Chi Wan wedding trifecta

I met Chi (right) shortly after I started dating Wendy. This must have been back in 2001 or so. It also happened to be right around the time the GR softball team started, and upon Wendy's suggestion, he became a member of the inaugural team. Anyway, paraphrasing the impromptu toast I gave tonight at his wedding celebration with Jenny, he are I are almost like family now in a number of ways. First through Wendy, whose family is close to his own. And then just by going through a lot and becoming close friends.


Eight years and 14-15 seasons of softball together is a pretty long time, and Chi has more nicknames than anyone else on the team: Ultraman, Tomahawk, Chi Magic... He's known for being a no-nonsense guy on the field. So I and a few other players were honored to do some post-game, post-food, late-night karaoke two nights before the big date with Jenny.


Chi goes all out on the softball diamond, but he leaves it all behind at karaoke, too. On Thursday he did some one-armed "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and "One." The latter, his signature song, being U2 not Metallica. (Me? I mangled some new ones like The Alarm's "68 Guns" and Billy Squier's "My Kinda Lover.")


Last night I went to rehearsal dinner at Golden Dragon in Chinatown. We were in the triad room in front. Check out the blinging wallpaper.


Today's ceremony and reception took place on the Occidental College campus, where Jenny got one of her degrees. I've been driving around it for years, but had never actually been on the campus where POTUS made a pit stop.


Yes, their vows were funny and touching. Yes, the food was quite good. Yes, the GR softball dudes stayed until the bitter end for the outfielder.


Congrats, Chi and Jenny. What are we doing tomorrow?