A Marvelous Weekend, Indexed
Is it a rip-off of Harper's Index, or a rip-off of the now-ubiquitous Harper's Index rip-off blog post? Only your hairdresser knows for sure.
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Minutes it Took to Eat an Entire Spicy Tuna Roll and Drink 1.5 Liters of Water After Getting off My Flight on Wednesday Night: >5
Bachelor/ette Parties Attended: 2 (1 each for myself and my better half)
Hours Spent Driving Round-trip to and from Milpitas to See a Movie I've Already Seen: 2.33
Approximate Awesomeness Quotient of The Dark Knight, Even The Second Time Around: 1,000,000,000
Approximate Level of Gladness on My Part That the Bachelorette Party Involved a Screening of Mamma Mia!, Thus Freeing Me From Ever, Ever Having to See It: 1,000,000,000
Tickets Won at Skee-Ball at Dave & Buster's After the Movie: 82
Number of Items That Can Be Purchased for 82 or Fewer Tickets at the Dave & Buster's Redemption Center: 0
Rehearsal Dinners Made/Hosted: 1
Hours Spent on Friday Prepping for Rehearsal Dinner: 6
Hours of Prep Time Devoted to Travel: 1.5
Of Travel Time, Approximate Ratio of Time Required to Get From Cousin's Place in the Outer Richmond to the Bay Bridge as compared to Time Required to Get From Bay Bridge to CostCo: 3:1*
Number of Distinct Dishes Prepared for Rehearsal Dinner: 6 (plus a potato salad from another contributor)
Guests Fed at Rehearsal Dinner: 26
Servings Left Over at Conclusion of Rehearsal Dinner, Taken Back as Promised to A Girl and a Boy, Whose Kitchen We Used for Prep Work: 2
Size of Serving I Was Able to Acquire by Scraping Dregs of Giant Bowl of Guacamole, Since I Was Last in Buffet Line: 1 Tsp.
Weddings Attended: 1
Approximate Percentage of Guests at Wedding That Danced, In Spite of Repeated Exhoratations: 15
Percentage of Guests Who Took Godzilla vs. Sumo Wrestler Photos at Wedding for Inclusion in Guestbook: 90
Percentage of Pages Used by Guests In Hand-made Guestbook Over Which Maker Toiled For Quite Some Time to Make it Large Enough for Everyone to Have Their Own Page: 25
Number of Times a Slightly Inebriated Mle Gave Me Directions as We Drove Back to Leah and Simon's House After The Wedding: 7
Number of Times This Was Followed by Me Saying, "I know.": 7
Number of Large Round Table Pizzas Personally Consumed by Myself at the After Party: .75
Approximate Air Temperature At the Time When Leah Could Not Believe I Was Getting in the Swimming Pool Because it Was "So Cold": 70° F
Approximate Air Temperature At the Time When Leah and Mle Both Became Concerned for My Health and Sanity When I Got Out of the Pool Because it Was "So Cold": 67° F
Number of Great Times Had by Guests at Various Wedding-Related Events: At least 2, probably more, though I can't speak for anyone but myself and Mle.
* Seriously, I'm sure there was a quicker and smarter way to get to the Bridge from where we spent the night, but my San Francisco geography is largely limited to well-known landmarks and a few major streets, and thus far too much time was spent driving through The City.
