{"id":3459,"date":"2005-08-07T04:31:46","date_gmt":"2005-08-07T11:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/07\/bridal-parties-are-fun\/"},"modified":"2019-12-17T15:59:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:59:18","slug":"bridal-parties-are-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/07\/bridal-parties-are-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridal Parties are Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7208,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/gracesine&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/gracesine&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6286,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/sirriamnis&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050419035436\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com:80\\\/users\\\/sirriamnis\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 23:56:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:58:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 18:09:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 17:13:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 17:13:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7324,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.livejournal.com\\\/users\\\/ogremarco&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6417,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.vogueseattle.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7838,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/tags\\\/samalvarez&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/tags\\\/samalvarez&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7839,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/31901626&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/31901626&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:7840,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/photos21.flickr.com\\\/31901626_67b170c3ba_o.jpg&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20170502230521\\\/http:\\\/\\\/photos21.flickr.com\\\/31901626_67b170c3ba_o.jpg&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-10 02:13:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 16:33:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 16:33:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>At least, as long as your definition of &#8220;fun&#8221; includes 20-some 20-something sorority girls drinking <em>far<\/em> too much alcohol, being incredibly loud (which is saying something in a dance club), having no concept that there&#8217;s anyone else on the dance floor, nearly starting a fight near the bar, and eventually having one of them carried out of the bathroom by two big beefy guys because there was no <em>way<\/em> she&#8217;d be able to walk.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;yeah. Interesting night. Certainly amusing to watch all this from the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Still, good times were had. A little flirting, a few new people met (Hope, Jennifer, Elizabeth and Felix), chatting outside in the cool air with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/gracesine\/\" title=\"I'm not going to call the hospital because you won't learn anything\">Melissa<\/a>, Suzanne, Brooke, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/sirriamnis\/\" title=\"It isn't about you.\">Mickey<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/ogremarco\/\" title=\"Captain Plunderfucker's Journal\">Ogre<\/a>, and Ron, and some bouncing around on the dance floor (though that was somewhat hampered by both sorority girls and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogueseattle.com\/\" title=\"The Vogue\">Vogue<\/a>&#8216;s famous lack of ventilation&#8230;but I hear that Mony has a new fan ready to install, so hopefully that&#8217;ll get a bit more air flow going through in the near future). All in all, not a bad night.<\/p>\n<p>Also (and totally unrelated to any of the above), after Prairie declared that one of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/tags\/samalvarez\/\" title=\"Flickr: djwudi's photos tagged with samalvarez\">pictures of the Teatro ZinZanni acrobat<\/a> to be quite &#8220;yum&#8221;-worthy, I tweaked it a touch to turn it into a suitable desktop image.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/31901626\/\" title=\"Teatro Zinzanni Desktop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/21\/31901626_67b170c3ba.jpg\" width=\"495\" height=\"396\" alt=\"Teatro Zinzanni Desktop\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a 1280&#215;1024 version ready to be used as a desktop image (or &#8220;wallpaper&#8221; for you Windows users) available to <a href=\"http:\/\/photos21.flickr.com\/31901626_67b170c3ba_o.jpg\" title=\"Teatro Zinzanni Desktop (1280x1024)\">download here<\/a>, should you wish.<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;bed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DPink Floyd%2526albumTerm=Animals Trance Remixes%2526songTerm=Pigs on the Wing 1%26 partnerId%3D30\">Pigs on the Wing 1<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1= itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DPink Floyd%26partnerId%3D30\">Pink Floyd<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DPink Floyd%2526albumTerm=Animals Trance Remixes%26partnerId%3D30\">Animals Trance Remixes<\/a><\/em> (1995, 5:48).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least, as long as your definition of &#8216;fun&#8217; includes 20-some 20-something sorority girls drinking far too much alcohol, being incredibly loud, having no concept that there&#8217;s anyone else on the dance floor, nearly starting a fight near the bar, and eventually having one of them carried out of the bathroom by two big beefy guys because there was no way she&#8217;d be able to walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043,2049],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-3459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-photos","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}