Well once you do sit down to watch it you are going to be in for one hell of a treat. Those of us that love the series are elated when we hear that a new season is coming out because they do not stick to the methodology of "x amount of episodes per year, whether they are good or not." Instead they released them when they have some, sometimes years apart. I would rather wait and have quality than have them do what it seems almost all other series do which to crank them out rapidly and quickly destroy the very thing they helped build.

About your unrelated question: I could have something to do with that for sure, but since things have chanced here so much since the last time I had anything to do with it, I would need a little guidance or perhaps a link to a post explaining it, in order to get involved.