{"id":2353,"date":"2011-12-08T11:45:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T19:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotnerdgirl.wordpress.com\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2024-02-27T10:47:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:47:08","slug":"7-nerdy-things-from-hot-nerd-girls-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/08\/7-nerdy-things-from-hot-nerd-girls-office\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Nerdy Things From Hot Nerd Girl’s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back (maybe September?) I posted on the Hot Nerd Girl facebook page<\/a> that I was having a hard time figuring out how to organize all of my Star Trek stuff in my office.\u00a0 The fans<\/p>\n

a) thought it was a really great problem to have<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

b) demanded pictures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I promised I would take some once it was all done.\u00a0 I’m still searching for a few of my smaller posters but it’s done for the most part.\u00a0 Just in time for Christmas and all of the relatives coming to town \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So here are the pictures I promised as well as some background on some of the items.\u00a0 Sadly, about half of my collection is in storage in Idaho (had to put in somewhere when I went to college) so hopefully someday I can run up there and bring it all back down to SoCal.<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0my\u00a0whole office\u00a0area aka my little slice of heaven aka where all the magic happens.\u00a0 I infiltrated the area above the TV as well.\u00a0 Because I could.<\/p>\n

Yes, I interrupted my game of God of War III for you.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1. The Posters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding the posters: the one on the right you’ve probably seen me gushing about on the facebook page because my picture (and some of yours as well!) is part of the mosaic.\u00a0 I finally got it framed and hung up which was no easy task since it had to hang over the giant monstrosity that is the entertainment center.\u00a0 The Spock poster I’ve had since middle school and I literally took it with me everywhere I moved.\u00a0That’s 13 moves and 13 walls it has hung on.\u00a0 He’s been one of the few constant companions I’ve had and I find his presence very comforting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No matter what I did I couldn't prevent the reflections on the glass. Sorry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2.<\/strong> The lifesize Worf<\/strong><\/p>\n

I got my lifesize cardboard cut out of Worf from my step-uncle.\u00a0 He used to keep it in the coat closet. When visitors would come over and hang up their coats they’d get startled by Worf and usually scream at which point my step-uncle would laugh and laugh and laugh.\u00a0 It was my kind of prank.\u00a0 When he retired and moved he passed\u00a0Worf down to me.<\/p>\n

My own personal Chief of Security<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. The Autographs<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve got quite a few autographs, including several in a Star Trek: The Next Generation book.\u00a0 Of these four I got three of them in person: Nichelle Nichols, Michael Dorn, and Marina Sirtis.\u00a0 The Majel Barrett one I got while she was alive but was no longer appearing at conventions.\u00a0 I\u00a0heart her so much that I bought it anyways.\u00a0 I wish I had met her.\u00a0 I did meet her son, Eugene “Rod” Rodenberry Jr. at a convention in 2002.\u00a0 He was a nice guy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Super awesomesauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I came upon my World Premier of Voyager cast autographs via my cousins best friend.\u00a0 She worked on the series and knew I was a big fan so she gave me her Voyager cast photo some years back (did I mention that she’s now one of my fave peeps on the planet?)\u00a0 It’s kind of hidden behind my Tribbles because I have so many damn stuffed animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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If you don’t know their name, just call them “Robert” and chances are you’ll be right<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

4. Data and the Holograms<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Data bust was a High School graduation present.\u00a0 In the past he sat on my bookshelf with all of my Star Trek books…of which there are way more than I care to admit….but he now has a place of honor on top of the entertainment center.\u00a0 I have an insane love for this bust and I’m not really sure why.\u00a0 I guess I was seduced by how ridiculously awesome it is.\u00a0 The picture on the left is a hologram (see below) and the picture on the right is of me, my brother and my nephew at the Star Trek Exhibition in Riverside (California, not Iowa<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spinerfems ftw!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For my birthday a few years ago my friend Hayden took me to Star Trek: The Tour down in Long Beach and bought me a\u00a0hologram picture of us being “beamed.”\u00a0\u00a0I wish I had access to this technology because I would take SO MANY holographic pictures.<\/p>\n

Hey Scotty? How about throwing in a couple of Romulan Ales when we reach the surface? Cool?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. The Mousepad<\/strong><\/p>\n

This may seem like just a mousepad BUT it actually holds a lot of significance for me.\u00a0 I got it when I went away to college.\u00a0 Why is that important?\u00a0 Well, because I went to school in San Francisco because it’s the future location of Starfleet Academy and I wanted to be as close to Starfleet Academy as possible. And yes, I am completely serious.\u00a0In addition to my university diploma, I also have a Starfleet Academy diploma and a Kobayashi Maru certificate (signed by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy no less).\u00a0 This is a prime example of why I consider myself a Nerd\/Geek\/Dork<\/a> combo.<\/p>\n

Yes, I'm THAT big of a nerd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6. The Ships<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Dad is a total perfectionist and I adore him for it even though it meant I couldn’t leave my homework out as a kid.\u00a0 When he does something, he does it perfectly.\u00a0 When we were kids he bought 3 Star Trek models and painted them.\u00a0 The two smaller ones have been lost for years but the largest one, the Enterprise NCC-1701-D is alive and kicking.<\/p>\n

Thank God for invisible thread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/strong>\u00a0I have another NCC-1701-D that is 2 feet long but it’s one of the items up in storage.<\/p>\n

My Dad also gave me my Star Trek mobile.\u00a0 It’s a little faded after all these years but it glows in the dark and I love it.<\/p>\n

If I ever have kids this is what they have to look forward to<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7. The Scripts<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am very lucky in that I’ve been surrounded by amazing people my whole life. I also\u00a0refuse to put up with a-holes\u00a0so maybe that has something to do with it too.\u00a0 One of the areas in which I’ve been very blessed is my parental units.\u00a0 Through divorce and random circumstances I’ve ended up with six parents.\u00a0 One of them is Dean Minnerly aka “Popi.” (Literally) one of the most kick ass dudes I’ve ever known.\u00a0 He works in the technical side of the entertainment industry and, as a side job, was a contributing writer on The Next Generation for the first two seasons.\u00a0 One of his biggest contributions?\u00a0 Helping to kill off Tasha Yar.<\/p>\n

What’s that?\u00a0 You want proof?\u00a0 Ok.\u00a0 Go to Netflix and turn on “Skin of Evil” (you know, the episode with the giant tar monster that kills her).\u00a0 At the very beginning of the episode Tasha and Worf are talking about Yar’s upcoming martial arts competion.\u00a0 Worf asks who she is competing against.\u00a0 He dismisses her first competitor, saying that she will defeat him easily.\u00a0 Then she mentions that she’ll be fighting Lt. Minnerly next and Worf gets worried.\u00a0 That’s right folks, Dean (who is a martial artist in real life) wrote himself into the episode.<\/p>\n

Epic win.<\/p>\n

Sadly, he did all of this just before he came into my life so I never got to participate in the TNG awesomeness, but he did give me an extremely rare cast jacket, several scripts, and some HI-larious stories.<\/p>\n

Ok, time to go back in the safe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Aaaaaaand on that note, I think I’ll stop there.\u00a0 There’s more I could show you but that would make for a VERY long post.\u00a0 Don’t worry all you non-Trekkies, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Thor, Transformers, etc. etc. are also represented here albeit in a much smaller capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What can I say?\u00a0 I’m a good little Trekkie \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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