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davemerrillI wrote a big post on my AFF blog about Dixie Trek, which was the Trek convention in Atlanta that I went to because it was a convention and as a 16 year old kid I HAD TO GO TO CONVENTIONS. And later as a 20 year old annoying young adult I went there to post insulting flyers. And now it's years later and "Dixie Trek" is a joke on Big Bang Theory.
I'm not a Star Trek fan, so me being at the show at all was testament to how desperate I was for any kind of nerd activity in 1985. Looking forward to hearing from the organizers who will no doubt set me straight on the many errors of fact I've made in the piece, but you know what, if they're so smart, why didn't THEY write the piece? Huh? Because they're too busy shoving chocolate cake onto their foreheads and pretending to be Klingons, or wishing they were perfect automatons without emotions like Data, or wishing they could still fit into their Starfleet uniform. That's why.
I'm not a Star Trek fan, so me being at the show at all was testament to how desperate I was for any kind of nerd activity in 1985. Looking forward to hearing from the organizers who will no doubt set me straight on the many errors of fact I've made in the piece, but you know what, if they're so smart, why didn't THEY write the piece? Huh? Because they're too busy shoving chocolate cake onto their foreheads and pretending to be Klingons, or wishing they were perfect automatons without emotions like Data, or wishing they could still fit into their Starfleet uniform. That's why.
