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The Day I Met Uhura

Posted 2005-08-01 06:00 PM in Movies.

We've been cleaning and painting in anticipation of the baby's arrival. I found this in a pile of old photos. I'm the big-headed child on the right. That's Uhura (the actress Nichelle Nichols) on the left. My dad pulled me out of school that day to meet her at the opening of the movie. This is at the Portland, OR opening of Star Trek IV in 1986. My dad's pretty cool like that. I remember planning what I was going to say for days before and completely fuzzing out in person. She's a pretty stunning woman. Anyway, finding the picture made me smile and think of the stuff my (upcoming) son and I will do.

Uhura-with-scott

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:56:32 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Do be sure to let me know if you go to meet Sub-commander T'Pol on some father/son outing... This would be purely for the boy's benefit of course!

David Christiansen

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:38:48 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Way cool. Plus, you finally wrote a blogpost in English, whoo!

Andy

Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:45:09 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I cannot believe you can even think of bringing a child into the world today, what with Star Trek Enterprise being cancelled and everything. :)

Brennan Stehling

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:26:15 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

What a great post!

I had a similar experience when I took my almost-five year old daughter to the Revenge of the Sith premiere put on by Microsoft in Columbus. (Yes, intense movie, but she's pretty calm about many things and we were sitting in the aisle seats prepared for an emergency breakaway if needed.)

I hope I'm able to remember that event for many years. I certainly think she will. Such things make for wonderful memories between father and child.

Jim Holmes

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:08:50 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Thanks for sharing that Scott. Sometimes we get lost in our work to remember to make memories with the most important people in our lives. That's the stuff that lasts and builds a relationship.

Thanks again!

Erik Lane

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 2:13:32 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

How big is your head anyway? I wear an 8. Jack

Jack Hanselman

Friday, August 05, 2005 6:10:22 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Love the pic. When I first viewed it my brain choose to see it as a sophisticated Barbie doll scene. I looked closely and appreciated the attention to detail in the scene. Only after reading the post did I see the foolishness of how my mind jumped to a conclusion.

Best wishes to your family.

Tim

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