Weddings

I went to a wedding in Baltimore this past weekend. A close college friend's sister was getting married - I have known her since she was 14. How time flies - she's no 25.

I like weddings. I know, I'm probably in the minority here, for most people find weddings to be tedious, boring, ostentatious. And sometimes weddings can be those things. But at their emotional best, weddings are superb. I love watching people I love celebrate the good things in their lives.

I won't lie. I felt really soft and mushy and gooey inside when the couple exchanged their wedding vows, which they had written themselves. And when the proud father danced with his daughter (trying to stifle the tears, while she cried openly). And when the proud mother danced with her son (openly crying, while he stoically tried to remain poised). I love these things: I love inter-generational love. I love when two people fall in love. I love when people are happy. These are the things life is made up of, in my view.

I'm back in New York. I cleaned my apartment. I cooked today (tasty food, but I don't think I' cooked the chicken well enough, I've already had a run to the bathroom, oh I've changed the mood of this post and have abruptly disgusted you, correct)? Oh, I'll do that to you from time to time. Mixing the high with the low, so to speak, very postmodern of me.

I met an old friend today for a quiet drink. Actually, friend and I had had a falling out back the day, seven months ago, about something that seems trivial now, but then, understandably - and reasonably, actually - meant a lot more. But now I understand what friend was going through at the time. Sometimes you need context to make sense of the past.

I've never been one of those let go of the past people. The past is the friendship, as I'm sure you've all read on a thousand other blogs (and books, and witnessed on TV sitcoms, and seen in movies, and heard in songs galore). But whatever. I don't care how often truths circulate elsewhere. Sometimes, I like to reiterate them on this here blog .