Dehara does cakes

There's so much going on in this picture. Where do I even start?

First of all, that's the famous Lisa S. sitting on the bleachers. She traveled all the way from Hong Kong with my friend Dan to attend my wedding. You don't even know how stoked Wendy and I were that those two made the effort to come out to see us get married.

Lisa is holding up the first installment of Yukinori Dehara's "Famous Couples" series of sculpted figurines. It depicts Wendy and me, and it's intended to go on our wedding cake! Much cooler than Precious Moments or Mickey and Minnie. And as we chose the bands that played our wedding, artistry was matched by admiration and friendship. Dehara is a cool guy.

Finally, the reason why Lisa is out there on the dirty field on a hot afternoon is because I reserved it for a bunch of friends, relatives, and softball dudes who were in town for the wedding or just around. Every batter I faced from the pitcher's mound was someone that mattered to me, and that was awesome. It was kind of like the Special Olympics where everyone won, but it wound up being me who took home the prize.

That would be Wendy. But, yes, we're putting the Dehara figure somewhere safe as well.