Star Trek NBC Sales Pilot Sell Sheet 1966 (via The Invisible Agent)

In a time when deleted scenes truly ended up on the cutting room floor, television networks didn't have the option to simply messenger out DVD's to advertising agency's.  Booklet's were sent out in lieu of screening order to build excitement about new shows and convince advertisers to purchase commercial time.  A colleague of mine was in possession of the Star Trek Booklet from season 1, and I had the opportunity to scan the contents.  See below, … Read More

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18

My 18th birthday is fast approaching. Actually its over seven months away, but I like to tell myself that it’s almost here. Turning 18 is a big step in ones life. It means, in Georgia at least, that I will be considered an “adult.” (legally anyway) I have compiled a short list of the things I will do (or will probably do) on my 18th birthday.

1. Sleep. I find sleep to be a big waste of time, but it is a necessary evil (like war, driving cars, showering…).
2. Eat. I love to eat, as most people can tell by my marshmallowy body.
3. Work. My 18th birthday falls on a Tuesday (which is the most boring day of the week in my opinion.), so I will most likely be working.
4. School. There is a 96.09% chance that I will have a class on my birthday, but I could always skip it.
5. Buy a lottery ticket. I do not advocate the playing of the lottery, but as 18 is the legal starting age to play the lottery in Georgia, I see it as a coming of age sort of thing.
6. Buy a pack of cigarettes. I in no way believe that smoking is good. I find it, in most cases, disgusting. I will not even open the cigarettes that I buy, it’s just another one of those coming of age things. If you smoke, hit me up on May 8th, 2012 for some free cigarettes. Unless you’re underage, then you should do it covertly.
7. Write. I try to write everyday, but it usually doesn’t happen. But I have a goal to write a novel when I’m 18, so I will probably spend a good portion of the night of my 18th birthday, planning said novel.
8. Spend time with my friends. I have very few friends, (something about the black hole I have in place of a heart seems to drive people away…) but the I love the friends I have.
9. Watch The Avengers. Although The Avengers comes out on May 4th, and I will have already seen it at the midnight premier, I will see it again because if it is as good as the movies leading up to it, I will want to see it multiple times.
10. Eat. ‘Nuff said.

I’ve Been Doing That Camera Thing Again

All images © Christopher R. Davis, 2011

College is for idiots?

College is an interesting thing. I would say that approximately 84.67% of the kids at freshman orientation are coming to college to party. Also to party. And party.

There is another, significantly smaller, percentage that just want to get away from home. They seem to make up about 7.33%.

The remaining future students have actually come to college to study. I would be in that last group. I actually care about my future. I don’t care to make minimum wage for all of my adult life.

Of course partying could be fun, but there’s the part about me being very claustrophobic… So maybe partying isn’t the best idea. Also, I have a disorder that causes my face to become violently red if my body is exposed to alcohol (or chlorine) so partying would end up being unsettling and painful.

And while I do want to get away from home as soon as possible, my future existence sort of takes priority. If staying home all the way through college will allow me to be a better person when I finally leave, then I suppose that’s what I’ll do (though I’m still hoping I’ll get to leave sooner).

So answer me this: If the next generation of adults is not concerned with their future, what will happen to us in the next decade? If colleges are mostly made up of idiots who are doomed to fail, what’s going to happen when those idiots become the future?

I wrote a blog post about my Hipster obsession.

I wish I could be a hipster. Hipster is just such a fun word to say. Hipster. Just say it out loud. Isn’t it just fun? I wish I could be a Scottish hipster, but, I’m kind of from Georgia…..

I wish I was hipster, but I’m not skinny and I don’t wear tight, worn jeans or vintage apparel. I don’t have an obsession with Indie-rock (though it is pretty awesome), and I’m not in the 20-30 year old age range just yet.

I just want to fall through a crack in time and find my self in an alternate reality where I would be Andrew Garfield with a Scottish accent and wear cool glasses. And I would work as a photojournalist and basically live at coffee shops. And on the weekends I would travel to the downtowns of famous cities and soak up the night life. Or maybe I would just sit write for hours.

In the alternate reality, I would have a Yorkshire Terrier named Liam and I would live in a totally glass house on the top of huge green hill where it would always be raining.

Too bad gashes in reality are still quite a while in our future. Don’t ask how I know that.

(I am from the future.)

Crazy. Beautiful. Life.

I recently had the pleasure of actually taking the time to sit and enjoy life. I walked outside and looked out across the yard to see rain falling under a perfectly blue sky.

Eventually, clouds rolled out across the blue sky bringing with them, a rainbow. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience. It was wonderful to actually be able to stop and enjoy this beautiful thing called “life”.

Halloween Costume Ideas

I know Halloween is still a ways off, but I have been thinking about costumes a lot lately. These are my top five favorite costume ideas in to particular order.

1. “Three Hole Punch Jim” from The Office. This is what I’ll go as, if the others fall through since it’s so simple.

2. “Mr. Spock” from Star Trek. I already haw part of this costume, so it’s most likely what I’ll do.

3. “Satan’s Robot” from Star Trek: Voyager. This is my favorite idea, but it’s also the most complicated.

4. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, Inc. This is just funny.

5. “The 11th Doctor” from Doctor Who. This is probably the most expensive option, since the jacket alone goes for over $60 on eBay.

Cruise People

I have come to the conclusion that there are three types of drunk people.

1.) Fun drunk people: These people become more outgoing and fun to be around when they are drunk.

2.) Funny drunk people: These people can have the qualities of the first type, but they go to far and end up making them selves look stupid, much to the enjoyment of those around them.

3.) Annoying drunk people: These people make up 98.3% of the people on cruise ships. They yell and sing in obnoxious voices and break things. They talk to people they don’t know and make them feel uncomfortable, and they usually have shrunken faces and/or awkwardly shaped bodies.

Almost every person on our ship was drunk by the time we left port. I am convinced that the only way to avoid being pestered by these individuals is to become intoxicated yourself, therefor bringing yourself to their level. Of course this is not possible for me since I am… underaged.

Another thing I have noticed is that there are an alarming number of obese children waddling around. Some of them have healthy parents, but most seem to be not-so-mini versions of their parents. It’s really quite sad if you think about it. They say that alcoholism runs in the genes, so I suppose it isn’t too farfetched to say that eating too much could be genetic.

Before anyone yells at me and complains that some people can’t help being overweight, I think you should look at the five plates of food in front of these people before you judge me.

I would also like to talk about the amount of food that is wasted aboard a cruise ship.

I admit that I have been guilty in the past of wasting food, but I have been struck by just how much food is actually thrown out.

I have seen people make two or three plates and eat only one thing off of each plate, and then throw it all away. Some of the people living and working on these ships come from countries that would do anything to get their hands on the leftover food. It must be hard for them to watch all of these fat Americans wasting that much food.

My Accent

I have noticed lately how “Southern” I sound. I’ve caught myself saying such things as “naw”. That is not even a word. I have spent the last few years trying to pronounce word with no accent, but since nearly everyone around speaks with a Southern accent, all I get are stance looks.

It’s rather frustrating when I say words like “ranch” or “oil”. I have not been able to successfully pronounce either of these words with no accent.

The Ocean

I have found the ocean to be most inspiring. I have to watch myself (figuratively of course) to make sure I don’t just stare out into the deep blue depths for hours on end.

I imagine the pilgrims had a much different view of the ocean. On a ship the large the ocean is a wonderful place, even in a storm. But I’m sure the pilgrims found it more woeful than wonderful.

It’s hard to fathom how it would have been to be in such a tiny ship being tossed to and fro like toy. It must have been a very constricting feeling, knowing that, once they were out to sea, there would be no way off of the ship.

On a modern-day cruise ship, there are helicopters to rescue people in need, but back then, the only way off of the ship was to jump overboard and swim. But in the midst of the ocean, there wouldn’t be any place to swim.