This Picard/Riker 2024 merch is all well and good but what I want is reprints of the Picard/Riker 1992 merch.

The Voyager theme is over here tugging at my heart strings. This is unexpected. #StarTrekDay

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I will never not have a crush on Wil Wheaton. #StarTrekDay

It’s taken me a while but I think I have a stable connection for watching #StarTrekDay and I’m so psyched for Prodigy. I’ve watched the teaser with my kid & can’t wait to show him the full trailer.

If you read through today’s Done List, you’ll notice I put basic self-care tasks like showering and dental hygiene on it. This is because as a person with chronic illness, those count as tasks that use energy, energy I then won’t have to spend on something else.

• Prepped M’s lunch and school stuff.
• Took M to school.
• Took and posted Star Trek Day selfie.
• Made myself coffee and breakfast.
• Ate breakfast.
• Listened to part of the first episode of Gates McFadden Investigates. - really feels like sitting in on a conversation with my friends; apparently I have deep parasocial relationships with the TNG cast.
• Took a shower.
• Brushed, flossed, and rinsed my teeth.
• Trimmed my nails.
• Watched a little TNG.
• Made coffee.
• Had a snack.
• Managed my task list.
• Messed around on Twitter a lot.
• Gave W some feedback on his Fulbright essays.
• Loaded Brent Spiner’s upcoming book on my eReader.
• Read a lot of Lore Olympus.
• Worked on getting old masking tape off kitchen floor.
• Made lunch.
• Ate lunch.
• Picked M up from school.
• Made muffins with M.
• Watched a compilation of all Spot’s appearances on TNG 🐈.
• Played Dragon Quest III while M. watched Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir.
• Packed M’s snack and lunch for tomorrow.

I know enough about Brent Spiner and his history with fans to know that this does not make us BFFs but I’m still psyched he liked my tweet.

Loading my advanced readers’s copy of Brent Spiner’s mem-noir Fan Fiction to my ereader in honor of Star Trek Day. 📚📺🖖‍

Repping TNG Operations in my Lauren Christians Handmade dress for Star Trek Day. My kid told his teachers, “I’m being Spot because my mom is wearing her Data costume!” 🖖‍📺

My Done List for 9/7/21:

It’s easy for me to feel like a day went by where I didn’t do anything, so I’m making a list of what I did. Here’s today’s:

• Prepped M’s lunch and school stuff.
• Made M’s breakfast.
• Made myself tea and breakfast.
• Ate breakfast.
• Took M to school.
• Wrote and published a blog post.
• Emailed D about podcast ideas.
• Fixed some links and added others to the Writing page of my website.
• Categorized some transactions in QuickBooks.
• Played around with a contract creation service.
• Reviewed tasks and set priorities.
• Poked around on Twitter and micro.blog.
• Covered hole in bathroom floor.
• Ate a snack.
• Read a little Lore Olympus.
• Watched a little TNG.
• Took a nap.
• Scrolled dark academia Instagram.
• Did some ankle strengthening exercises.
• Printed some paperwork for W.
• Ate lunch.
• Read more Lore Olympus.
• Picked M up from school.
• Played with M & his new weather toys.
• Did video call with L. so she could talk to M.
• Watched Disney ride through videos with M.
• Trimmed M’s nails.

📺🖖 In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3, episode 11, “The Hunted,” there is a whole society of intellectual bros wearing blazers over turtlenecks & claiming something is impossible because they’ve “studied it thoroughly” (though never tried it). Academia vibes, y’all.