Hovering on the fringes of a new family geekiness
School went well for both of the little ones (Al’s doing OK, too - liking Chamber Choir better than anything else, but it sounds like she’s more comfortable there overall than she ever has been). Shelby came home happy. Said his new teacher is nice. Seemed excited, happy, at least not sad, about school in general. Annie loved it, but then, I knew she would. She said she went to recess 4 times yesterday!
Last night, whole family home together. Sure, we did our own things & Allison spent much of the night napping in her room (she’s seriously trying to shake a cold, for choir’s sake), but we were all home, together & mostly awake & that was nice.
Just before dinner time, Jim was switching back & forth from baseball game to an episode of Star Trek. A neighbor boy was at our house, playing DS with Shelby and said something like, “Ooh, Star Trek, cool!” when he saw it. So, Jim just left Star trek on for him. Then, I brought in dinner (Jim had made most of it, I just ‘plated’) & they left Star Trek on while they ate (yes, we eat in front of the TV). Annie & Shelby both sat & watched the whole thing (well, Shelby watched the whole thing - Annie watched most of it).
And, while they were watching, during commercials, we talked about how there are lots of different versions of Star Trek, including movies & books -and- how it’s a whole culture of people who love it, go to conventions, talk on the internet, collect things about it, etc. We talked about watching more of them. And, Jim & I figured that this would be a good thing to get everyone into over the school year & through the winter months.
After the show was over, I told the kids how the people who are into Star Trek are usually dorks, geeks, nerds & geeks (yes, I said geeks twice). Then we all fist-bumped to our newfound geekiness.
I’ve never watched much Star Trek myself, but whenever I do, I like it. I like the moral tales that they tell. I like the humanism in them. I like the interesting science fiction twists. This could be fun!
