Monday, 16. March 2015
The other Trekkie
ell, 21:49h
It was on a Thursday night near the end of last November, the last week before we had our first days in practical work. Earlier that evening the second years had thrown a welcome-party for us after which we all had gone to a bar. Two cocktails later and somwhat nearer to midnight I had then found myself in an Irish Pub, together with two of my classmates, one of which had promised to drive us home, but only if we go to the Pub together first.
On the way to the other bar she had met a guy she had learned to know a few weeks earlier under circumstances I still don't understand completely. They had agreed to meet later in said pub and so we ended up, me, her and one of our two male classmates, together with her aquaintance and two of his friends. I don't know how, but it didn't take long until I had a drawn out discussion with the friends about Star Trek, Star Wars and several other franchises, but mainly Star Trek.
The evening ended with all six of us somehow squeezed together in my classmates rather small car.
A week later I somehow once again found myself in said pub with the same people, although I had the first late-shift-early-shift-day of my life. We didn't stay long thus, because somewhen around twelve I complained I had to get up around half past four in order to be awake at work at six. But I had spent the evening talking about Star Trek, this time rather only with one of those friends of the guy who somehow knows my classmate, and at the end of the evening we both had each others numbers.
From this developed a series of meetings, usually starting out with going to a bar with the best combination of burgers, fries and music you can get for less than ten bucks this side of the Atlantic. After that we usually went to the place of one of us with the mission of him showing Lord of the Rings to me (we already got two of the three movies) or me showing Stargate to him (nearly halfway through the first season).
Yesterday however we had decided to watch one of the old movies, since it was the first time we had met in, well, a month, and somehow we even ended up with Wrath of Khan (and of course The Search for Spock afterwards). And once again it confirmed to me that this movie is just the best in Star Trek history.
But that is a topic for another time.
On the way to the other bar she had met a guy she had learned to know a few weeks earlier under circumstances I still don't understand completely. They had agreed to meet later in said pub and so we ended up, me, her and one of our two male classmates, together with her aquaintance and two of his friends. I don't know how, but it didn't take long until I had a drawn out discussion with the friends about Star Trek, Star Wars and several other franchises, but mainly Star Trek.
The evening ended with all six of us somehow squeezed together in my classmates rather small car.
A week later I somehow once again found myself in said pub with the same people, although I had the first late-shift-early-shift-day of my life. We didn't stay long thus, because somewhen around twelve I complained I had to get up around half past four in order to be awake at work at six. But I had spent the evening talking about Star Trek, this time rather only with one of those friends of the guy who somehow knows my classmate, and at the end of the evening we both had each others numbers.
From this developed a series of meetings, usually starting out with going to a bar with the best combination of burgers, fries and music you can get for less than ten bucks this side of the Atlantic. After that we usually went to the place of one of us with the mission of him showing Lord of the Rings to me (we already got two of the three movies) or me showing Stargate to him (nearly halfway through the first season).
Yesterday however we had decided to watch one of the old movies, since it was the first time we had met in, well, a month, and somehow we even ended up with Wrath of Khan (and of course The Search for Spock afterwards). And once again it confirmed to me that this movie is just the best in Star Trek history.
But that is a topic for another time.
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quadrotriticale,
Mon 2015-03-16 23:53
Let's agree to disagree.
Are you seriously trying to tell me that there the best combination of burgers, chips and music for less than ten bucks is to be found in WÜ of all places?
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ell,
Tue 2015-03-17 08:01
This side of the Atlantic my friend.
Ok, there might be others, that are close up with it, but man, they have a Jukebox!
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quadrotriticale,
Tue 2015-03-17 19:55
I'll be the judge of that.
England is also this side of the Atlantic, and those in York were splendid.
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