Rogers finally came by to give me Internet access today. The cable guy told me to go to a Rogers Plus to exchange the modem for a wireless one, except the store is OUT of wireless modems, so I won't be able to get the Mac online until they receive a shipment. Fucking company. They're ALREADY screwing me.

Okay. Breathe. A lot has transpired over the last few days. Connolley's wedding was certainly a wedding. I got a kick out of the minister, who was really jovial about the whole thing, constantly cracking jokes. I kind of respected the fact that he didn't bring God into the ceremony as much as a lot of ministers do. I'm looking forward to not having a wedding to look forward to, all things being equal.

I've been living in this apartment now for three weeks and it feels like three months. Things can't happen fast enough for me to get everything in place. I still need my couch. I'll feel a lot better about the place once it's here. I never thought I'd be so picky once I started living on my own.

A group of us had dinner at Tucker's in the Market last night and ended up at Mod Club. I stayed until close for the first time in forever. It was fun. I'm tired today. I think I might just watch movies and chill, get away form the world for awhile.

Andrea and I are heading to Kingston for Connolley's wedding tomorrow. I've been looking forward to this wedding as the last real "event" of the summer, and although I'm definitely happy for Greg and Kelly I'm looking forward to having it behind me. I'm kind of wedding-ed out at this point. In any event, I'm going to try to hit Kingston on the first shot in the rental car and not end up in Arnprior this time.

A bunch of us went to The Lookout last night, a gay club in town. It was the first time I'd ever been to one. It's pretty much the same as any other club, with more men wearing tighter t-shirts.

I think I need to start getting out more.

I'm tired, but I'll bet Andrea is feeling even more so. Trolley's wedding is in the can and it was pretty spectacular as far as weddings go. Horse drawn carriages, beautiful farmland, and food. Ye gods, the food. I like to eat at weddings. I don't know why, really... it's probably the fact that the stuff is free and quality and I'm in a celebratory mood. Add to that the fact that I wasn't drinking because I had to drive and I ended up eating too much as a result. This wedding had food coming constantly. If it wasn't being served it was scattered all over the end of the tent structure where the reception was located. Yum.

The ceremony was among the more beautiful I'd seen. I dig weddings. One more coming up in September. Andrea had a great time. We're supposed to go to Gatineau Park today but I dropped her off at Christine's last night, so I don't know what kind of shape she's in this morning. I parked the car across the street from the building and spilled the complimentary jelly beans we stole from the table just before I walked in the door. Hopefully no one slips Three Stooges style. They'll probably blame some kid for the mess anyway. What fully grown man would spill purple and green jelly beans on the sidewalk?

Andrea and I picked up the car at the airport, had breakfast at Denny's (I PREFACED all of that reception food with a Denny's breakfast. Jesus.) and then stopped at Home Depot to pick up a tree as a wedding gift. The ceremony ended up being three hours later than we guessed so we bummed around Andrea's apartment until it was time to go. I love driving. It can be a nerve-wracking experience when you haven't done it for awhile, but before long taking the twists and turns to navigate around a city grows on you.

Jeff's wedding went smoothly despite the fact that it was a scorcher outside. Oddly, he and Linda had people over to their place once it was over instead of heading to some hotel room and boinking. It was fun to see the lads again. I've grown apart from most of them but it's nice that they still keep me in mind to invite to weddings and such.

Apartment-hunting is pretty much constantly on my mind and so being out of town kind of drives me a little crazy. It's been a busy weekend with the wedding and hanging out at my sister's place. Hopefully Andrea and I can take a breather and just stay at home tonight before we head back to Ottawa tomorrow morning. I do really enjoy pointing things out to her in the city and mentioning experiences as though they just happened yesterday instead of 10+ years ago.