We had a great weekend of shows

Sold out, amazing crowds

We also got to catch up with some great mates

You remember Tom?

If you’re not  familiar with his story

You can read about him here

Before his wife Kylie passed away

She had been promising to take her younger brother to one of our shows

But he had to wait until he turned 18

Kirrin, who looks so much like Kylie, turned 18 just before his big sister died

So he never got the chance to see a show with her

But Tom made sure his little brother-in-law didn’t miss out

The boys had special t-shirts (dedicated to Kylie) made up just for the night

Instead of coming with a big group of mates

They opted to just come to the show together

And brought along photos from every time we’d all caught up in the past

There were some laughs and a few tears

Dad and I made sure we did Kylie’s favourite songs in the show

‘Cause we know she was there somewhere

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A hongi is a traditional Māori greeting in New Zealand.

You do it by pressing your nose and forehead (at the same time) to another person’s

It’s used at traditional meetings among Māori people and on major ceremonies

A hongi is kind of like a formal handshake in modern western culture

And sometimes you do a hongi and a handshake together

In the hongi the ha, or breath of life, is exchanged and intermingled

This is Dad with one of our security boys here in NZ, Malcolm

It’s pretty special, when one of the locals choose to greet or say goodbye to you with a hongi

More proof that the Kiwis sure do love Dad

I think I should totally leave him here

As a gift, for the people

You can thank me later MUM New Zealand

About eight and and half years ago

A great friend of Dad’s did Diamond & I the honor of presiding over our Aussie wedding ceremony

It was our second wedding as we’d done it a few days earlier in Chicago

Round two

We were old pros at this stage

But it was his first time

See Greg, Dad’s friend, had gone & gotten himself ordained online

JUST so he could be the officiant at our wedding

To make sure it worked, Dad & I went and got ourselves ordained too

(Keep us in mind if you want a  wedding, funeral or christening to be fucked up fun & different!)

Anyhoo

It was Greg’s first time

And our first time meeting him

For those of you that don’t know Greg

He is Greg Evans, of the hugely popular Australian TV show Perfect Match from the 80′s & 90′s

Diamond & I had no idea he was performing our ceremony

Dad had wanted it to be a suprise

And Diamond & I had no clue what was up until the theme music from Perfect Match started playing

And we met Greg for the first time

The best way to describe it?

Fucking funny

But not just that

It was really special

Can you have a romantic moment, that’s also hilarious?

I think we did

Greg did such an awesome job on our big day

That now days, along with his radio gig on 3MP in Melbourne

He’s also highly sought after to preside over people’s wedding ceremonies

How cool is that?

And even cooler?

We got to catch up with Greg tonight at the show in Mooroopna

He’s a very special man

That now gets to be a big part of so many people’s special day

Perfect match indeed.

I first saw this video a few days ago over at Kelly Oxford’s site

Since then I’ve seen pop up on quite a few other blogs

I wanted to post it here too

Because I support this

And I don’t understand why two people who want to get married can’t

I try to imagine back when Diamond and I fell in love

And the amazing memory I have of the day he asked me to marry him

Doesn’t everyone deserve to have that memory?

To those who don’t agree

Why does it bother you?

How does it affect your life if 2 people who happen to have the same genitals, get married?

It shouldn’t

No more than if they live together

Forever

What’s the big fucking difference?

I can’t wait for the day when people like Derence & Ed don’t have to plead their case

Or ask permission

To do what the rest of us can do whenever we like

To whomever we like

As many times as we like

I wish these guys every happiness and hope so much they get to get married

And not just because they are probably the cutest couple I’ve ever seen