noncommital commitment

Hello everybody

Well, I would now say that we are 95% sure that the wedding will be in Salzburg. The date's the hard part, but it will be somewhere between the last two weeks of March and the first week or two of April, 2006. It's been a struggle just to narrow it down to that, so please, be proud of us. It's hard enough for us to decide what kind of toppings we want on a pizza, and last night I had a two-minute crisis about whether to buy 2% or whole milk at the grocery store. Other than that, the most concrete planning I've done is putting together a "do not play" list for the dance that will ensue somewhere, at some point. A sample:
- Anything requiring organized dancing: the macarena, the electric slide, the chicken dance, YMCA, the bunny hop, etc.
- Any country music. Possible exceptions include Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash.
- Celine Dion
- Mariah Carey
- Edie Brickell
- Simon and/or Garfunkel
- Jennifer Lopez
- Fleetwood Mac
- Goo Goo Dolls
- Kenny G
- Will Smith
- Sarah McLachlan

...and on it goes. The most recent addition is Neil Diamond. At my cousin Tracy's wedding in November, the band decided to break out "We're Coming To America." It was clear that the band's singer really fancied himself quite the Neil Diamond impersonator, and he threw every last fibre of his being into the performance. It was a moment of bizarre incongruity at what was otherwise a really lovely, tasteful and classy event. Thus, no Neil Diamond. Send your suggestions, please.