woke up ridiculously early to fly down to lost angels for hmc’s birthday yesterday, and then we went out with a bunch of her friends to the hollywood bowl for a nice picnic under the stars, complete with fado and fireworks! quite lovely and it was wonderful to see everyone come out for the festivities. the fado was sung by mariza in her hollywood bowl debut, although the rest of the music was just the hollywood bowl orchestra playing soundtrack music from around the mediterranean, which was comparatively cheesy. at one point, however, they played the music from casablanca, and brought out the actual piano from the movie for the first time in public, which was pretty cool. and tinier than you think.
the next day we trekked down to HOT HOT HOT 102° mission viejo for our cousin’s wedding. which was fine, but maybe (unsurprisingly) the whitest wedding i’ve been to since, uh, cousin shauna’s wedding last year. i wish they would hand out catholic cheat sheets for these things, because i’m not up on all the proper call and response parts (“and also with YOU!”) and when to stand or kneel or do the hokey pokey or what. the reception was lovely except for all the christian rock music, especially the odd creepy christian incest-ish song they played during the father-daughter dance:
“You know how much I love you daddy,
But if you don’t mind,
I’m only going to kiss you on
the cheek this time.”
uh, WHAT? caitlin and i did double takes, trying to figure if we actually heard that right or not.
all in all it wasn’t terrible, although it did make me miss our hippy cult campout for the first time ever. not that i’m bitter or anything. not to mention the distinct lack of any naked chicks or hot tubs. or good music.
did i mention that i’m not bitter?
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