July already. This summer is flying.
Speaking of things that fly…
My husband and I very much enjoy Star Wars. We’re not picking about it — nearly every Star Wars is fun, for us. So when we saw that there was a big exhibition not too far away from us, we decided to torture our children and go.
They whined through the Star Wars exhibit, but they enjoyed the rest of the time at COSI. (So much so that we’re planning to go back later in the summer and hit the rest of the exhibits that we missed.)
The Oceans exhibit is very fun water play, with this massive unit of a Neptune. The decor was very Leshp.
Here is another absolute unit. This one is bones.
K4 really liked these chairs. Aesthetically I think they are baller. I suspect they would uncomfortable to sit on for any length of time.
So we did find some things that they enjoyed. But for Hubband and I, it was all about the Star Wars.
Chopper is an absolute menace and although we did not love Rebels, we *love* Chopper.
Many much droids were there.
Look at this angelic child.
I was amazed at the size of some of these displays. It was very cool to round a corner and just, you know, see Jabba sitting there. Or a full spaceship.
It did cost an extra amount on top of the regular museum admission, but for us it was worth it. Star Wars has been around in my life forever. I remember going to see the first prequel with my high school best friend. In college a bunch of us dressed up to see Attack of the Clones. We looked through early-released picture encyclopedias and so I dressed up as the “want to buy some death sticks” guy, Elan Sleazebaggano, because…of course I did.
(I can’t find the pictures but if I do, I’ll update them here, because my terrible low budget cosplay is NOT to be missed.)
We also played quite a bit of Star Wars RPG in college. I truly do not remember which version – I’m pretty sure the WotC d20 version? Hubband and I ran a game together that was a lot of fun. And Mark, my coauthor, ran a game for my roommates and me that had a twist betrayal that truly broke my heart.
It was twenty years ago and I still haven’t totally forgiven him.
Clearly I got over it enough to write a book about it – a book that is currently on sale on Ingram! If you dislike Amazon, here you go:
No link in the comments but link here in case you missed it above: https://shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params=iIIj5fUDjAzy7T4ES5uo1oKWeAJm5IDQ47LOgbLUNk5
Pride month may be over but the queer rep in our book don’t stop! And neither do the faceless monsters who want to rip our heroes out of reality. And neither does the witty banter, the examination of finding yourself as an adult, and the love between our found family.
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