Last night, my cousins Nate and Sara and I went to a taping of one of our favorite shows, The Big Bang Theory.
Best. Night. Ever.
Exhibit A: Front row seats. Seriously, front row. Okay, we were also RIGHT next to Mark Sweet, the not-very-funny warm-up guy. So that was kind of annoying, but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. And we were so close to all the action, that it was easy to distract ourselves with what was happening on the floor. All in all, GREAT seats.
Exhibit B: Wil Wheaton. Yes, the Wil Wheaton, he of and Star Trek: The Next Generation and Stand By Me. I’m sure he’s been in other stuff (indeed, his IMDb.com profile says he has), but that’s all I’ve seen him in. All he needed to do was Star Trek.
I grew up with a special Saturday night tradition: Dad’s grilled hamburgers for dinner and a new episode of Star Trek: TNG. Every Saturday night, burgers and Star Trek. Saturday = Star burgers. To this day, I still find myself hankering for a good, juicy burger on Saturday nights.
And Star Trek. There is a special place in my heart for all the series of Star Trek (Star Trek: Voyager is my #2 – especially with two cast members currently working on the lot as producers/directors of two of our shows), but Next Gen is definitely my favorite. I watched little Wesley Crusher grow up on that show, and I had a crush on him pretty much the entire run of the series.
So to see him in person? Acting in one of my favorite tv shows? I HAD to see this.
Exhibit C: Bill Prady. Bill is an executive producer and writer for the show. He is my Facebook friend. We’ve met a handful of times over the past two years, but we’re not exactly close. No one’s fault, we’re just both really busy. 
Anyway, I begged, pleaded, cried for tickets to last night’s taping (I’d been reading Wil’s blog and his experiences on set made me want to go even more), and Bill came through. I asked sooooo last minute, they’ve been sold out for months and I knew odds were really slim for getting a ticket so late, let alone three tickets.
But Bill pulled some strings (or threatened someone, I’m not sure) and he made it happen. He’s definitely my hero of the month (and a certain nominee for hero of the year). Thanks, Bill!
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So there. Wasn’t that just a great evening? And the frosting on the delectable cake of my evening was spending a couple hours with my dear friend Christa while she finished her shift at work. I miss seeing that girl every day!
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