I Hope We Have This Much Fun, At Least, You Know, Up Until The Tasering

Hilary and I have been to many, many fun weddings. We hope ours will be quite the shindig as well.

But maybe we shouldn't have this much fun.

"A former Chicago couple's wedding night was spent in separate jail cells after both bride and groom got shocked by a police Taser and arrested at their raucous reception...

...the story didn't end after the reception. Two nights later, the bride and groom were again arrested in Michigan -- and again shocked by a stun gun -- after struggling with police investigating a noise complaint, Sepic said. The groom was charged with pushing his new wife down during that incident, but the charge was later dropped as part of a plea bargain, Sepic said." (Photo by Kacper Skowron/For the Sun-Times)

I don't know. Get tased once, shame on you. Get tased twice in three days? I'm starting to think you might want to consider a different deterrant. Almost seems like they were starting to enjoy it.

Nevertheless, to put your fears to bed, we promise there will be no tasering at our wedding.*

• Newlyweds tasered, arrested at reception (via Boing Boing)

*Unless you give a toast consisting of a poem that doesn't rhyme. Then we can't be held responsible.

One Month To Go...

Today is August 13. It's 11:26 pm. At this time, one month from now, Hilary and I will be married. It doesn't seem real, mostly because it feels like we've been engaged since Nam.

Most of the big details are taken care of, now it's all about the small stuff. Seating arrangements, decorations, gift bags - these are the decisions that stand to ruin rule our lives the next 4 weeks.

Today our invitation responses were due back; we are still shy about 20% of our guest list (hey - send those suckers in!), but we have a pretty good idea of who is coming and who is not.

One thing I have learned from this process is that, with 100% certainty, I am the worst wedding guest ever. I was always late with response cards, I never booked my room until the last minute, and most of my wedding gifts were purchased several months after the fact (which, though apparently well within the rules of etiquette, is still pretty lame of me).

For everyone who's wedding I've been to over the past few years, please accept my deepest apologies. Feel free to buy us our wedding presents next August if it will make up for it at all.

Since I know what it's like to forget to send in response cards, I am posting a link to our email address on the right-hand side of the blog for anyone who needs to respond.

We are hitting the home stretch, and I know it will be here before we know it. And thank God.