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So happy Bastille Day! Wait, we're supposed to hate the French. Well, if I can use the celebration of French "independence" to drink then so be it.

So I'm getting married next summer and it is very exciting. However, it turns out planning a wedding is a lot of work. Really, I should just learn not to care and let the future Mrs. deal with everything, but I'm too much of a control freak for that. I don't even let my students pass out papers half the time. However, I really only care about the things a guy should care about...food, beer, the party, and the flowers. Well, I care about the actual wedding service as well, but that's part of being raised in a church and actually enjoying it. In any case, I still have over a year to plan and lots of things to do and lots of money to spend.

Which brings me to my point. What's the big deal about weddings? I am caught wanting to invite every relative, friend, acquaintance, well-wisher, and bum off the street. Does it really matter? Do I have to invite people just because they invited me to their wedding? Is it my fault that I went to their wedding and drank all the beer? If they didn't want that to happen then they should not have invited me. I'm not inviting them. So here's to all of the people that I am not inviting to my wedding. You probably fall into one of two categories: (1) I really want to invite you, but can't afford to buy $50 worth of food and booze for you and a guest and I feel really bad about it. (2) I really don't like you and you wouldn't be worth a Slim Jim and a bottle of Boone's. Chances are, if I went to high school with you, column 2 is the better option.

Speaking of high school, my 10-year reunion is in the next few weeks and they want me to pay $85 to drink shit alcohol with a bunch of people I never really liked and who never really liked me. If I wanted to do that I'd buy a fucking case of Ancient Age and drive to France. Which brings me back to Bastille Day. I guess I probably shouldn't drink tonight after all.

And I was kidding about the flowers.