You better believe it. I’m taking a stand. This far, NO FARTHER! And I will make homework PAY for what it has done. . .

If you just caught that referrence, good for you. I’m proud. There’s more nerdly goodness inside.

Recently upon a visit to visit my occasional visitors from the north, the ‘apples Squadron Supreme, an intersting point came about. Now, I regard Joel with the highest of sentiments with regards to being a nerd. I mean, look at him, and look at me. Then look at Ben, Bill and Lindsey. We are NERDS. We like vidja games, and surfin’ the megawebs and watchin’ teh TV like anyone else. But we also like things that not everyone else likes.

I’m talkin’ Star Trek here.

Few of you may know the truth of my dark, seedy past. I was raised in a house of Trekkies. My dad, forced me to watch Next Gen (or TNG, and some members of this elite cadre prefer as their nomenclature) as I was growin’ up, and despite my wailing and crybabying, I saw Best of Both Worlds Part I and II as they premeired. At this point, I’ve probobly lost everyone. That’s the two part episode where Picard (possibly the greatest CAPTAIN in starfleet history [now if you’re looking for a seducer of alien-women-folk, Kirk is your man]) is abducted by the Borg, and Starfleet is nearly wiped out at Wolf 359 (an actual star, curiously enough). Now, I was like 6 or 7 when this is going on, and I can assure you I was piddly scared of those borg. Robot men? Oh no sir, no thank you, I like big eared ferengi’s myself.
I grew older, and when DS9 came arround, I was so well engulfed in Star Trek trivia (by this I mean Next Gen, I’ve seen less than a dozen of the orriginal series, though I am catching them randomly these days on TV Land) my dad and I set aside every Sunday evening from 10:30 to 11:30 to watch Deep Space Nine. In truth, I am not a Next Gen kid. I was a child of the Deep Space Nine era, and still regard the final seasons of that show as some of the best in my nerd history (I also have seen great extents of Stargate SG1 and VIPER).
My father and I also embarked on the Voyager escapade for an extended amount of time (Ben informs me that he was a Voyager kid, and as such, he has great memories for it. I certainly understand his predicament, but find Voyager to still be . . .) but then found out it sucked. I’m not jumping to conclusions here, the first seasons of Voyager were shaky but acceptable. But round near the time the charachter Seven of Nine was introduced, I was growing tired. Two seasons later I quit, and have not gone back to Star Trek since (I have seen all of the next gen films, but missed out on enterpirse entirely).

So now I ask you, what’s your favorite Star Trek series or film? I’ve only seen 2 of the original series films, and would certainly be remiss if at some time in my life I fail to see “KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!” but until such times, I will read plot synopsis from my Star Trek Encyclopedias. Also, what’s your favorite ship Shambie-Bambies? Here’s mine:

AKIRA CLASS? HELLZ YEAH!!!!

PS. I wrote this post ’cause Joel didn’t know what a TRICORDER was!!! HA! WHAT A FUCKIN’ LOSER, RIGHT!??! AM I RIGHT?!?!? . . . . . oh. . . .oh, no. Oh no, no, no no no. Well, if you need me kids, I’m going to be weeping in my shower.