In which I am outed as a . . . well, you’ll see
A couple of days ago, everyone in my department had on khakis. Two people had on red shirts, the department head had on a blue shirt, and I had on a brown shirt. My boss said, “Hey, it’s like Star Trek day or something - all these solid color shirts, khaki pants!” Then he turned to me and said something about how my outfit wasn’t conforming quite as well as the others. I said, “That’s okay, I’m the ship’s counselor, and I can wear whatever I want.” He nodded his approval.
A few minutes later, I walked up to him and said, “Can we forget that I knew enough about Star Trek to geek out like that in front of all of you?” He looked at me and said, “We can try to forget it, but we’re still going to give you a hard time about it.”
My name is Kari, and I’m a recovering Star Trek addict. (Original and Next Generation, with a little Deep Space Nine thrown in for fun.)
January 19th, 2005 at
I’m a recovering Original Trekkie. But I don’t have a problem.
January 19th, 2005 at
ST:TNG rocks my face off.
January 19th, 2005 at
good grief.. you and Laura are twins!
January 19th, 2005 at
there’s nothing to be ashamed of…until you actually DO start dressing up like counselor troi. and then demanding that everyone call you that.
January 19th, 2005 at
Brian admits he knows Counselor Troi’s name! Ha!
When it comes to Star Trek, if we were flipping the channels and it was on, I would always always always want to stop and at least see which episode it was. Mike will never ever ever stop. This is an area in which we part ways.
January 19th, 2005 at
mike’s still in the closet.
I have no shame.
January 20th, 2005 at
so is mike afraid that would make him “worf?” maybe you could read “imzadi” together so he could identify with will riker…
January 20th, 2005 at
just noticed one of my coworkers was at my computer. sure hope he didn’t post anything dorky…
January 20th, 2005 at
Charles:
January 20th, 2005 at
Am I the only one that thinks every episode of ST:TNG is exactly the same as the one before it? Some of the battle scenes are identical:
Riker: Rrrrrrrred alert!
Picard: Data, report…
Data: Well, sir, they are exactly seventeen thousand, eight hundred and ninety-four parsecs…
Picard: …oh, shut up. Lieutenant Worf…
Worf: WE SHOULD BLOW THEM OUT OF THE STARS!
Picard: Violence, Worf? There’s a surprise. Troi?
Troi: I sense hostility…
Picard: I sense stupidity. (taps communicator) La Forge, report…
Geordi (whinily yelling over ever-present ambient engine room noise) WELL, THE WARP CORE REACTOR IS UNSTABLE…
Picard: Oh, for crying out loud. Dr. Crusher?
Beverly: I’m still in love with you.
Picard: I know. Wesley, anything to add?
Wesley: When I graduated top in my class at Starfleet Academy…
Picard: Thank God I’m not your father. You should have been red-shirted in the pilot.
Wesley: …I know…
Not that I ever watched it…
January 20th, 2005 at
Jason . . .
Man, I am really enjoying these comments.
January 21st, 2005 at