Like last Friday, when I was sort of into going to this local comedy thing and Cleveland sort of wasn't. I didn't want to be that person who is always trapped in a love bubble, but I also didn't want to go alone (seemed like no one else was around. Let me rephrase that- Mandy wasn't around.) Cleveland saw my predicament and offered to take me to see Bridesmaids.
I've always thought that Kristin Wiig and her weird chin/neck skin thing was always pretty funny, and this movie certainly wasn't a disappointment. Like many movies with writers/actors attempting to graduate from SNL (Mean Girls, Hot Rod, Anchorman, Blues Brothers...) I laughed out loud. Cleveland laughed out loud. The highlight for me was the joke in which a high schooler tells Kristin Wiig that she looked like "an old mop." Kind of like this:
Anyway, the other funny part about seeing Bridesmaids with Cleveland, besides the fact that he's a man, was that I am a bridesmaid in my childhood best friend's wedding, just like in the movie. I was hanging out with the female portion of the wedding party the following night, and guess what they suggested? Going to see Bridesmaids!
Kristin Wiig plays this woman Annie, who can't get out of her own way. A number of times, this quirky childhood friend ends up somehow ruining a number of wedding-related events. She is disorganized, broke, and out of touch with the new life of the bride. Sound familiar? That's exactly the role I have in Crystal's wedding, except that I'm not the Maid of Honor.
I was traveling with Crystal and her fiance to meet two of the other bridesmaids in a far, distant corner of Massachusetts, (just Mass, to those acquainted) where we would hang out with a $650 Siamese kitten named Bandit, go to the movies (the theater in Millbury was the biggest, best movie theater I've ever been to), watch "Say Yes to the Dress" (not kidding), and eventually try our hand at finding dresses at David's Bridal. I hadn't been to a David's since I picked up my junior prom dress there, but let me tell you, it was full of really unattractive women. No really, I'm not trying to brag about my little motley crew- but Crystal was by far the prettiest bride-to-be.
Here's the dress that the Maid of Honor gets to wear:
I've always thought that Kristin Wiig and her weird chin/neck skin thing was always pretty funny, and this movie certainly wasn't a disappointment. Like many movies with writers/actors attempting to graduate from SNL (Mean Girls, Hot Rod, Anchorman, Blues Brothers...) I laughed out loud. Cleveland laughed out loud. The highlight for me was the joke in which a high schooler tells Kristin Wiig that she looked like "an old mop." Kind of like this:
Anyway, the other funny part about seeing Bridesmaids with Cleveland, besides the fact that he's a man, was that I am a bridesmaid in my childhood best friend's wedding, just like in the movie. I was hanging out with the female portion of the wedding party the following night, and guess what they suggested? Going to see Bridesmaids!
Kristin Wiig plays this woman Annie, who can't get out of her own way. A number of times, this quirky childhood friend ends up somehow ruining a number of wedding-related events. She is disorganized, broke, and out of touch with the new life of the bride. Sound familiar? That's exactly the role I have in Crystal's wedding, except that I'm not the Maid of Honor.
I was traveling with Crystal and her fiance to meet two of the other bridesmaids in a far, distant corner of Massachusetts, (just Mass, to those acquainted) where we would hang out with a $650 Siamese kitten named Bandit, go to the movies (the theater in Millbury was the biggest, best movie theater I've ever been to), watch "Say Yes to the Dress" (not kidding), and eventually try our hand at finding dresses at David's Bridal. I hadn't been to a David's since I picked up my junior prom dress there, but let me tell you, it was full of really unattractive women. No really, I'm not trying to brag about my little motley crew- but Crystal was by far the prettiest bride-to-be.
Here's the dress that the Maid of Honor gets to wear:
Here's the dress that I'll be forced to wear:
I didn't want to be the difficult one, but I really would rather wear the first one, but the other bridesmaid decided that she loved this one. In these circumstances, you have to speak your mind FIRST and then let everyone else decide how to deal with your decision.
But here's the shitty part, and how Bridesmaids the move sort of came true: I forgot my wallet when Crystal picked me up. Oldest trick in the book, right? No! I had no id! I couldn't drink! And like a child, she has to foot the bill for me the whole trip. Yeah, she picked me up, too, because I'm a loser without a license.
So the whole weekend I was trying to fit in with the group despite the fact that I was the loser friend from childhood who forgot her wallet and didn't like anything that the rest of the group liked.
Which is why when the Maid of Honor suggested the bachelorette party be in New York City, I was pretty quick to agree. She thinks that Crystal would really enjoy getting out to the big city. When I asked Crystal if there was a part of New York she was interested in seeing she said, Times Square. You say Times Square to me, and I think of two things: Rudy Giuliani's quest to clean up (gentrify) the city, and Total Request Live. Not exactly the classy, sheik sort of soiree I'm sure Crystal has in mind.
Then I remembered how awesome Portland is, how it won't take any of us six hours or $150 to get to Portland as opposed to NYC, and how much I want the bachelorette party moved here. We'll keep it classy! Portland Harbor Hotel (money saved on train fare could go toward Jacuzzi suite... just sayin'), Schooner cruise, Fore Street, Bar of Chocolate, etc, etc. Then in the morning, Jazz brunch at the Museum, or Local 188... I was so excited about planning the classy Portland party that I almost couldn't get to sleep. It was then that I realized why event planners are so awesome. They get paid to give people their opinion of what will be fun.
I'll keep everyone updated on the wedding planning.
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