{"id":469,"date":"2010-01-08T08:51:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T12:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/wordpress\/?p=469"},"modified":"2010-01-08T08:51:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T12:51:35","slug":"mexican-weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Weddings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This dream was from a couple of nights ago. I was in this town just outside of Mexico. Not Mexico, Maine, but Mexico Mexico. It was to be a little bit before Jim&#8217;s wedding, so I decided I&#8217;d walk over this little bridge into Mexico,\u00a0 and go have a taco&#8211;just so I could say I had a taco in Mexico. Half-way across the bridge was the boarder patrol booth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where are you going,&#8221; asked the boarder agent.<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;d like to go into Mexico,&#8221; I replied.<br \/>\n&#8220;What&#8217;s the purpose of your trip?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;d like to have a taco.&#8221;<br \/>\nHe looked and me quizzically. &#8220;That&#8217;s the only reason?&#8221; I explained I was from Maine, only had a few hours, that I was there for a wedding, and that I&#8217;d like to be able to tell people I&#8217;d eaten tacos in Mexico. &#8220;Well, it&#8217;s really busy in town right now. Why don&#8217;t you come back <em>after<\/em> the wedding, and we&#8217;ll put you right through.&#8221; I agreed that would be fine.<\/p>\n<p>So I walked to the town hall\/high school where the wedding was to take place. It was a very large, very angular, brick building. A local historian was there, and he told me all about the building.\u00a0 He said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The high school auditorium holds 24,000 people. And, we can fill it up, especially around town meeting time.&#8221;<br \/>\nI said &#8220;How many people live in town?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;About 40,000,&#8221; he replied.<\/p>\n<p>The building was big, but I thought &#8220;They can&#8217;t fit 24,000 people in here, no way.&#8221; I decided to scope things out. I wandered around the building, and found the stage entrance to the auditorium. I entered. It was big, but not that big. I figured the guy misspoke. The place held 2,400, maybe, but not 24,000. And, the hall was pretty beat up. I could tell from the percussion instruments on stage they looked like your typical high-school band instruments. Beat up, unloved, and un-cared-for. Things like <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.hostwebimage.com\/gulfmusicsalesonline.com\/osc\/images\/Sousaphone.jpg\">sousaphones<\/a> were being stored up in the balcony. Many of the seats were patched with duct tape. I thought &#8220;Why would Jim get married in a place like this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I was trying to figure out where I was supposed to go to get ready for this shindig. Someone pointed me to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orchestra_pit\">orchestra pit<\/a>, on stage left. I headed down there. There, behind a curtain, was Jim and his bride. Interestingly, Jim was getting married to Jeanine (his actual wife), but to Heather Schmidt (<a href=\"http:\/\/hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net\/hs121.snc1\/5220_1133403347844_1610107859_30341824_1650610_n.jpg\">Jeanine&#8217;s maid of honor<\/a> in Jim and Jeanine&#8217;s real wedding). She was lacing up her boots, when the music started blaring. Incidentally, the music Jim and Heater marched in to was the same song (&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qcu1bIwWVww\">So Nice<\/a>&#8220;) Jim and Jeanine actually marched out to! And they didn&#8217;t really march. No, it was almost a Broadway musical meets parade meets Sesame Street thing. About 100 people did a song and dance routine onto the stage, along with Jim and Heather. I apparently wasn&#8217;t at the rehearsal for this masterpiece, as people were dancing and singing with choreography and the whole bit. I was running around, trying to figure out where I was. I looked out into the audience just in time to see some curtains rising from the balcony, and see about 24,000 people that had been hidden behind some curtains. I thought &#8220;Dang, this place is <em>huge!<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I finally saw Jim and Heather standing in front of the officiant. As the best man, I figured I should stand up there by them somewhere. I found the bride&#8217;s mother, and she motioned me to come stand by her. The officiant was looking at us. She was dressed in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightmarefactory.com\/FW5431.jpg\">monk&#8217;s robe<\/a>, and wore it hood down. I could see white medical tape across her neck, as well as a gauze pad, and a large scar. Apparently, she was recovering from a tracheotomy. She spoke in a very raspy voice. As she was speaking the opening lines, Heather&#8217;s mom tugged on my arm, and said something to me. I don&#8217;t remember what it was, but she stopped just in time for me to hear the preacher woman say &#8220;&#8230;will now lead us in prayer.&#8221; So I bowed. And waited. And waited. And waited. And then I thought, &#8220;Oh my heck, what if the preacher just said something like &#8220;And now the best man will lead us in prayer, and I couldn&#8217;t hear it because the bride&#8217;s mom was talking!&#8221; I looked around, anxious to see if someone was going to give me a cue or something. No one was looking. Every one was head down, eyes closed. But no one was speaking. I didn&#8217;t know what to do. Are they all waiting for me to lead the prayer?<\/p>\n<p>Then I woke up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This dream was from a couple of nights ago. I was in this town just outside of Mexico. Not Mexico, Maine, but Mexico Mexico. It was to be a little bit before Jim&#8217;s wedding, so I decided I&#8217;d walk over this little bridge into Mexico,\u00a0 and go have a taco&#8211;just so I could say I &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/?p=469\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-brhythm","4":"post-469","6":"format-standard","7":"category-crazy-dreams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billyrhythm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}