The adventure that is Star Wars

Well this is my first attempt at starting a legit blog. I'm actually pretty siked about it. Ive never been one to keep a journal more than a few months but I have a good feeling about this.

Some of you may know that I think Star Wars is kind of a big deal. This is something I feel like talking about.

Lets rewind about 3.5 years. The winter after the dawn of Revenge of the Sith. Myself, Steven Shaw, Cam Cardon, Casey Anderson, and Kevin Walton gathered together for the day of our lives. We settled ourselves into my entertainment room early on a Saturday morning.

The first Official Semi-Annual Star Wars Marathon.

It was grand. We had so many memorable experiences. For example, Camebridge actually throwing up from accidentally drinking a cup full of Steven's snot, or the many mannerisms of Yoda (I agwee). It was absolutely great.

It was soon the second semester of my sophomore year at Eastlake High School. I had just recently started sophomore PE in Kawaguichi's class when I met Ryan Graves in that same class. We were instant buds as soon as we found out that we shared the same love for the adventure that is Star Wars. It had been but six months and we banded together for the ultimate, second semi-annual Star Wars Marathon hosted at Cam Hodges house.

Needless to say, there was a third, a fourth, and at last a fifth semi-annual Star Wars marathon. We gained and lost many companions along the way. We had come a long way since that faithful Saturday morning of our sophomore year. The only problem we had was, by the fifth marathon we had become somewhat tired with the tradition. All of a sudden, a 16 hour marathon was not a walk in the park. We decided to disband the semi-annual marathons.

This is where Ryan Graves saved the day. Returning from Whitworth University, he had these words for me, "I have revolutionary ideas Ryan, revolutionary ideas..."

That he did and soon dawned the concept that is Star Wars Week. I have mentioned this, but we just completed the Day 2 of such week and I couldn't be happier. Not only have we had the opportunity to enjoy Ryan Graves' new $4500+ entertainment system but we've brought in an entirely new crowd to the Star Wars Universe; Paul Dow, Brittany Bolz, Adam Hernandez, and Marlina Smith to name a few.

Its been a very interesting experiment to experience just one film every night. I find myself enjoying the individual qualities of each film. I actually thoroughly enjoyed Attack of the Clones! If that isn't testament to something amazing, I don't know what is. Not only has each film been given a chance to be shown in its own light, the social aspect is astronomical. I love spending time with these people. It is almost going to make me miss the Sammamish Plateau when I finally peace out of here for good late this summer.

I promise my future postings won't be quite so long or quite so historically nerdy (actually can't promise that) but I'm pretty excited to get into the blogging scene.

Until next time....