After saying goodbye to the lushly furnished youth hostel, Saturday morning saw us back at the transit centre to catch a bus to Gatton, where we would be meeting Kerry and Rose. Again, we identified them by the funny looks they were shooting in our direction. Once introductions were over with, we wasted no time in going in search of some junk food for the marathon. We bought lots of calories. Most of them involved chocolate, but we were glad to make an exception with a king-sized pack of orange tic-tacs.
Next on the list was a tequila hunt. The bottle shop near the supermarket was charging excessive prices, so we opted to adopt two shopping trolleys - one for the groceries, one for Gem's and my luggage - and push them up the hill to another store. There, we managed to find a bottle for the same price as the ones in the other store. Yee haw.
Kerry rang for a taxi (she was almost positive there was at least one of them in Gatton) and we all perched out the front on the pavement, at which time the tequila bottle fell over and smashed. At this opportune moment the taxi arrived. We didn't tell the nice lady driver that tequila was leaking all over her taxi's floor.
At last we arrived at Kerry's house, where after greeting her beautiful dogs we were pleased to discover that we were just in time for Friday chat. I typed stuff while the others looked over my shoulder. Just FYI, it's very hard to be funny in that situation. <g>
Next on the agenda was the viewing of a bloopers tape (hilarious and slash-ridden), followed by the uncut version of Memento Mori. I was alarmed to find myself falling asleep, but I must stress that it was NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EPISODE, which is of course one of my favourites. I'd finished uni for the term barely twenty-four hours earlier and I was quite genuinely tired. So there.
After stocking up on junk food, we settled down to start the marathon at about 4pm. After a few episodes we ate pizza, and then started the monumental task of making Scullyritas. A fair bit of the tequila had been salvaged (thank the lord for plastic bags), so after removing the glass shards we were okay in that department. However, we were having a bit of a problem with the other ingredients. The supermarket had been out of frozen strawberries, so we made do with fresh ones. We don't have Triple Sec in Australia, so we settled for regular brandy. And last but not least, Kerry discovered that she did not own a blender. We managed to create a mostly liquid consistency with the assistance of a grater and a large bottle decorated with cows. The colour of the 'ritas resembled bile, the taste was basically that of tequila, but we did not complain. Rose and Gem toned down their 'ritas with more limeade, but Kerry and I drank ours straight, cuz we're tough. Yep.
Rose had forgotten to bring All Souls with her, so we substituted the Pilot - and funnily enough, that episode received the most comments of them all. (Most of them were CHarc-centered or to do with the girly nature of Scully's voice.) Somewhere in the area of Milagro, Gem and I were sleeping (Autumn, we'll be stopping by your office later to say hi to Sparky) so, wimps that we are, we opted to finish off the marathon in the morning. I was ridiculously proud of the fact that, after Kerry, I was the first to awaken in the morning, so got first dibs on the shower. Upon emerging, I discovered that Kerry had let the dogs in, and that they were doing their best to drown Gem in saliva. She was thrilled.
After everyone was awake and refreshed, it was time for a phone call to Aderyn. We chatted for a long time, and were pleased to discover that we could decipher each other's accents. She commented that we were all excessively giggly, and surmised that it must be an "Australian thing". She was giggly too, but put that down to the late hour. Whatever. After the call was over, I stressed for awhile upon realising that a twenty-minute phone call to England on my mother's 
cellular phone would probably not be cheap, so I then felt compelled to call my mother and warn her about the impending bill. She was more upset with the early hour, since I'd forgotten to factor in the time difference. Oops.
After saying hi to Kerry's horse, we finished the marathon in grand style. The biggest hit was undoubtedly "Bad Blood", which I had not viewed since it had aired in Australia three years earlier. My God, that episode is hilarious. And our enjoyment of it had nothing to do with the fact that we were happily finishing off the chocolate at the time. Nuh-uh.
What are these people watching?
a) Australia's Funniest Home Videos
b) Saving Private Ryan
c) Memento Mori
d) Face Acting with Kirby Dee Tannenbaum
