Booze-lia is Back!!!!!

Julia is one of those people who I absolutely adore but don't see enough. We met during high school because we both happened to work at the Rockville public library. This is embarrassing to recall, but I believe our first conversation took place after she saw me on one of the computers in the staff room and I was looking at a Star Trek Voyager website. She went, "You watch Voyager??" And I went, "Ohmygod yes!" And she went, "Ohmygod so do I!!!" and everything else is history.

We actually made a Voyager website back in the day, and I have to give us a pat on the back for that, because it really was very, very funny. It was called Captain Proton's Interstellar House of Pancakes, and since neither of us had any computer skills back then, we used Geocities. It's a pity that it's no longer up (due to lack of upkeep), but it was a testament to the close bond that only nerds can share over the common interest that is Star Trek.

So to return to the present, Julia recently came back from a summer session in Florence as an art student, and we had a chance to have one of our Amy-Julia sleepovers like old times. We made s'mores and roasted marshmallows in her oven, she showed me her latest art work, and we watched a few episodes of Voyager before going to bed. The great thing about Julia is that we can be totally lame and do things I don't think anyone in their right mind would ever choose to do with their time on a Saturday night (like drive around following a Fire&Rescue vehicle on their nightly route for about a half hour), but still have a great time.

This morning, we were talking about having a Voyager marathon (if only we could somehow dish out the $600+ for all seven seasons). We calculated that there's probably around 140 episodes at an hour each...so to watch all of them we would have to stay up for about six days straight with no sleep or bathroom breaks. "Oh my God," said Julia, "I think I would puke. But it would be totally awesome."

Yep. Those are pretty much my sentiments too.


Yes, roasting marshmallows in your household oven really is this exciting.

You can see Julia's artwork here.