No, Really, I Am an American

I was sure to catch up on the first three episodes the morning of the marathon. It didn’t take me long at all, so I was up to speed when I arrived at the Settlement at the agreed upon time.

I got there but five minutes past 2, and this was with stopping by to pick up some more bars of awesome. I thought that if I wanted to have one, and there were only two or three left in the original box, and then Grant or Al wanted one there wouldn’t be enough for everyone. This way, those who chose to partake in bars of awesome could do so.

One bar of awesome later, Grant and Al arrived. After some food was made for peoples who lived there, it was off into to space for us.

We watched at least five episodes without stopping, made a dinner run, and then finished out the last two episodes of the season. ‘Twas quite the marathon! It’s kinda a good thing when you wait for several seasons to finish and then catch up ‘cuz then the ache of waiting isn’t as painful.

We discussed bits and pieces of information, conjectures and theories (or are those the exact same thing?), and gripes if any. I couldn’t help but laugh at the fact that the two episodes I thought had the greatest comedic moments were the two written by Jane Espenson.

I couldn’t help but wonder if I can really distinguish her writing in general, or if it’s just that she is very distinctive from the other writers on the show. I know that when she wrote a few episodes for Gilmore Girls they were no different than any other Gilmore Girls episode, but for whatever reason, I could really pick out the two BSG ones. I was reminded of the time Rob had me watch the teaser to an episode of The O.C. and pointed out that it had a very Espenson flourish to it.

Once our little marathon was finished, we went through our usual routine of figuring out what to do next. Strangely enough, we ended up playing a few games on the Wii. It’s been over a month since any of us have played Mario Kart Wii, the previous night’s Double Dare obstacle course not included. Bert and Toni also busted out Wario, which I haven’t played since February of 2007 when we went to Masumi’s apato for sukiyaki.

When Bert was on the Wii game screen, I couldn’t help but notice they had A Link to the Past. I once again lamented about how I really wanted to play that again, and me Da mentioned that he had it on Game Boy Advance.

Naturally, this meant that when we left the Settlement that night I had to go and get it; and it turned out our departure wasn’t too long after our fifth game of Wario.

It was an early night for us, but then again, it was a full day as well. ‘Twas all still good times.