September 20

OK, now that I have some time, I can get to the weekend that was.

First off, the wedding. Flat-out amazing. There are no other words to describe it. The best wedding I've ever been a part of, hands down. The day started out with golf at 8am. I drove out to Grand Blanc and filmed from 7:45 until about 12:30pm. Originally I was only going to follow the guys around for a the first couple holes and head out, but given everyone who was playing were good friends, I figured why not stay. Good decision. It gave me plenty of time to get different shots, interviews, and what hopefully will turn into a fun little "extra" that I can through on the DVD. After that, it was off to grab some food, change, and right to the church in Utica. I thought I was going to run into some bad traffic as soon as I hit 59, but it actually had calmed down a lot from the night before. To sum up the ceremony, there was a ton or running around, making sure cameras were in position, pressing record, and just going with it. I hope it turned out well. I haven't been able to capture any of the footage because my computer is being worked on, but as soon as I get it back, that's the first thing that's happening. As soon as the wedding was finished, it was picture time. Donnell stayed inside and filmed the the first phase while I headed outside for some B-roll. When everyone headed where I was for more pictures, I then ran back inside for more B-roll. So many photos were snapped everybody ended up arriving to the reception about an hour late. I was worried I wasn't going to make it in time, given we had to stay behind at the church for a few minutes while the party bus with the wedding party had drove off to the hotel. BUT, as it turned out, we pulled in the exact same time. Whew.

The reception took place at the Detroit Marriott in Troy. It was a beautiful hotel with the entire conference center reserved for us. We ended up having time to set up a decent amount of time before the grand entrance was made. Think...Detroit Pistons introductions. Hahaha. It was awesome. Then it was cutting of the cake, a few words from the father and the toast by the Best man, and then FOOD. After seemingly working all day, this was our chance to finally relax. We had seats at a table with all of my other friends who had made the trip, which made it that much more amazing. Throw on top of that a great steak dinner, open bar, and cake, and BOOM, you have a great evening. The dancing was next, which went by great. You had the classics, of course, and then it was time to get everybody on the floor and GET DOWN! So much fun. Seriously, it was a blast, and I just filmed. There was a time around 11:30 that myself and the photographers actually went up to Ryan and Krista's suite and filmed/shot some pretty funny stuff. Think Ferris Bueller's Day Off ending. Yeah, that's the best way to describe it. I can't wait to get working on this video. As the clock rolled on passed midnight, I ended up saying my goodbyes, hugs/kisses all around, and headed on back home.

I'm serious, folks. BEST. WEDDING. EVER.

The next day was a day of recovery. I literally just relaxed all afternoon at Brad's and watched some football. To you Michigan fans out there, it was a good day. To me...well, let's just say a whole lot didn't go right. I'm happy for the Wolverines AND the fact USC lost, but everything else pissed me off. MSU losing to Notre Dame in the waning minutes of the game pissed me off. The Tigers losing another CRUCIAL game to the Twins REALLY pissed me off. Seriously, sports are a great thing, but sometimes...

Anyway, later on I got together with Brandon and chilled for a bit. Went to Redwood for dinner where I picked up an 8 oz. Filet with garlic butter on the side. MmmmmMMMMMM!!! Oh MAN!!! That hit the spot. Afterward we drove out to Trillium to check out The Informant! around 9:50. I had a good time at that show. It was very obvious Steven Soderbergh directed it. I'm not saying that I didn't know he was the director, but when you think of how he sets up his shots, how his stories flow, and the different transitions he's accustom to using, it was a VERY Soderbergh-type film. Haha. But a good one. And pretty funny...which is good, because it was supposed to be a comedy. And that was that for last night.

Today was fairly relaxing, too. Work in the early morning then home for some lunch. Next it was over to Brad's for the rest of the Lions game, some Beatles Rock Band, snacks/dinner, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. In between there was the time with the animals (Sloan and Ari) and a ton of laughs. The Lions lost, even after playing an inspiring first half. That was lame. What wasn't lame at all was the fact the Tigers ACTUALLY WON A DAMN GAME. Now we're 3 up in the Central with must win games the rest of the way. Why do I say "must win?" Because they all are, quite literally, must wins. We have 13 games left; 10 of which are against the White Sox and the Twins. Luckily (if we can WIN THEM), the last 7 are at home. And the one shinning light on our season has been our play at home. We've been great. Here's the thing...the last 10 games we've played like shit. There's no way to clean that up. We've sucked. BAD. So we need a major adjustment starting Tuesday against the Indians. We'll see, I suppose.

So, to end, it was a great weekend. One of the best I've had in a while. In two more weeks, I hope to be saying the same thing when Brandon and Laura tie the knot. Curb was hilarious and now I'm back home and ready for a little shut eye. Translation: I'm not going to go to bed until 2. Hahaha.

Maybe next week, Lions,
B