I Might Be a Trekkie

[lydamorehouse]

Actually, I KNOW I'm a Trekkie. Mason and I were staring, bleary-eyed at the box of frosted Mini-Wheats at breakfast, and I saw the Starfleet uniform shirts they had on offer. Mason thought they looked cool and I ended up spending the rest of the morning before school recounting the plots of some of my favorite OT episodes ("OT," of course, meaning Original Trek or Old Trek to those of us who used to be on the STREK-L listserv before I...er, killed it.)

Shawn turned to me in the car while I was explaining "Trouble with Tribbles," and said, "You've been waiting your whole life for this momment, haven't you?" Passing on the "nerd" torch? Hell yeah. Besides, it's a time honored family tradition. My mother is a huge OT fan.

Speaking of which, while Mason was finishing up his frosted mini-wheats, I ran upstairs to the closet and unearthe the Starfleet shirt my mother sewed for me when I was in high school (probably as a Halloween costume). It's a whole lot of awesome, and, I'm happy to report, I still fit into it. Though I had my mom sew on the rank of Captain (I'm sure I wanted to be Kirk), in it Shawn pointed out that I look more like Yeoman Rand without the bee-hive.

Then I got giddy about the new Trek movie which, as I noted on Facebook, kind of sort of might look cool. (I'm nervous about liking it too much. I've been disappointed so often by my fannish desires. Think: midiclorians.) But, but... Kirk looks... hot.

Have you checked these out? Star Trek trailers

Dude.

Comments

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

My inner geek is in heaven. I just hope the movie's as good as the trailers. It's a pity Majel didn't live to see it completed.

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

The new film has had some excellent reviews so far.

[xochiquetzl]

Ahahahahhahaha! I keep forgetting you were on STREK-L. It was after my time.

Awesome

[(Anonymous)]

What is totally awesome is that you still fit into the shirt. You could wear it in the sun room when you write. Or when you go to a concert on a Saturday.

Re: Awesome

[dorianhaqmoun.livejournal.com]

Sorry, done it again, forgot to log in. Comes from deleting the cookies. Or cache or whatever.