Top 30 Signs that Star Trek is taking over your Life

 

1. Saying "Make it so" in casual conversation.
2. Indignation because the periodic table doesn't include dilithium and tritanium.
3. Ability to use "variable phase inverter" in a sentence without excessive thought first.
4. More than one pair of Spock ears on junk drawer.
5. Have figured out the stardate system.
6. Sudden urge to wear lots of Lycra.
7. Scanning shelves at local liquor store for synthehol.
8. The Star Trek theme becomes background music for your dreams.
9. Major quote sources for thesis are Shakespeare, the Bible, and "The Omega Glory."
10. Memorization of the crew's authorization codes.
11. Forgetting that present-day elevators don't have voice interface.
12. Attending a convention wearing non-Terran vestments.
13. Actual serious thoughts about buying that $300 model of the Enterprise from the Franklin Mint.
14. Understanding Klingon.
15. Lecturing a science professor on how transporters work.
16. Playing fizzbin and understanding it.
17. "The Outrageous Okona" seems like a fine piece of writing and dramatic stylistics.
18. Paying rapt attention during those endless special effects sequences in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
19. More than three original episode outlines buried in your drawers.
20. You spend all your free time playing on the IRC #startrek channel, like a giant geek.
21.You send weekly love letters to the actress who played the Green Skinned Orion Slave Girl in episode number 7.
22. You pull the legs off your hamster so you'll have a tribble.
23. You tried to join the Navy just so you could serve aboard the Enterprise.
24.Your wife left you because you wanted her to dress like a Klingon and torture you for information.
25.You went to San Francisco to see if you might bump into Kirk and crew while they were in the 20th Century looking for a whale.
26.Your college thesis was a Comparison of the Illustrious Careers of T.J. Hooker and Captain Kirk.
27.You fly into a homicidal rage anytime people say "Star Trek? Isn't that the one with Luke Skywalker?"
28.You have no life.
29.You recognize more than 4 references on this list.
30.You join NASA, hijack a shuttle, and head for the coordinates you calculated for the planet Vulcan.