In commemoration of Make-a-List Day, I am submitting 10 lists of 5 items each.
Things I can do that most people can't
1) Brush my teeth with my non-dominant hand at 90% efficiency.
2) Do the Vulcan hand salute and recite "live long and prosper" in Vulcan.
3) Dance en pointe.
4) Draw.
5) Understand nerdy jokes.
Things I do that most people don't (or won't)
1) Wear 3 different accessories (watch, necklace, ring) because I feel bereft without them.
2) Wear my jacket even though it's noontime at a tiny equatorial island.
3) Run away from cats because they're assembling a Secret Kitty Assassination Squad.
4) Set the audio track of Star Trek (2009) on repeat on my phone.
5) Laugh at nerdy jokes.
Things I won't do that most people would
1) Attend concerts.
2) Watch cats play with a ball of yarn for 5 minutes and then proceed to spam YouTube with comments about their cuteness.
3) Spell "maneuver" instead of "manoeuvre" because the English invented English, damn it!
4) Use "txt tlk" because there is a perfectly functional language that sounds and looks beautiful and shouldn't be butchered.
5) Confuse "loose" with "lose", "effect" with "affect", "your" and "you're", "deprived" and "depraved". Etc.
Things I like that most people don't
1) Star Trek: The Original Series. (Even though I like it, I have to admit that it's one of the worst TV series I've ever had the pleasure of watching.)
2) Correcting grammar.
3) Lady's fingers.
4) Smart people.
5) Nerdy jokes.
Things I know that most people don't
1) The extent to which I can tolerate annoyances.
2) How to distinguish a plumber from a chemist.
3) The name of a genetic disease that causes the ossification of muscles.
4) The number of comics currently residing on my shelf/shelves.
5) The secret code that deciphers nerdy jokes.
Types of friends that I have
1) The nerd
2) The fan girl
3) The oblivious one
4) The one that doesn't realise she's propositioning to everyone all the time.
5) Any combination of the above + mandatory insanity
Things I spend more than 1 hour a day on
1) Reading fan fiction (~6-16 hours a day)
2) Sleeping. (~2-13 hours a day)
3) ...
4) ...
5) Studying. (This remains conditional; it applies only in the pre-examination season)
Things I don't like about Shatner's Kirk
1) He has a distended tummy despite being so fit elsewhere.
2) He probably waxes his chest.
3) He sleeps around too frequently.
4) He is prone to histrionics.
5) He looks terrible in combat despite being regarded as proficient.
Things I loved about reboot-verse Star Trek
1) Sexier NCC-1701/USS Enterprise.
2) Lens flares.
3) Kirk had the potential to be smart -- very smart.
4) Sneak peek into life at Starfleet Academy.
5) Parody after parody which I recognised.
Things I hated about reboot-verse Star Trek
1) Amanda Grayson and Christopher Pike died.
2) Vulcan was destroyed (and 6 million Vulcans died, leaving an estimated 10,000 survivors).
3) Spock and Uhura are in a relationship that never happened (and was never hinted at) in ST:TOS.
4) Kirk did not fulfil his destiny as a very smart man; he was unexpectedly immature and ignorant even after his promotion to Captain.
5) WHERE IS THE BROMANCE IN STXI??? Granted, I'll give you that they more than made up for it in STID (Star Trek: Into Darkness).
Now that I've made you read through 10 lists, I will reveal to you that there is no such thing as "Make-a-List Day".
I also figured that making a list of things I hate about ST:TOS would most definitely have me sitting at my computer until I die from sleep deprivation, although it would also have an equally long list of things I love.
To borrow a phrase from someone on YouTube:
Yay 60's.
