I simply never get around to it.
I’m loving my EEE pc and it makes the train trip fly by when I remember to bring it.
I’m loving playing Spore when I get time to.
I’m loving playing WoW now and again with Katie. We are so far from the target demographic it’s not even funny. But it’s a game and roaming around together it loses the MMO aspect, and just becomes an adventure together.
I’m loving the comments I receive from people about how much weight I’ve lost. I was never immense, but I was carrying more than I should, and I am now carrying a lot less.
Timps - October 2008
On the topic of weddings. I have to say, the big events don’t always come across just the same way as those that are personal and up close.
The two weddings I attended in the last few weeks have been very different. One was within a giant echoing cathedral and then into a closed in, locked off club in the middle of the city. The other was in a park, through the bushes looking onto Sydney Harbour and then a walk back to the bowls club.
Now the difference here is the event, not the couples. Both are very close friends of mine, and both are very much in love with one another. But only one of them felt absolutely right and like everyone belonged.
I think for me, the feeling is about personalisation. The big church wedding followed by the fancy dinner felt like a template. Like the bride and groom could have been swapped out and we all would have fit in just as well. It was a day, and they were doing what they needed to do, because they were getting married.
The park, the bowls club and the 4 violinists playing some beautiful piece I’d never heard (the piece turned out to be composed by the brides father as a wedding gift). It felt right. It felt like this was a celebration and an event about them. We were here to take part, and the day was because they were getting married. Not getting married because there was a big day at the church planned.
In keeping with my off beat catch of life. I finalised my MC duties (rounding off the speeches) by telling a tale of why Neil and I are friends. How we worked near each other and hadn’t connected. And one day I started singing the super mario brothers theme. Neil sang along from the next cubicle over, and we have been friends ever since. And this line, “I’m finally glad to say, that Neil’s princess is not in another castle”.
Timps out.
Fort Denison: Seen it.
My 3 closest friends get married: Seen it.
Positive comments on how I look: Didn’t see it coming.
