al franken's wedding speech

here is al franken at ben's wedding, explaining the tradition of the smashing of the glass, which took place at the reception rather than at the wedding ceremony itself.



al was a good sport. someone asked me if i had any pictures of him & me and i explained that no, i didn't, because i was the one taking all the pictures. i have many pix of al not with me - talking with beth's dad, the fervent bush supporter, laughing at something ali was saying, pointing at the country club coat of arms.

ali got mad at me for telling al franken how we met (on a cheesy lesbian dating site.) she wanted to perpetuate the lie that we met by happenstance when i was driving through town. al stood there smiling as he observed ali and myself having it out over this. i thought it was funny, how we met. she was embarrassed by it. oh well, too late now, cat's out of the bag.

anyway i am home now and relieved to be moving on with my life, such as it is. once again and true to form i am awake way too early which means i have a day of work ahead in which i will be sleep-deprived and underproductive. not exactly the way in which i was hoping to leap into the fray. i'll report back with news of how that's going, the work thing. if only i had a non-work thing that gave me so much satisfaction, then i'd be maybe living a life. i hear stories about me having a bunch of "cool" friends ever since the vegan bus thing but really, who hangs out with me? a couple people at best. true, i'm never around. true, i turn some people down. but i'm not hanging with any sort of "cool" crowd or any sort of crowd, period.