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I think there will always be problems, trials and tribulations, on a local as well as global scale. There are still problems in the Star Trek world. Right now my work situation is about to be turned upside down, but I am not letting it make me miserable or unhappy.

We can make a difference as individuals in how we respond to events in our own life as well as the events of the world. I went to move my prescription to a drugstore near my new home, and chose to do it in person. That particular day one of the pharmacists had not come in, so the one on duty was swamped, and people were impatient and nasty waiting for pick-ups. I just waited patiently (for more than an hour and a half) for him to get to me, so he could take care of some really rude (not typical of the south) customers, some of whom were vocally critical. Every time he said "I will get to you in a moment ma'am," I told him to take his time, I really was not in a hurry at all ( and I wasn't). When he finally did get to me, he vented about the difficulty of being on duty alone when everyone chooses to come in at the same time. I told him I thought it was very important for a pharmacist to handle one patient at a time, and that I could forbear while he did that. It brought a little peace into that stressful situation.

I am not saying that I am always perfectly patient...no. I am saying we can make the difference with regard to peace and cooperation in our own environment, which I think makes a better world.

Didn't one of the Catholic saints pray "Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace..."

The world always has hope when each individual chooses to be a source of that hope. One person always makes a difference.

The sky! It was gray and cloudy but that light kind of gray, when you know the sun is really there. And rays of sunlight were escaping through in spots, like lighthouse beams. It was wonderful! I had to make myself pay attention to driving.

Oh yes......

The one with Data's daughter, Lau ( sp?), nearly broke my heart.

Data's daughter? I'm going to have to see that one.

It was a sad eqisode. Data's daughter name is spelled Lal.

Thanks. I'll correct that!

But the more modern stuff is scarier, or at least I cannot bear to look at it. I don't watch the latest stuff, because the stuff I mentioned completely terrified me, and I know they continue to become more effective with terifying special effects.

This joke has made the rounds, because I heard it November 2003 from a math graduate chair at a major university. It would be funny if it weren't true in the worse way. The person telling the joke to me and others was telling it with an ironic tone, because we are in the midst of it. We are producing a generation with minimal math skills ( and I am not referring to any youths who love math and have chosen to learn it--- Bless You!).

Oh yes......

The one with Data's daughter, Lal, nearly broke my heart.

I feel...

What do you feel, Lal?

I love you father!

(Pause) I wish I could feel it with you.

I will feel it for both of us. Thank you for my life.

Something like that.

I also thought a Picard episode, Inner Light, was melancholy and moving.

Star Trek embraces every ethnicity, religion, sexual preference, and political alignment- but due to ST's basic values, I'd think most viewers are Liberal or Moderate.

Liberal to moderate describes me, but I think on this board you will find conservative views well represented.

Now, scary was about two weeks after I saw Alien for the first time.  I got into my car one morning and looked up and saw brown gooey stuff dripping from the roof.  I never moved so fast in my life getting out of that car.  After I made sure there were no aliens in the back seat I realized I had left a six pack of coke sitting behind my seat and it the temp had gotten down to 3 degrees F and it had frozen and exploded all over my car.

 

Alien was also one of the scariest in my book. I believe if I had seen that stuff creeping down my car window, that I would also have developed lightning speed, if I did not first lapse into shock! What a heart stopper!

Another one of my scariest was Sleepy Hollow. I was tricked by my dear niece into seeing it with her and her cousin. I was so thrilled that the child that I had once rocked, bathed, and changed diapers for was driving an automobile! "Come with us to the movies, Aunt ___!" Of course, to see my niece driving...she was once so small..........My niece's cousin spent the entire movie under her coat. I spent the whole time behind my hands, ocassionally peeking out to see it if was one of the scenes where people get ot keep their heads on. I was particularly cautious in those moments my niece intoned with her teenage exuberance..."Ooooh Aunt___, do you want to know how they did that?! " ( She had watched a film on the making of Sleepy Hollow.) I will not see that film again ever.

I even managed to watch Alien more than once.

Sixth Sense was another scary movie I could only watch once through hand filters.

I'll ride the fence on this one.

This may not be the precise quote either. It's from one of my favorite scenes in DS9, from the Visitor.

Sisko says to Jake. " Jake...my sweet boy!" and at that point Jake is an old man, older than Sisko, and has just died ( I think).

Wild (American) violets lining a stretch of the walking paths laid out in the complex I live in.

I'm partial to the Enterprise so I chose the Constitution class.

Ditto.

Although to be honest, I kind of feel the same way about starships as I do about cars. I just need it to get me there. So if there was a "Chevrolet class" starship, it would be fine to me!

They are all good of course, but I like the first one best. I agree with the comment that the site name is clearer on the first one. I like the last one the least because it looks like Trip is shooting Mayweather. The second one where Trip looks like he is shooting the Enterprise is better, because he could not possibly be shooting the Enterprise.

It's also a poor plot twist because it suggests that Vulcans can't handle being on a human ship after all. T'pol was breaking new ground for Vulcan/human cooperation.

This will be another setback.

My mom had a really foul mouth and told me off often when I was high school age. It never seemed I could do anything right. I moved out after high school, but was lucky I stayed on decent terms with her. When I was 19 and had pneumonia, she insisted I come home and she cared for me until i was all better again. About three months later, I moved back home and things were fine.

 

I know firsthand how hard it is for your mom to call you things like fatas* out of anger. I was always the "lazy little sh1t" during my teen years.

 

Maybe you should try to talk to her directly about things when she's in a calm mood. It will probably help clarify why she's angry with you. Also, I recommend that you try to hold your temper if she does yell at you like that again. If you lose your cool and curse back, you'll only be making things worse.

 

Trust me, you may not see eye to eye right now, but there'll come a time when you need her and you'll wish you hadn't burned your bridges.

 

Not that I'm justifying calling a teenager nasty names, but just relating my own experience in a similar situation. My mom has been gone 6 years now and I'm glad I never cut off our relationship even though she could get ugly when she was mad.

 

Best of luck to you!

I am glad you worked things out with your mother! One of the hardest things to deal with is your parents' imperfections, but maintaining a relationship is the best solution. I think this post is very good advice.

Forgiveness goes a long way. When we forgive, it is for something very real and very wrong that has been done to us. It liberates us from re-living the wrong over and over and over again. And there will be times when we need others to forgive us.

I like Tuvok. The few looks we had into his past made it clear that some Vulcans struggle to achieve their controlled emotions. I do not think that point had been made about Vulcans prior to Tuvok's character appearing.

I'm not offended. I think it is a good idea.

Very Important. I love the stars. When I log in they are the first thing I see and I know that I am where I intended to go.

"You told him about the statue!?"

I think you will be confused about the behavior of the Vulcans unless you see the first two seasons. I also think seeing those seasons helps you to see the evolution of the crew from excitement about being the first to go into deep space, to the seriousness and ending of the naivite about the challenges of humans in space.

You should wait to buy, though, until you have had the opportunity to see reruns, which will be inevitabley shown somewhere. It is Star Trek after all......

I voted keep for Enterprise, of course!

I am with those who are more trek fans than Star Wars fans. I will probably visit from time to time, but will probably not join. I will say that scene captures the vastness of the visual effects that often characterize Star Wars.

I want to comment on working and going to school. The biggest problem my current students who work to support themselves in school have, is that they work too many hours to do well in school. For example, I have students doing poorly in class who I find out work full time ( 40 or more hours per week) and then attend school full time.

They can never make my office hours or supplementary problem sesions because they have to work. The problem with working full time is that all assitance ( tutors, faculty office hours) occur in blocks of ime where they work, so they cannot get help even they do not understand what is going on in class. They are also often physically exhausted while in class.

Just plan well if you work. It makes no sense to work all day to pay for a class and then barely pass or flunk the course! Don't go to school full time if you have to work full time....go part-time. See when you instructor's office hours are, or the hours the tutoring center is available, in order to make sure you can get assistance needed when stuck on an assignment. This may not be a problem in history, but you will have general education course which include college algebra even if you are a history major, if you eventually get a degree. Just plan how you will use your time.

Just give youself enough time to study and learn and actually BE a student!

Yesterday's Enterprise, because it led up to the situation that produced the role in which I like Denise Crosby best...as the half-Romulan Sela. Also it is an opportuinty to see a vulnerable side of Tasha....she is unsure of herself because she is in a new relationship, and she is unsure because of the fact Guinan informed her that she should have died a senseless death. But her last action, to join the crew of Enteprised C, was back to the bold Tasha.

I guess I am the only one who liked Aquiel. I enjoyed the budding relationship between Geordi and Aquiel, plus I liked the intrigue of episode, the fact that she was under suspicion.