The past several days have been quite the social whirlwind. One would think that completing my girlfriend’s introduction to the original BBC version of The Office would be more than enough joy for one weekend, but oh, no. The partying would continue unabated.

Carin and I had comps for Friday night’s performance of Little House on the Prairie at the big G, but as we drove around looking for parking that wasn’t $8-$20, we realized that we weren’t that interested after all. Frankly, if we weren’t seeing it for free, we wouldn’t have gone anyway, because a musical adaptation of Little House on the Prairie isn’t exactly our cup of tea. Instead, we scooped up Nick and went to see The Dark Knight in IMAX. Needless to say, that was my cup of tea.

The following night, Carin and I walked over to a party hosted by Workhaus folks Cory and Tory. Much schmoozing occurred, and I learned a valuable life skill: how to make a mojito. This knowledge will serve me well in the future. It was good to see Cory and Tory again, I enjoyed hearing about Tory’s upcoming play about Philip K. Dick, and I met more fun folks. And we saw that Phelps guy win something on TV or whatever.

Sunday saw a milestone in my relationship with Carin. Her parents invited us to their house for some fantastic grilled salmon. Operation Meet the Parents went off without a hitch, I’m proud to say. Afterward, we went pretty much directly to Ben & Noe Tallen’s house for more food, games, and gin & tonics.

After having a few of the aforementioned beverages, I thought it would be a great idea to draw Admiral Ackbar on the Tallens’ refrigerator whiteboard with the caption, “It’s a trap!” This led to Carin and me giggling maniacally while we slapped little drawings of Ackbar all over their house. There’s an Ackbar on a baseball cap saying, “It’s a cap!”, one on the toilet tank sayin, “It’s a crap!”, one on an enveloped flap saying, “It’s a flap!”, one on a map hanging on the wall saying, “It’s a map!”, and one in their blender saying, “It’s a frap!” This was funny only to me and Carin, and only for that ten-minute span.