where do we go from here

every year jeremy and i watch all seven seasons of buffy the vampire slayer and we start around november and she takes us pretty much right through the winter and the early dark nights and the times when it's way too cold to do anything but stay indoors and watch vampire tv.

we pause it and discuss things and we analyze these people like we know them and we really do know them they just don't know us which is their loss really cause we're like SO COOL.

last night was the series finale and we always make a big deal about it and get champagne and cheers each other and say 'good run' and shake each others hands and blare the theme song really loudly and wave our arms around in the air. the last ten minutes or so of the last episode is always so intense knowing it's the last ten minutes of the last episode and that soon we will be saying goodbye to our imaginary tv vampire friends for another 9 months.

now we're looking at each other like empty nesters. we shrug our shoulders and say, 'what do you wanna do i dunno what do you want to do?'

probably tonight we'll mope around a little bit or reminisce about the characters like 'remember that time when buffy killed angel' or 'remember when buffy came back from the dead the second time' or 'remember when spike got his soul back and went crazy when the first evil was playing mind tricks on him'.

maybe we'll peer in at the living room couch from the kitchen like how parents look in at their kid's room when they've gone off to school. maybe we'll turn it into a weight room or a library or a music lounge.

or maybe we'll just leave it as it is and if buffy wants to come home for an odd visit between now and next november, she'll feel she's still welcome. i hope she doesn't expect us to do all her laundry.