Erika's Journal

My mom invited me to go watch Star Trek on Sunday. Weeeeeeeeeee!!! She's the reason I'm into scifi.

It's all my parent's fault. My mom was the one that taped each episode of TOS to watch with my father. When I got old enough to wait up for my father to arrive from work, we would all gather in their bed and watch one episode every night. We did that everyday for years. We all had each line of dialog memorized. xD Just me, my brother and our parents. My sis was either not born or a baby during those years and, hence, not so much into scifi, though she enjoys it too (just not totally addicted ^_^). We can joke in family speaking Trek language and understand.

Then my aunts, my mom's sisters, got me into Star Wars. One aunt had the trilogy on tape, while the other had many, many books of the extended universe. Guess what? All in English (she's an English teacher xD). I learned most of my English by watching Star Wars, and then by reading the books. I now have hundreds of e-books in a CD. I never counted, but it was nearly them all at the time my aunt gave it to me. I only read 15 of them =(. I need more time to dig through them all.

So, if it wasn't for my mom I wouldn't be here writing the post you now read. I wouldn't have become so interested in learning a new language just because my favorite fandom spoke it. I wouldn't have watched the Stargate movie. I would never have become interested in SG1 and then totally addicted in Atlantis. And internet, GW, LJ, fanfic, writing, teaching, Torchwood, Doctor Who, Farscape...... You get the picture. She opened Pandora's box and released fandom love.

I watch SGA episodes with her when I'm at home. She's not a whumper though. She finds Rodney funny and I get the feeling she's a sparky shipper. Also, she finds Shep handsome (she's a female and I think that's good enough reason for that). She loved The Daedalus Variantions, the last episode we watched together, and said that Ba'al looks like her brother. Her favorite character in SG1 is Jack and didn't watch any episodes after he left. Still, she has no idea her daughter likes to see hot men getting hurt and has a small liking for blood.

We are both very excited about the new Star Trek.