Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Help Me Little One, You're My Only Hope

Otherwise known as Star Wars Day.  Star Wars Day is such an important holiday to our family and friends.  We celebrate every year.  Unless you have been living in the Dagobah System, you know that this holiday falls on May 4th, as in, May the Fourth be with you.  The proper response when a Jedi greets you with this phrase is, "And also with you".  Sure it's not a real holiday, but the Little One and I celebrate every year.  There is usually a large party where everyone is invited.  We watch all 6 of the Star Wars movies all day long.  The house is decorated in collectibles, we wear Star Wars outfits, and make themed food like Greedo's Burritos and Wookie Cookies. However, this year, the Little One wasn't feeling too hot, so we did a smaller scale party with lots of pre-made food.
Originally we were thinking of holding just a giant Star Wars Day meet up at Disneyland but taking this normally, food-filled, laziness inducing, space holiday to the parks will have to be saved for another year.
Upon keeping things super laid back this year, we even opted for drive-thru McDonald's coffee.  She got her usual large mocha Frappe with no whipped cream while I decided to try the French vanilla latte.  Seeing as how it was McDonald's, I figured I would probably love it and become addicted.  I did really enjoy it but it needed just a touch more milk.  Good coffee but not something I see myself craving like their should-offer-a-12-step-program-for peppermint mocha.  Maybe drinking it out of my Stormtrooper mug made it taste better.  R2D2 will have to wait to be possibly used on Revenge of the Sixth. That's the Little One's Darth Vader mug.
She has quite an extensive collection of Star Wars paraphernalia.  The Older One is a Star Trek fan but enjoys coming to the dark side once a year to join us in the festivities. If only they could make a Star Trek holiday as well.  But then you come to need a Futurama holiday and Doctor Who and who needs all that fandom running wild.  (If you decide to throw a fandom party, I'll probably bring my nerdy self to join you.)
As we made our way through each of the movies, we mouthed the lines along with the characters.  Those who barely know the Star Wars universe, are given a refresher course so they can tell their Anakin from their Chancellor and eat the Cantina Chili while singing along with the Cantina Band.
This holiday super significant.  I work just about all traditional holidays all year round but request this one off as it is a full day of stress free bonding with friends and family.  No gifts needing to be exchanged, no worries about people showing up on time, and the only dress code is preferably Star Wars themed (pajamas are highly encouraged).
This year was extra special as we discussed the new Episode Seven that will be coming out in December.  None of our other parties have had such mixed emotions.  Will J.J. Abrams do justice for this movie?  Will we be offended by Luke's aging face?  Will we be disappointed like we were with Episode One and the dreaded JarJar Binks?  I do believe we are only 231 days from finding out.
Once again, I'm letting my nerdiness show but that's ok.  At least I'm not a stuck up, half witted, scruffy looking Nerf herder.


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