If one day someone were to put out a book of my "letters", they would mostly be things like "hey man, check out this link." John Adams I am not.
Monthly Archive for May, 2009
Growing up I was no fan of Star Trek. I was a Star Wars kid. Darth Vader was way scarier than the Klingons and Han Solo was far cooler than Captain Kirk. I even went so far as to actively hate Star Trek during high school. My friends loved The Next Generation but I wouldn't even give it a chance.
Fast forward fifteen or so years. After the mockery that George Lucas made of a once proud franchise, I find myself changing sides. JJ Abrams reboot of the Star Trek universe has grabbed me up in the hype and caused me to switch my nerd allegiance.
The movie was just all around exciting. It was a lot of little things. Explosions in space can actually be shown with no noise and still be exciting (perhaps even more so than if you hear it). The lens flares I've heard so much about didn't actually distract from the movie at all. It was definitely an interesting technique.
Zach Quinto as Spock was a brilliant casting decision. Chris Pine seems to embody Kirk's bravado and daring. Simon Pegg as Scotty was great but wasn't on screen enough. And then there's Karl Urban's "Bones" McCoy. "Bones" was, from the few movies and episodes of the old series, my favorite character. In the new movie it's no different. He captured the sarcasm and wit of DeForest Kelley's original potrayal of the good doctor perfectly.
So yes Mr. Lucas. I'm sorry. It's not you, it's me…actually it IS you. And to JJ Abrams: Live long and prosper for real.
The first thing said to me when I walked into work this morning was a few words of warning.
"Hey dude. Don't use that bathroom. Someone left behind a nugget."
After some discussion I found out that said "nugget" was not left behind where I thought it would be (the toilet) but on the floor…in front of the stall. When I was pouring out my water in the water fountain the location was visually verified as someone walked in the bathroom (I tried to warn them). There was much debate between my coworkers as to how this rogue turd found itself on the floor outside of the stall. Someone suggested it "fell out of their pants". Someone else said it would've had to have been, ahem, placed there. I still have no idea how it got there.
A few hours later we were told of a second piece that was found in the tech support area. Was this from the same person? Or perhaps could this be the work of a second pooper? Do we have a serial crapper? No one saw anything go down. The cameras in that area didn't catch someone dropping trou and letting fly. This is a mystery that will perhaps never be solved.
HIDEY HO!