drums & floods

helllloooo from quarter end! busy busy busy around here, so please excuse the crappy post. i'll try to stick to pictures as much as possible, which can't be ruined with poor grammar...

first off, the drums. there was a lot of concern about where they're living now, and sadly the answer is.... not in my apartment. there's just not a good place to set up a full kit. they were originally going to live in the spare bedroom, when it was going to be a spare bedroom and not a roommate's bedroom, but when that didn't work out they moved to my closet. and when they moved out of the closet, they moved to my storage unit. i'm super lucky because the apartment comes with a whole extra room down the hall, about 10x10, for whatever extra crap i have. which is.. uh.. a lot. like, 20 boxes, a futon, a desk chair, an extra side table, one of those big plastic trunks you take to college, my entire drum kit, and the doors of my closet. hooray storage room!

nextly, the wedding this weekend was freaking phenominal. i love both the bride and groom, which always helps, but they also put on a GREAT party, in a ridiculously gorgeous locale, with delicious food, an open bar, and an officiant who a) couldn't say the groom's name, like, at all, and b) added in some color commentary. like during the vows, the "in richer and poorer, in sickness and in health" part? when saying each phrase for them to repeat, when he got to the last line he got all Creepy and Foreboding and finished with "..until DEEEAATH do you part," giving a huge emphasis to "death" and staring out menacingly at the rest of us while saying it, perhaps to teach us a lesson? STOP DIVORCING BEFORE DEATH, YOU JERKS? i don't know, but it was sort of hilarious.

anyway! he did manage to marry them, which was nice:

and the reception got under way:

aaaand then the rain started.

the real problem was that even though we were all safe and happy inside the (gorgeously-appointed!) tent, it was raining SO HARD that the rain was blowing sideways into the tent through the 2 openings, and completely flooding the grass. please note that there is about an inch and a half of standing water covering the grass, here:

this did not, obviously, stop anyone from having an absolutely brilliant time. everyone there was seriously good people.

excellent times. congratulations, olivia and taz!