My jumbo watermelon has gone astray

Well, wedding season continues for Obi and I. We have decided a few things about weddings. First, something minor always goes wrong.

Matt and Helen's Wedding: Matt held the wrong hand when he tried to give Helen the ring. She switched hands and the last second.

Beck and Amy's Wedding: The hairdresser went AWOL.

Mike and Jen's Wedding: The downside to having a wedding in a beautiful forest is that wasps also like beautiful forests. And the bridesmaid's flowers. Bee:1, Bridesmaid:0.

Next, friends seem to get married in clumps. Obi has four weddings to attend this year. Three down, one to go, unless somebody sneaks one in at the last minute. These weddings do have an upside for us. Not only do people who haven't seen eachother in a long time get to hang out, and people who haven't met get to, but we get to go on trips to places we otherwise wouldn't. And on these trips, fun things happen. For instance, we recently watched Star Trek IV. The one with the whales. And the "nuclear wessels". No, I didn't spell that wrong. Watch the movie if you don't remember. Anyways, said "wessels" are stored in Alameda, in the Bay Area. We passed Alameda on the way to the airport. We were disappointed at the lack of nuclear wessels.

Also on the way to the airport, we saw a giant watermelon slice on the side of the road. It's at least two feet across. We debated for a moment pulling over and picking up said slice, but it probably would not have been overhead bin sized. Perhaps if they were wedge shaped. We also debated the origins of the newly dubbed "advertislice". How does somebody lose a two foot tall watermelon slice? Obi said it was there two weeks ago. Has nobody missed the slice?!? Why is it still on the side of the road? For god sakes people! There's a piece of jumbo watermelon out there all alone! And where is the rest of the melon? Note: it did not appear to be seedless. Perhaps it is a nuclear wessel.

Also of note, mostly to me, but I ran a 5K in 26:47. This is the fastest I have ever run a 5K (I am normally very very slow). Having gone up to just a little bit slow, I'm quite happy (I'm four minutes less slow than last time! Woot!)

Also, the pic was included as an homage to my friend Robb's return from Alaska. Yeah baby.