i am sooo far behind.

between christmas and new years, we went to new york for nathan's cousin's wedding. i had been under the impression that this cousin was one of the few liberal ones in his family. ha. i was apparently soooooo wrong.

good things: the church was very pretty, although very small. the decorations in the church were nice. the outfits of the bride, groom, and attendants were very nice, and everyone looked good in them. the weather was gorgeous. i like that neighborhood of new york.

okay things: it was sort of anthropologically interesting, watching the ceremonies of a people who are not my people, who believe things that i do not believe. plus, i got to see a very high church missouri synod service. much like a high church episcopal service, only smaller, and the liturgical music (how can i put this delicately) sucks. also, the reception was in a school gym, which is not the best location in the world, but it was very pretty, for what they had to work with.

bad things: lms liturgical music. did i mention that part? it being mentioned to us by various relatives how happy they were that cousin was having a church wedding, and that it was soooo important to them. the sermon, which started out personally offensive, got another dig in, and then went straight to total cheesiness. (dig against gay marriage, continued digs against civil ceremonies, and then uber-cheesiness about how menage a trois (him, her, and jesus) were the best kind of marriages.)

cheesy *and* tacky, that sermon.