News Rick on 13 Jun 2008 11:52 pm
I’m Still Kickin’
In case anybody’s wondering, I’m up in Seattle getting my daughter married off. Being a preacher type, I’m going to perform the ceremony myself. Needless to say, we’ve been kind of busy this week, and I haven’t had time to update this blog.
On the film side of things, these are the last few days of the Seattle International Film Festival, and I think I’m going to manage to see at least one. Now let’s see … should I see The Unknown Woman, the trés serious offering by Giuseppe Tornatore? I don’t particularly care for his not-so-trés serious stuff (e.g., Cinema Paradiso, Il Postino), and this sounds a little like “I’ll show them, I don’t have to be treacly!”
Or maybe I should see Triangle, the latest Hong Kong gangster flick from Johnnie To and company, billed as “Three giants of Hong Kong crime cinema—Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, and Johnnie To—join forces to create Triangle.” I do love me some Hong Kong crime movies.
Decisions, decisions . . . but whatever, I’ll be back blogging soon enough, as soon as I get this wedding thingy out of the way.
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on 15 Jun 2008 at 10:17 am # Pat
Congratulations on your daughter’s wedding - that’s a major family event! Hope it’s beautiful.
on 15 Jun 2008 at 2:02 pm # Evan Derrick
You do lover yourself some Hong Kong gangster flicks, so I say go with what you love. My wife chides me because at certain restaurants I always order the exact same meal, but why should I pay $15 to experiment on something I may like when I know I can get something I will like?
And congrats on your daughter’s wedding! Is this your first child to get married off? My daughter is only 20 months now, but I can’t imagine what it will be like to send her off with another man for the rest of her life.
on 15 Jun 2008 at 3:41 pm # Rick
Pat, thanks: the wedding went off without a hitch, the bride looked beautiful, I didn’t mess up the ceremony (too much), and all went well.
Evan, I’m gonna go see the Johnnie To. After all, it is father’s day, after all. And yes, it’s kinda weird to be marrying her off.
on 16 Jun 2008 at 9:13 am # Daniel
I’ll belatedly join in the congratulations, Rick! Hope you enjoyed Seattle.
on 16 Jun 2008 at 11:47 am # Rick
Thanks, Daniel. I’m still there, saw Triangle last night, it was pretty good.
on 17 Jun 2008 at 1:45 pm # Rachel
Also congrats on your daughter’s wedding. Tis the season as I went to one this past weekend in MO.
on 17 Jun 2008 at 4:03 pm # Luke Harrington
I always find it amusing when people say that a wedding went off “without a hitch”…when technically, every wedding goes off with a hitch. (Get it? A “hitch”? Yeah, okay, that was dumb.)
Seriously, though…just got back from my older brother’s wedding, performed by my preacher dad, so this sounds somewhat familiar.
Believe it or not, though, that was the first wedding he’d done since getting ordained some 20-odd years ago. It was a fun wedding, though. He should do more of them.
Not sure if anyone cares about any of that, but I thought I’d share.
on 18 Jun 2008 at 12:21 am # Rick
It is indeed the season, Rachel … my daughters was held at a beautiful late-1800’s house on an acreage, in front of a pond with dipping swallows and cute ducklings. The weather here in Seattle is usually dicey through July 4, and this was no exception . . . although it didn’t rain, it was a little chilly and partly cloudy.
Luke — it is very cool to perform your own child’s wedding. Tell your Dad congrats for me. I’ve performed a few more weddings than he has, however. I used to be in a tiny resort town on the southern coast of Oregon (Gold Beach). A lot of tourists wanted to come and get married on the beach, in the forest, etc., and I got pretty good at it.