Star Trek is 40 years old today.
That means on this date in 1966, 7-going-on-8-year-old me was begging my mom to let me stay up past my bedtime to watch that "new show that looks better than Lost in Space." :D
Thankfully, she did. And without TOS, I would never have become the person I am today. (Some may argue that might have been better, but I never will!) And as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tzikeh pointed out, we probably wouldn't be here today if not for Star Trek, the Original Series.
So, I raise my coffee mug to Gene Roddenberry and his "wagon train to the stars," and to Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, and all the rest of the gang. Happy birthday, and thank you.
ETA: Go tell![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ellen_fremendon your favorite thing from any incarnation of Trek.
That means on this date in 1966, 7-going-on-8-year-old me was begging my mom to let me stay up past my bedtime to watch that "new show that looks better than Lost in Space." :D
Thankfully, she did. And without TOS, I would never have become the person I am today. (Some may argue that might have been better, but I never will!) And as
tzikeh pointed out, we probably wouldn't be here today if not for Star Trek, the Original Series. So, I raise my coffee mug to Gene Roddenberry and his "wagon train to the stars," and to Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, and all the rest of the gang. Happy birthday, and thank you.
ETA: Go tell
ellen_fremendon your favorite thing from any incarnation of Trek.
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