Here is my embarrassing, uncensored rant, in all of its original pathetic-ness. Please, if you must read it, read my Royal Wedding Recant, too.
I hated the royal wedding. I hated every minute of it. I hated the pomp, the false religiosity, the needless expenditures, the manufactured sentimentalism. I hated the way the swooning public lapped it up, as dished to them by the cooing media. I am dumbfounded that people would camp out for hours for a glimpse of what is really just two human beings signing a perfectly ordinary contract.
What I hated the most were the promises. Have and hold, love and cherish, blah blah blah… Imperfect human beings simply cannot keep those promises, regardless of their lineage, their celebrity status, or their perceived levels of infatuation with one another. Do you realize what you’re doing? You are making a solemn vow that you will need to keep for your entire life. And you won’t be able to do it. Continue reading