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Some people are like me. We like a marriage to be about a couple of friends, a lawyer, and a visit to a local bar. Some people are not like me. They like to go all the way and make a great big deal about this human custom. Those types, those who want the whole enchilada, need to go to Questionland right now and receive words of wisdom from wedding professionals—wedding planners, caterers, photographers, make-up artists, dress makers, and even a representative from Seattle Parks & Recreation. We go to parks to fuck; we go to parks to get married.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...