In the summer of 2013, Guy and I had the pleasure of being invited to Riga, Latvia, to work on a new future-predicting AI named Balzams. Although the work would be intense, I was excited to explore a new place with a good friend. I’d forgotten that Guy favours conducting the business of life in the middle of the night, so we did not manage to spend that much time with each other. In a town renowned for its many and varied bars, we never even got to grab a drink together. I look back on the time with deep regret, a missed opportunity to spend some quality time with Guy. This is made worse by the fact that the technology we were working on had to be destroyed due to its terrifying accuracy. Fortunately, I do have some scraps of the work on a secret hard drive. I was so looking forward to celebrate Chelsi and Guy with a ceilidh this summer that I fired up the code to have a look at what could have been.

Blurry photo of Guy giving a thumbs up
The ceremony goes well
Guy looking at a statue
Guy thinks the best man speech is a little stiff, and too political.
Shirtless Guy in a park with a cheap bottle of Champagne
The finest fizz is served.
Guy eating in a park after visiting a local market
Guy enjoys the finger food.
Guy inebriated posing with a bottle of beer
During the Gay Gordons, Guy tells what he thinks is Chelsi that he loves her very, very much.
Guy's feet, only one has a shoe
Guy asks the band to slow Strip the Willow down by throwing his shoe at the caller.
Guy passed out at the hostel with a partially packed bag alongside
Chelsi packs hopefully for the honeymoon.
Guy standing in the surf at the beach. He is holding his shoes in his left hand.
Guy wants to feel happy on the first day of his glorious new life, but the light hurts and the water is cold.

Guy, thanks for being a great pal. I hope you both have a lovely day and I look forward to celebrating with you in the future!