http://tometheus.com/wiki/index.php?title=RanTom_Thoughts/20051113_Of_Weddings%2C_Belly_Dancers%2C_and_Joy&action=history&feed=atomRanTom Thoughts/20051113 Of Weddings, Belly Dancers, and Joy - Revision history2024-03-29T14:52:49ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.3http://tometheus.com/wiki/index.php?title=RanTom_Thoughts/20051113_Of_Weddings,_Belly_Dancers,_and_Joy&diff=2591&oldid=prevTometheus at 20:28, 18 April 20072007-04-18T20:28:34Z<p></p>
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</table>Tometheushttp://tometheus.com/wiki/index.php?title=RanTom_Thoughts/20051113_Of_Weddings,_Belly_Dancers,_and_Joy&diff=2589&oldid=prevTometheus at 20:25, 18 April 20072007-04-18T20:25:01Z<p></p>
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</noinclude>Last night I went to Sasan's wedding reception at [http://www.rezasrestaurant.com Reza's]. (Sasan is my immediate supervisor at [http://www.anl.gov Argonne].) Reza's specializes in Persian food. Since Sasan and Shiva are both from Iran, it makes sense :). Most of the guests were family members and co-workers from our section. And yes, even the scientists (including yours truly) were out there dancing and having fun.<br />
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<noinclude>Sasan's wife seems nice, although one has to think [http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/shiva.html Shiva] is a rather ominous name.<br />
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</noinclude>I realized that this was the first reception I had ever been to that involved alcohol and dancing. Growing up as an [http://www.adventist.org/ Adventist], with primarily Adventist friends, every wedding I had been to were Adventist affairs. It is definitely a stark contrast. Wine and dancing make it a party, ''celebrating'' the love and joy and LIFE that marriage is supposed to entail. Adventist wedding receptions are boring as hell.<noinclude> Adventists don't believe in eternal hell, so fortunately it's short-lived. Suddenly things are made so much clearer to me about why people actually LIKE weddings. It was a complete mystery to me before. (Another issue that was a Big Deal when I was a kid was whether married couples were allowed to wear wedding rings since Adventists aren't supposed to wear jewelry.)<br />
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I'll definitely say this. If I ever get married, it's definitely NOT going to be an Adventist affair, no matter how much family members protest. If one subscribes to the notion of weddings, they're supposed to be happy occasions, not dry contracts. It probably won't be a Persian wedding though, so alas, noone will surprise us with a belly dancer... *sigh* :D<br />
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