Hello Nerds!
This
week I have been sick quite a bit, and do apologize for the lateness of my
posting. I had to put you all on the back burner in favor of school work and
getting better, and am still sick… fun right? Well I decided that I wouldn’t let
my sickness get in the way of blogging tonight, in a special two part blog!
Every
year, was I was a child, I would have a Star Wars marathon consisting of all
six prequel and sequel, then I started watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon
Network. That series carried me through a scary part of my early existence:
starting middle school, it still does in High School with its premier of a new
series in the fall under the name of Star Wars: Rebels.
Then,
when watching and re-watching the Star Wars movies became monotonous, I started
re-watching Star Trek: TOS seasons. This happened for many years before I knew
about the newer Star Trek. I then was moved onto the fourth movie “Voyage Home”
where the nerd inside of me was revived; reminded why I became a nerd in the
first place. Months passed in this fashion, until, while perusing the channels
on the telly, I came upon “Generations”, which was about to start, and noticed
that Kirk (William Shatner) co-stared. This intrigued me, as I thought it was the
perfect opportunity to give the new generation of Star Trek shows a chance. I have
never seen such a moving movie in my life, so many touching moments, which is
really something for me to admit. I certainly cried and do to this day. The
movie was so well written, executed, and tied up in a nice little bow of references.
I fell in love with the “Next Generation” cast, and decided to watch the
series.
For
some odd reason, I bet my 7th grade English teacher, Mrs. Burken,
that I would watch all series in chronological order by the end of the year
(some 7 weeks away). I did. I watched Enterprise, TOS, Next Gen., DS9, and
Voyager. Again, I was reminded why I became a nerd. That reason is, I feel so
blessed is the best word, blessed that I can live a life that permits me to
devote a good portion of my time into these things, and I am grateful every day.
Resistance is futile
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