Temp to Perm - part III
21 May 2004, 20:48
New Love (no, not ours)
The reception was a Gourmet Aussie BBQ at the Sebel’s Poolside Cafe. Prawns, chicken, steaks, kebabs and fish were barbequed up, with stacks of salad, roast potatoes and pastas. The wine flowed, particularly for Matt’s Uncle John who decided Bron would be perfect for our friend Jeremy who was, ahem, seasoning his steak elsewhere.
Only a couple of things went slightly awry at the reception, most notably the batteries of our MDs running out of juice. It wouldn’t have been so bad, except I’d spent ages putting together a dance compilation, that ran out three quarters through. Desperate, we raided the Sebel’s CD selection which was… fairly tragic. It was either Tchaikovsky, Garth Brooks, or “Hits of the 90’s”. If you can’t figure which one we chose, then you really are reading the wrong blog.
With Mark and Connor
The show-stealer was undoubtedly my nephew, Connor, who at 2 1/2 years old, already does a mean Eminem impression. He stripped down to his singlet and thoroughly rocked out to Belinda Carlisle (as you do), yelling at the audience like a real rock and roll star. Damnit nephew, did I not warn you that this was my day?
You can’t blame him, though. He had a little hottie to impress. Connor and Tessa (who will be getting married about 25 years from now) were enamoured with each other on first sighting. There was embracing, there was kissing, and at the end of the night, Connor was even feeding Tessa her bottle. Ah, young love.
First Kiss
The speeches were hilariously bad, especially Matt and my speeches which were little more than drunken thankyous. I know of plenty of brides who don’t eat or drink because they’re too busy entertaining, but I thought, “Fuck that. It’s my wedding so I’ll get as sloshed as I can.”
Jeremy took control of our video camera and interviewed all the guests, asking “If you could describe Matt and Kim in one word, what would it be?” The Top 12 responses:
12. “Sensible” [Jude obviously doesn’t know us very well]
11. “Humourous” [Diane]
10. “Sudafed” [Matt’s rather crook dad]
9. “Alcoholics” [Jane who knows us rather too well]
8. “Sexy” [Mark and Connor]
7. “Rambunctious” [Tom]
6. “YOUNG!” [I really love Auntie Claire]
5. “I’ve only got one word?” [Bron]
4. “Overrated” [Tom again, who really should be put back in his cage]
3. “Gorgeous/nauseous” [Penne swore it was the former]
2. “LOVE!” [Uncle John, everyone’s favourite guest]
1. “What was the question?” – [Sam]
And I’ll leave you with this haiku written by our good buddy, Tom, who gave a winning speech;
“On an Autumn beach
Joy shared with those who are close”
They leave united”
...to be continued…
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