Happy Birthday, Kirk!

[pyat]

As previously mentioned, today is William Shatner's 75th birthday. etherlad and sassyfae joined velvetpage, Elizabeth and I in a traditional "Shatday" celebration. They arrived just as Mr. Shatner's rendition of Mr. Tambourine Man started up on the stereo.




We had decorations. Above is the traditional Shatday Centrepiece. Gaze upon the majesty! According to legend, if you leave a ham product under the Shatner Idol, all your dreams for the next Stardate will come true. Note also the Golden Words of Kirk, the legendary recollections of the man himself!


There were also hymns. etherlad brought a number of Star Trek fan films on his laptop. The fan edit of Star Trek V into an actually watchable film was quite impressive. During the credits of a New Voyages fan film, sassy_fae and Elizabeth provided an ethereal accompaniment to the familiar "AaaaahAAAAAaaaaAAAaaaaaAAAAH!" chorus.


A hunka hunka burnin' Kirk? The New Voyages were pretty cool, bad hair aside.

In short, a fine time was had by all. I ate a jelly doughnut, and some soda was consumed.

Comments

[etherlad.livejournal.com]

I'll see if I can track down a torrent for you so you can enjoy the whole thing. (:

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

[normanrafferty.livejournal.com]

More insight into Geek Dad's life.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I'm pathetic. :)

[renface.livejournal.com]

When I had posted that it was "the star" 's birthday in my LJ... I was referring to the time I interviewed James Doohan for the Milwaukee Journal. We had been talking about what his favorite Trek films were, and he brought up the ugly Star Trek VI. He kept calling Shatner "the star" after that, and it was in the greatest sarcastic tone you could get from an older fella. "Well, the star made that into the best picture ever!"

In James Doohan's memory, and now mine, Shatner will always be "the star"... Ha, ha!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

V or VI? Doohan got to tackle a Klingon in VI!

V was just... wow.

[renface.livejournal.com]

Oh, I meant V. Sorry.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Also, cool story. :)

[summerfields.livejournal.com]

Um, I always thought 'shat' was the past tense of...well some other word so I am glad I read on past the subject heading.
Who is that in your icon? - it looks like Paul McCartney with a funny moustache.

Aside:
Elizabeth called me a couple times yesterday - she was yelling "I Can't Hear You!" into my answering machine. I guess she was mad that I wasn't talking back. I actually did get to talk to her and she told me that daddy plays rock'n'roll music and it's loud while she's reading. I asked, "Is it nice music?" She replied, rather indignantly, "No! It's too loud!!" :)

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I didn't come up with the title, happily. I'm not that wicked. :) Kirkday would be just as good, I suppose.

We're still not sure what Elizabeth was talking about. I think she might have had a dream about it, or something. It's cute, either way!

[anidada.livejournal.com]

Part of me is sad that I missed this, and part of me isn't. You know what I mean? *chuckle* Live long and prosper, o Tribble-toupeed one!

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a lot of that goes around when it comes to Shatner...