a great weekend in ohio.

tim picked me up at the airport, then we ate at the blue nile with dave and jen and kris and tyler! disparate friends of me, unite! awesome. good food as always...i've been thinking about that place all year while in the UK. then we met kris' fiance and saw their new house and their home cinema...twinge of jealousy...and their pets. home, sleep.

friday, tim and i had a chipotle lunch and then went to ComFest, a community festival in its 30th year. it's never abandoned its 60s-era ideals, and that's pretty cool. on our way to the beer tent i was accosted by a long-lost friend!!! yay keara!!! total surprise. sat under the trees listening to bands and drinking beer and catching up.

then to the airport to pick up miranda. but, this being a lucky weekend, i also ran into matt da hair (bizarre, caustic pal of mine) and dave (again), who was picking up chris (another admired acquaintance of mine), at the airport. then miranda! she has a new job and seems happy. jessica came to pick us up and then we listened to heart and the stones and smoked cigarettes out the car window as we drove to our ancestral home of gambier.

taco bell and a trip to big bear for beer. then to the hotel (luxe) to watch iron chef and stuff our face with junk food and beer....mostly just beer...then clare and jamie came over and we talked, and then i went for a walk and then to an early bed. on my walk i revisted north campus. then a cop car started driving so slowly back and forth that i got nervous. oh well.

saturday morning got up sort of early, got ready, and went to lunch with athena (my greek professor, to whom i fall prostrate in awe) and her new husband...um....one of my classmates. it was a nice day. athena looked at my photos and dissertation while A. cooked us soup. then we made soymilk in her Soy Foods Center, which resembles a Mr. Coffee. fresh soymilk is hot and thin and it tastes really good and not chalky.

then to the rehearsal, which was sweatyish. then to the dinner....but i decided not to go. that was okay. i'm sure that my sandwich at the deli was pretty poor compared to the food at the dinner, but i needed to talk to the just-arrived erik! also we ran into old friend alix, who is living in gambier for the summer, so we invited her to our room for a night of fun. heh. all very nice. we made the market pilgrimage for beer, then returned to our rooms to change into something a little more comfortable. again, lots of funny TV programs (expose of martha stewart, iron chef, full house--just to torture alanmiller) and lots and lots of beer. and the junk food. oh yes. we had miranda and erik and alix and her boyfriend evan and alan and then jen stopped by! all wonderful people. at the end of the night (4 am) it was just me and jess and alan on the huge bed, drinking and watching TV and making fun of the people on TV. sleep.

wake up. bookstore breakfast: coffee, bagels, magazines. sitting around and sharing what we were reading in our different magazines. see what i miss about kenyon?

the wedding was amazing although i don't remember much of it. i just stood up front and sweated and cried a little and sweated some more. we were all dripping into our bouquets. jen looked absolutely gorgeous. dave has cut off his beard and now i must say he is gorgeous as well. everyone happy. the reception was nice; we had the cool kids' table. there was a fajita bar and i drank buckets of iced tea. eventually it was over. tim and jess and i toured south campus and i took pictures to show K. then tim and i drove home. stopped at waffle house for nostalgia and food. slept.

now i am alone in his apartment, and now i will shower and take a cab to the airport. home again home again jiggity jig.