Life At A Speed I Can Handle
10 03 2008Well, I’m back up for air following over one full month of late nights, weekend hours, and two overnights at work. It feels like every moment outside work has been filled with wedding plans. Aside from the business surrounding my 32nd birthday and sleep, I really haven’t had an hour to do anything but work or plan.
After three days off from work, I managed to catch up on (almost) all the personal To-Do’s outside of work and the wedding. It feels really good to be nearly caught up. I even managed to set aside some time to beat Guitar Hero III on medium, and get a few stages further in Mario Galaxy. Yes, part of my personal To-Do list was to chill out and play video games. I still have WipEout Pulse, God of War, Darkstalkers and Ratchet & Clank on my PSP to start-and-finish.
As for the wedding, the venue’s been picked and the date is set - September 14, 2008. Following a successful weekend, the band and bridesmaid dresses have even been secured. I need to get moving on the tux’s now.
First, we have to meet with a photographer/videographer studio. Simone’s the expert in photography, and I’m the video guy, so we decided to split up those duties. However, our first choice for video and a top-three for photography is the same place. Hopefully we can spin enough of a good package deal to justify the cost.
We sat down with all the paraphenalia from the Wedding Show we went to at the top of the year, and systematically went through each website to watch the demo reels. Some ranged from Woodbridgian, MTV-generation, seizure-inducing music videos to sappy documentaries featuring the bride and/or groom doing a voiceover of “why I love him/her so much tee hee”. I’m serious. An uncomfortably large number of video houses fit into one of these two classifications.
The one we’ll be going to visit tonight is so damned good, our eyes were damp following the first demo reel. That’s a pretty emotional response considering we didn’t even know the couple in the video!
Simone will be taking the TTC up here in order to visit this company. The car’s battery is dead, and I’m worried that the car is going to go into another long stretch of expensive repairs. I’ve already spent over a thousand bucks on it in the last few months, but a new car will cost several thousand a year.
Hopefully I can pick up one of those sleek 2009 Matrix’s (Matricies?) from this year’s Tim Horton’s Roll Up The Rim To Please Play Again.
So what venue did you pick?
The biggest piece of advice that I can give you about planing a wedding is you will not be able to please everyone so don’t worry about it. And don’t forget ‘open bar’.
We’re having the ceremony and reception at Le Parc in Richmond Hill. Not my first choice, but their price was so far ahead of the competition that it just made sense.
After meeting with the photo and video place (Xero Digital) I was thoroughly impressed. Their prices are competitive, so I’m hoping to go with them. After what I saw, and meeting the photographer, Matthew, I would recommend them to anyone.
And yes, the good news is that there will be open bar. The bad news is that the dinner will be Kosher so the wine must be too. Look for another post coming (hopefully) soon that lists kosher wines that are “adequate”.