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Okay call me a geek or a nerd or better yet someone who is intelligent enough to know good television when he sees it? Okay that might be a stretch, but there are a lot of Star Trek fans out there in the world and perhaps beyond our world =D

I fell in love with Star Trek from the moment I saw it in reruns as a kid. It was on at 4:00 every day after school and I watched with eyes wide and my head in the clouds I was eight and the future seemed to be limitless. When I got older I realized of course that would be many many generations ahead of where the human race is in modern times. Although that was a realization it still evokes a future vision that I myself would want to be a part of, well perhaps not the original series but the enterprise of my generation. I have probably seen every original series episode at least 50 times each, okay that’s embarrassing.

When the Next Generation premiered in 1987 I couldn’t wait and I wasn’t disappointed, though looking back at those first 3 seasons of the Next Generation it’s not so great… But it was enough to make the love I had for Star Trek to become alive in me again. I watched every Saturday night in awe of the new adventures. I was able to go to a couple of conventions (nerd time) in the Portland area and that was a blast and ended up through the years meeting the whole main cast of the Next Generation and most of the original cast along with some of the other Star Trek series.

I remember mourning the loss when Next Generation had its final season and although Star Trek Deep Space Nine was already airing, it didn’t have the same feel as the Next Generation did. It did have some characters I grew to enjoy though including Dax, Garak, Quark, and later the return of Worf.

Then came Voyager and I was immediately and totally a fan of that show aside from a couple of characters whom I loathed. The storyline although cliche had some wonderful writing and acting over the seasons. The introduction of 7 of 9 in the 4th season, the converted Borg drone was brilliant and I really enjoyed watching her character become human again.

Star Trek Enterprise was a huge disappointment and though it did have a couple of good seasons it didn’t hold my interest and I thought the casting was way off.

In 2009, the long rumored and speculated reboot of the original series was unleashed and I couldn’t have been more pleased with the results. The new cast (of the original series characters) did a wonderful job of capturing the spirit of the original cast without taking it to a level where it could be laughable (though there were those moments on purpose I am sure). The bonus was Chris Pine as James T. Kirk… a lot better eye candy than Shatner; though Shatner to me when I watched the original series was an old man, funny enough now I am the old man since he was 35 years old when the original series began to air in 1966.

Star Trek for me has always been an escape, an hour escape or two hour movie escape from life. It has always painted the future of doing the right thing, acceptance and making life better and easier for all.

Live Long And Prosper!

PS Yes again trying not to embarrass myself too much, I did paint that background (24x36 canvas panel / Acrylic Paint and wood stars)

Saturday night was guy/geek night for me. The wife and kid were out for the evening. I started by buying a few new toys, a Logitech MX Revolution mouse and a Maxtor 160GB HD on sale for $55. I then went home, cracked a few beers, burned and ate some animal meat, and installed hardware.

Topped the evening off with Matrix Revolutions, to keep the whole revolution theme going. :)

To quote Borat, "I like."