james doohan

Day 306: Crossing Streams

Beam Me Up, Scotty by James Doohan

Beam Me Up, Scotty by James Doohan

With today’s announcement that CBS is launching a new Star Trek series in 2017, I thought it was a good time to start reading James Doohan’s memoir, Beam Me Up Scotty.  I scored a used copy last year and it’s been on my to-read shelf ever since.

As you can see in the photo above, I’m using my Star Wars bookmark. What you can’t hear in the photo is the Game of Thrones soundtrack.

I know my geekdom is crossing streams here, but it’s a risk I’ll take for a good read. As you can tell, I also like to live dangerously.

Day 293: Full Geek Mode

Full Geek Mode

Full Geek Mode

I’m in full geek mode right now. After the Star Wars The Force Awakens trailer debuted last night, I read a handful of Star Wars articles and watched youtube videos (and, yes, I watched the trailer dozens of times).

One thing that I stumbled upon that I absolutely loved was this quote from Felicia Day: “Geekdom is the joy of connecting about things you love without fear of judgment.”

I’ve been connecting with Star Wars for the last 24 hours, but I’m not forgetting about my other geekdom joys. I’m finishing (finally!) A Clash of Kings, I’m all caught up with The Walking Dead, and I just started James Doohan’s memoir, Beam Me Up Scotty.

The only thing I didn’t geek out on tonight was Fresh Off the Boat, since it was off the air this week. This is probably a good thing or else I might start getting my geekdom worlds mixed up.