Confession Session (Netflix)

I feel safe enough to admit this here: I watch Star Trek.

A friend of mine was talking about starting a new TV show and shyly mentioned the name. I jumped right on it. I had been wanting to watch it mainly out of curiosity. So, here we were. Two young ladies in our twenties. Agreeing that we would watch this 60's sci-fi TV show together over the course of a few months. The next time we got together we selected the pilot and away we went.

It was crazy. Pushing aside the innovative special effects (for the time, obviously) and the fact that there was an African American woman being portrayed on TV as something other than a maid or less, it was a good episode of a TV show. There were little bits of humor interspersed a very unexpected plotline.

We're about ten episodes in and each episodes starts in a way that you can't anticipate the ending. One episode starts off where they're investigating this frozen planet where they find dead bodies in a  research station. Turns out that they got infected by a disease where their inhibitions are lowered and SPOCK CRIES. Let me repeat. SPOCK CRIES. Even if you've never seen an episode or any movie version you know that that's weird. And, it turns out, completely hilarious.

Also, my friend and I have decided that there must be a running gag that in every episode someone tries to impersonate Captain Kirk. That's probably the only predictable plot point in each episode. And now it's just become fun trying to figure out when it'll happen and who will discover it's not the real Kirk (let's be real, it's almost always Spock).

I'm a little sad that when I mention I watch Star Trek people just scoff. Because it's a genuinely good show and I wish more people would take the time to give it a try. On the other hand, then it's like I have this secret that only a few people really know about. Only the select few who care enough to travel back in time. And forward in time. And space. HAHA GET IT?

Wish List (Technology Edition)

I was talking to someone about what I would do if I had unlimited money. As shallow as it is, these were the first things I thought of:

1. External Hard drive - I have a laptop full of footage. I would love to get rid of it.
2. DSLR camera - It would be great to have anice camera, and something nice to record videos upon. Instead of, you know, my webcam of iPod Touch.
3. A smart phone - "HAHA, look at her Kyocera!" What? You've never heard of a Kyocera? I'm not surprised.

I'm sure that I'll update this as the years go on. But right now, that's all I can think of. Also, I revised my scenario after talking with my friend. Her first act was going to try to jail the Taliban. So I decided my scenario was actually if I won $1,000 dollars.

New Hire Woes

I recently was hired part time to help do A/V work at an organization. There's a lot of sound boarding, a lot of talking to people, and a lot of watching my boss do things.

That last one is bothersome for two reasons:
1. I know that I have a lot of this skills they're looking for (I think that's why they hired me) so I know I can do things. And yet, no one trusts me to do anything on my own.
2. There are few things I find more frustrating than having to sit back and watch someone do something worse than I would.

I'm not trying to be arrogant, I just know where some of my gifts lie. So it's hard watching my boss type up something that's not even formatted consistently. I just want to scream, "DON'T YOU KNOW KNOW HOW TO FORMAT?!" but instead I refrain myself and sit demurely in a chair. Over and over. Watching typo by typo go by without saying a word.

Ah, the joys of being a new hire. I know I'm complaining. I know. I also want it to be known that I am grateful to have a job. It's just this weird waiting for people to trust me period that's kind of annoying.

Wish List (Career Edition)

Here are some jobs (some real, some made up) that I might enjoy at some point in my life:

1. Talk show host - Get to incessantly ask people questions and no one can get mad because that's my JOB.

2. Production director - Edit and produce commercials, image sweepers, and whatever else they might have me do. Get to work in a studio and choose if I want to talk to people or hide away in my studio.

3. Travel writer - Attempt to write funny things about new places and get to go to new places.

4. Video blogger - Live my every day life and somehow people are entertained. Get to edit videos all day and try creative ideas.

5. Television writer - Hang out with funny people every day and sometimes make something funny.

6. Podcaster - Somehow make a living by recording WHATEVER I wanted.

7. Discernment counselor - Help others figure out what the next step in their lives might be.

I have no idea what I'm doing with my life right now, but if I could somehow have health benefits with any of those jobs that'd be great. Thank you.