You know you're a Star Trek nerd when...
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So they aren't: the boring one, the one with Khan, the one were Spock comes back, the one with the whales, the bad one and the last one?
You know you're a Star Trek nerd if you can actually cite all six in the right order!
You know you're a Star Trek nerd if you can actually cite all six in the right order!
What about when you can get a job from writing books about it?
...when dreams involving Star Trek aren't all that uncommon.
...when your first attempt at making traditional hot tea is made with Earl Grey leaves.
...when you think of your Voyager van as a shuttle.
...when you sound exactly like Leonard Nimoy pronouncing "error".
...when the source of many artistic interests, from Shakespeare to classical music, happens to be a Star Trek episode.
...when your first attempt at making traditional hot tea is made with Earl Grey leaves.
...when you think of your Voyager van as a shuttle.
...when you sound exactly like Leonard Nimoy pronouncing "error".
...when the source of many artistic interests, from Shakespeare to classical music, happens to be a Star Trek episode.
When you breathe.
I totally wanted one of those back in the day but I never did get one.
You know you're a Star Tee nerd when....
* You create a thread dedicated to demonstrating just how continuitous and serialized Voyager actually is and how it very much fits into the 'Serialized Procedural' genre
* You take the time to create an Ultimate Viewing Guide that (re)arranges the episodes of each series according to the order in which they ought to be watched in order to get the very most out of them
* You create a thread dedicated to demonstrating just how continuitous and serialized Voyager actually is and how it very much fits into the 'Serialized Procedural' genre
* You take the time to create an Ultimate Viewing Guide that (re)arranges the episodes of each series according to the order in which they ought to be watched in order to get the very most out of them
On Friday night, I got on a train to a station I rarely visit, just as I did one month ago (attending a writers' group meeting). A heavily-tattooed and facially-studded blond guy with a bicycle came into the carriage. He was in his 20s and wore a T-shirt with Leonard Nimoy on it, and the legend that read, "Rock on with your Spock on". I remembered seeing him in the same outfit four weeks ago, on the same train.
A ponytailed guy in his 30s immediately complimented him on the T-shirt and engaged him in conversation about "Star Trek" - and soon they were trying to out-trivia each other: eg. Zachary Quinto had to cheat to do the Vulcan salute in the new movies; "The Wrath of Khan" and "First Contact" were the best films; "Nemesis" kinda sucked but they both liked it anyway, etc. I chimed in with an anecdote about the Vulcan matriarch in "Amok Time" needing a piece of cotton round her fingers to do the salute correctly.
"Oh, you mean T'Pau?" they both asked. The younger guy had a thick Irish accent.
"Did you know that 'The Wrath of Khan' was on at the Dendy in Newtown a few weeks ago?" asked the Irishman.
"I was there," I boasted.
"I'd never seen it on the big screen before," said the Irish guy. "Hey, I remember you!" he said to me. "You were wearing a Starfleet uniform. You were in my row!"
"That's so cool," said the ponytailed guy. "I wish I'd been there."
Whoever said Trek geekdom was dead?
Retro screening of Star Trek II (2013) by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
A ponytailed guy in his 30s immediately complimented him on the T-shirt and engaged him in conversation about "Star Trek" - and soon they were trying to out-trivia each other: eg. Zachary Quinto had to cheat to do the Vulcan salute in the new movies; "The Wrath of Khan" and "First Contact" were the best films; "Nemesis" kinda sucked but they both liked it anyway, etc. I chimed in with an anecdote about the Vulcan matriarch in "Amok Time" needing a piece of cotton round her fingers to do the salute correctly.
"Oh, you mean T'Pau?" they both asked. The younger guy had a thick Irish accent.
"Did you know that 'The Wrath of Khan' was on at the Dendy in Newtown a few weeks ago?" asked the Irishman.
"I was there," I boasted.
"I'd never seen it on the big screen before," said the Irish guy. "Hey, I remember you!" he said to me. "You were wearing a Starfleet uniform. You were in my row!"
"That's so cool," said the ponytailed guy. "I wish I'd been there."
Whoever said Trek geekdom was dead?
Retro screening of Star Trek II (2013) by Therin of Andor, on Flickr
^ Where was that photo taken?
Ok. The interior background looks uncannily similar to the Salt Palace Convention Center, and that girl looks like a girl that I saw at SLC Comic-Con, so I thought it might've been taken there.
You know you're a Star Trek nerd if you can actually cite all six in the right order!
What about when you can get a job from writing books about it?
Then you're a professional Star Trek nerd . . . .
...your cell phone hums like a tricorder, chirps like a comm badge, or whistles like a TOS bridge hail.
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