so my aunt and one of her sons are in town visiting from israel. yesterday they decided to go to the lincoln park zoo and they wanted me to join them. i also really wanted to go, but i had a meeting from 3-4. when i talked to the meeting organizer, he told me he was canceling it! so i took the afternoon off and met my family at the zoo =)

my 10-year-old cousin wanted to go on the paddle boats, so we worked our way around the zoo to the pond from the monkeys. 

when we got there, my aunt said, "hey look someone's getting married!" i looked over by the paddle boat sign and saw a bride, and the bridal party.

then i walked down closer to the pond and i wanted to get a better look at her dress b/c it looked really cute. so i turn to get a better look at the dress, i see the bride's face, and then i freeze

i know her from high school.

i look around to see if i know anyone else.

yep. i know the groom, too.

i was good friends with both of them in high school in florida (they dated on and off), and haven't seen or talked to them since they graduated and went to college, 1 year before i did. we had some good times back in the day.... we would all be silly together, along w/another good friend who i have still kept in touch with since then. and we'd go to concerts together, fake fight during lunch, and underage drink when our parents went out of town. and we went to prom together. ashley actually asked me to go w/her b/c she and her now husband were at the time "off." of course by the time prom happened, they were back "on." i still ended up going. and we all had fun =)

so i go over and say hi. they have the same shocked reaction that i had. and they're getting married in mere minutes. so we talk very briefly. i find out that they live in logan square, a neighborhood very close to where i live (couple train stops). and i run into them here. on their wedding day, of all days. sometimes life is funny like that.

her mom took this awkward picture of me in my too tight dance pants that i usually wear under my flamenco skirt...
(that's the only thing i had in my car to change into that wouldn't be as unbearably hot to walk around in the heat as the pants i wore to the cold ac'ed office...)

recently, while watching last comic standing, my roommate asked me who my favorite comedian was. after thinking for about 20 seconds i said dave chappelle. but now i'm thinking of all these other great comics, so i decided to make a list of comics who i really like:

dave chappelle
dave attell
maria bamford
pablo francisco
demetri martin
russell peters
maz jabrani
mitch hedberg
jim gaffigan

and omg as i write this i see a commercial on comedy central for a resurrection of the gong show, hosted by dave attell! that should be good =)