doing it and doing it and doing it well. i found out recently, as in yesterday, that a friend of mine/ours just got married in vegas. eloped! i finally know someone who eloped. all along i've maintained that eloping is really the best possible option for two people who want to get married. it's quick, it's virtually painless, and it's so sudden that you can't regret anything. the point of marriage is to be together and sometimes having to wait and plan a wedding can get in the way of that. eloping is really the answer to marital bliss. not that traditional weddings can't lead to marital bliss, but you know what i mean.

of course, this might not have been a technical eloping, since both sets (i think) of parents knew what was going to happen, and if anything, they agreed to it since a real post-marriage ceremony will be conducted in taiwan at a later date. but still. suddenly one week your friend is engaged, and then two weeks later she's already married. how do you say "you go girl" without sounding gay? it's virtually impossible.

now that the precedent has been set, i expect many friends and close acquaintances to run off and get married in vegas. the things i want to know now are exactly how quick and painless is this insta-marriage process? and in the event of a change of heart, how many days/hours do you have to annul?

i also need to know which chapel my friend used? i mean, what is the thought process behind choosing a vegas wedding chapel? do you go for the cheapest one (how much is it anyway)? the nicest one? the one with the shortest line? the one that's closest to your hotel? what? these are the types of things i need to know.