Whew! Okay, this 4-day weekend has seemed lengthy. Which is a good thing, but I'm just sayin'...whew. And I guess I have been so wrapped up burrito style in it, that it has been - as my mom mentioned to me today - a while since my last post. But, dude, you guys were Labor Day'ing it all weekend anyhow so what's the diff? So, um, shall we...
...get into the last few days. Okay, first and foremost, we celebrated J-Boy's 5th birthday poolside. With a Spider-Man meets Star Wars theme. Just imagine. What if Spider-Man joined forces with Luke Skywalker and the Rebel gang to take down Darth Vader and the Emperor's Galatic Empire? Crazy. Whoa, but what if Superman joined forces instead of Spider-Man? He'd manhandle at least 100 Stormtroopers simultaneously. And I highly doubt the Sith know anything about Kryptonite. If anything, Krytpon would've been an Outer Rim planet. On the fringe. Further that Tatooine. A place where only Han Solo has the guts to fly. Han Solo is cool.
Wow. Okay. Took the off ramp and toured the countryside for a minute with that sidetrack. Hang on, hang on...J-Boy's birthday. Awesome. My mom got him a Boba Fett action figure. Need anymore be said? Boba Fett. Best. Bounty hunter. Ever.
Yea we had hot dogs and chicken wings, a Star Wars cake with Luke and Darth Vader a la The Return of the Jedi outfits on the top, complete with light-up sabers. We had the works. The goods. Down to two cards, both talkies, with Spider-Man telling him happy bday with one, and Yoda's lightsaber glowing up green with the Star Wars theme serenading us all with the other. Jealous?
So the party was greatness. Want more greatness? I do believe I have successfully brought six of our 7 chill'ins into the Star Wars universe fold. All but J-Girl who doesn't like that there's no planet Earth anywhere. But, she shall soon be turned to the Light Side. I have foreseen it.
They are so down for SW, that M - the eldest - actually was watching iCarly, decided to browse the guide, saw that Return of the Jedi was on, physically exclaimed "Oh, Star Wars is on!" and switched the channel on over. The kids immediately increased the couch population. My Jedi sense tells me that renting Revenge of the Sith for Lil' B as per our "each weekend we get the kids he and I will watch a Star Wars movie, complete from I-VI, until he has seen all 6 and has passed the Jedi Trials agreement" and having the older girls sitting down to enjoy some cinema gold with us is what cinched the deal.
Since The Phantom Menace, curious minds have grown curious-er until they could no longer fight the urge to be Star Wars nerds-in-training. And, so we're perfectly clear. Like Crystal Pepsi clear. Star Wars nerds and regular schoolyard nerds are polar opposites. We are at the forefront of social acceptance and informal conversation the world - nay, the universe - over!
If you don't accept Star Wars, how can you accept the last three and a half decades of American culture? Chew on that, Chewbacca.
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