jason is my acl-buddy because we tore our first acls in our left knees around the same time while at berkeley. so we were sad little gimps together, trying to make our way around the hilly campus on crutches. i still remember someone once took a pic of us in front of leconte, with our crutches and very sad faces. don't remember who took the pic, but it made it to the aacf slideshow that year. i make the distinction first acls, because, subsequently, we both tore our second acls in our right knees within a few months of each other as well. yes, we are acl kindred spirits. fortunately for jason, he had a much easier recovery from the second acl tear (we both used our own graft the first time, and an allograft the second time. in fact, he was the one who convinced me to do an allograft the second time around). unfortunately for me, well, if you've been reading my blog at all, you know how that goes.
jason eats a bowl of noodles before the banquet.
mel is my ex-accountability group member from those memorable years at cal. lots of late nights, early mornings, talks, prayers, sharing, griping, and more happened during those years of get togethers.
our old accountability group together again. marcia, mary, mel, christine, and me. (by the way, i'm not that much shorter than the rest of them. i bought $4 flip flops at the store next door in chinatown since i thought i would die with my knee walking in heels around the city for three hours before the banquet. so i'm in those flipflops while everyone else is in heels.)
the pastor/groomsmen/groom had one of the best entrances i've seen at a ceremony. they each got to pick a song to enter to, which included star wars, indiana jones, super mario bros, etc. pretty entertaining, and very jason-esque.
since there was a long break in between the ceremony & reception, a bunch of us took advantage of the gorgeous day in the city and walked around chinatown & little italy. jimmy bought those popper things and we started trying to pop them in our fingers (despite their loud noise, it didn't hurt at all.)
and guess who we found on the corner of a very crowded chinatown street? the happy, happy, happy man! the pic is super blury, but the minute i saw him, i recognized him. i guess he gave up with berkeley and moved his station to chinatown in the city.
of course since it was mel & jason, there was dancing, where, as usual, mr. jimmy chu took over the dance floor. i'm trying to convince him to audition for the next season of so you think you can dance, which is my favorite show this summer. i think it's way more interesting than american idol, which i don't really watch. on the drive up, all jimmy & i talked about was the show. haha. poor bob. (by the way, although i don't think he's necessarily the most refined dancer out of the group, i'm rooting for benji all the way. go benji!)
mel was a very good sport about all of it :)
and now, after many many years, they are finally married! congrats to them!
rest of my pictures:
mel & jason's wedding
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