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DIARY OF A STAR WARS WIDOW

I'm the girlfriend-of-4-years of a Star Wars geek extraordinaire which means this is the 2nd time I've been through this - i.e. "The Campout" with all it's attendant frenzied lead-up preparations (his) to the prolonged absences (his) and on into the lows of the aftermath and all it's post-partum letdown feelings (his)...

To include: How to compete with fictional characters.

How to resist wearing "The Leia Outfit" (and the hair) and...

How much Geek is TOO much Geek?

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The previous was submitted by my girlfriend, who is living it as I type this. (Hi Pookie!)

We just had our fly-by. We layed the banner down on the ground and parked the cars in an "S W" configuration and he hovered over us and snapped some pictures (can't wait to see them - thanks Floyd!). We all focused "Light Side Force" to keep his aircraft aloft. The Force IS strong with us. I am pretty sure that nobody flashed the camera...

We have a guy from DragonCon TV out here now doing interviews. It's quite hot now. We are clinging to the shade, though for some reason it keeps moving. Earth rotation or some such silliness, who knows?

Oh yeah, one of our readers informed us that we have forgotten to provide some critical information (Hi Dad!). That being, our location. DUH! So here goes. We are camped out on a grassy gnoll at the Regal Cinemas Hollywood 24 at Shallowford Rd off of I85. So, feel free to be one of our many drive-bys. We could use the company. I'm kinda tired of looking at Matt.

- Chris