{"id":1908,"date":"2012-10-15T10:54:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T14:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2012-10-15T12:49:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:49:49","slug":"wedding-rituals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsidiannoise.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/15\/wedding-rituals\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Rituals"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was asked to be a date at a wedding and that was yesterday. Contrary to how anyone (even myself) would guess I’d feel, it turns out I generally like weddings. I haven’t been to many, I think about 16 starting from adulthood, and they’ve all been a good chance to celebrate something great and deserving.<\/p>\n

This wedding was hyper-Chinese in every category: attendees, music, ceremony, food, and especially location. Ah, Flushing, Queens. In the largest baquet hall available. The walls extra lit. The stage extra golden.\u00a0The carpeting extra red.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The tablecloths: extra red. \u00a0The weird baby octopi: extra red.<\/p>\n

10 course meal: fantastic. I do have a slightly gurgley gut this morning, \u00a0probably from the combination of things I probably ate way too much of.<\/p>\n

At this wedding I didn’t dance. Didn’t feel like it. My data went up and had a blast and I hung out with some table mates and chatted.<\/p>\n

Turns out the woman sitting next to me is a graduate of my university. Neat.<\/p>\n

That guy went on a vacation to bermuda and loved it. Neat.<\/p>\n

That lady likes to drink too much and is dancing with a napkin. Neat.<\/p>\n

I watched one baby slowly extend his arm outwards towards another baby who \u00a0responded by opening his mouth and slowly moving toward the first baby, hungrily. Neat. Little. Animals. Everyone.<\/p>\n

Diving into my dissertation this week and am really deep in it now. If only I could just do this forever.<\/p>\n

Don’t get overwhelmed with your lives. You have way too many interesting things to discover.<\/p>\n

Best wishes for a great week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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