I arrived early and entered the church. I introduced myself to ÜberJules, Dissenter's stunning bride, and sat in a pew toward the back of the church. The photographer was busy directing various members of the wedding party and taking their picture. I saw Dissenter standing in the middle of the photo shoot, confident and smiling.

         Eventually he walked down the aisle toward me. I stood and introduced myself. It was such a peculiar moment, finally meeting someone I had known for over two years online. When I asked if he was nervous, he dug a bad teeth novelty item out of his tuxedo jacket pocket and pondered aloud if he should sport them in his next set of pictures; it was typical Dissenter -- always the prankster.

         The pictures were wrapped up and the members of the wedding party retreated to their appropriate areas within the church. This included corralling many of the young children, adorned in their formal wear, as they scampered up and down the aisles. The empty church was ready for guests to be seated. Since I had arrived early, I sat in a side pew. I realized that the church would not be completely filled, so I waited for the introduction of the bride and her father to walk over to an open pew in the center of the church. Everyone stood, their eyes "center stage," making for a less conspicuous change of seating on my part.

         The ceremony went flawlessly, lasting exactly one hour. There were some that did not know the appropriate times to stand or sit -- it was a Catholic wedding mass -- but the priest motioned to everyone when it was time to move on to the next part of the ceremony. The priest had an interesting microphone, which looked like a red felt-covered ring container. He held it before the bride and groom while they recited their wedding vows; it almost looked like he was showing them his microphone instead of placing it within an audible range for the amplification of their voices.

         The wedding ended and we were introduced to the newly married couple for the first time. As we left the church to greet the bride and groom beyond the front doors of the church, we were handed a small plastic container for blowing bubbles. This method of sending the newly married couple off from the church seems to have replaced the small bags of bird seed typically thrown as they would race to the limousine -- the bird seed had replaced the tradition of throwing rice, which would make the birds sick. Apparently, another wedding was booked immediately following Dissenter's, so the idea of using something tidy like bubbles made a lot of sense.