recent life events:
-Sean Thom/Erin Stearns Wedding in Spokane...in which i was the best man. honestly i had been dreading this weekend for quite some time and viewed the entire event more as a duty than an honor. however, the weekend turned out to be a smashing success. the other groomsman, ryan fox, and i bonded and brought the ruckus. wu-tang style. kind of. here are some examples.
...we 'crashed' a family "meet and greet dessert party", arrived first, left last, and met more family members than both the bride and groom. i chatted up (in spanish) a gorgeous cougar from cali that taught spanish to 4-8 year olds and had lived in madrid for 3 years. the father of the bride proclaimed that ryan and i "were officially a part of the family" and so i replied "do you have any more daugthers". and then bob says "have you met my younger (19 year old) daughter megan?"...and then yells "megan, get in here, have you met ethan yet?...and then bob invited us back for thanksgiving.
...despite a horribly dismal dance playlist, ryan and i incited a PG rated dance riot and got the dance floor hopping, if only for a few minutes.
...my best man speech was VERY well received, and despite my lack of hilarious stories about sean thom (as he has never made a mistake in his life, i managed to embarrass him)
...after the wedding, ryan and i kicked it with lil sis megan and photographer friend rani while sitting on broken tiles in a tile dump, drinking cheap red wine, smoking cigars from the Dominican Rebuplic, and discussing the glory of Bon Iver and Zach Condon. 10 minutes the later the cops arrived, threatened us with MIPS (the girls were 19), DUIs, providing alcohol to minors, trespassing, and handcuffs. a mildly sobering experience. and then they let us go, and we rolled back to the church to finish our wine and cigars.
-i spent April Fools day hiking up the Sheep Creek Ridge Trail in 2-4 feet of snow with Abby, a one year old black lab.
-i volunteered at the Grizzly Triathlon on Saturday morning...and slung 30 lbs of nanners, 40 pounds of oranges and sliced 400+ bagels while scoping out some ridiculously sexy full carbon racing bikes worth 5-9,000 dollars...and received a beanie/running hat/3 pairs of running socks/rad beach towel for my efforts
-i also kicked it with Mike Wolfe, who turns out to be my neighbor, and one of the top 5 ranked ultra-marathoners in the country right now. holy garbage i was tweaking. we are going for a run next week. holy garbage.
-and finally, april is a crazy month for b-days...happy 22 jo, 24 lomen, 25 aly, 25 nicole and other....
