You Know You're a Trekkie When...

[JadziaKathryn]

this is perhaps more "you know you're a fanfic writer when..."

... your professor tells you to read and comment on everyone else's research paper, and you think, "All of them? It's going to take me forever to beta six research papers!"

Yeah. 'Cause all the academics call it 'beta reading,' of course.

[Alelou]

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

...you read an article about the 1701 Act of Settlement and wonders about what the original Enterprise has to do with the UK law prohibiting Catholics from the royal succession.

[JadziaKathryn]

Oooh, history and Trek - a delightful combination indeed!

[Alelou]

Okay, but ... huh?

[Asso]

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

Okay, but ... huh?

Kirk's orginal USS Enterprise, registry number NCC-1701.

Guess you're not a Trekkie!

[Alelou]

Obviously!

[JadziaKathryn]

... when listening to the radio while driving, you stop and think, "Hmm, this could be a TnT video... so could this... I could make a really good AU Malcolm story inspired by this song... oh, I just loved the video someone made for this song..."

(Yesterday I heard O.A.R's "Shattered" and thought it could easily be Trip when he's leaving for Columbia - except I just did a video for that. And I won't make a video for "What About Now" because the song, for me, is too perfectly TnT for my meager skills.)

And also... when you're roommate is online and randomly asks, "What's TOS?" and you reply without even thinking, "The Original Series." (It theoretically could've been something else, but it wasn't.)

[Alelou]

Sounds like you might be slowly converting your roommate...

[JadziaKathryn]

Oh, she already like Trek. Just not as, um, enthusiastically as I do.

[TPoptarts]

And also... when you're roommate is online and randomly asks, "What's TOS?" and you reply without even thinking, "The Original Series." (It theoretically could've been something else, but it wasn't.)

Gah yeah I get this problem all the time like on websites, when it says I gotta read and agree to the TOS and my mind automatically thinks about the original Star Trek before I realize they're talking about the terms of service.

[Escriba]

Gah yeah I get this problem all the time like on websites, when it says I gotta read and agree to the TOS and my mind automatically thinks about the original Star Trek before I realize they're talking about the terms of service.

... when listening to the radio while driving, you stop and think, "Hmm, this could be a TnT video... so could this... I could make a really good AU Malcolm story inspired by this song... oh, I just loved the video someone made for this song..."

Yeah... By the way, it's just me or "One Republic" has composed the soundtrack for TnT? I mean, listen "Apologize", "Stop and Stare" and "Come Home" and tell me they didn't match them. I was going to use the last one for a video with Trip dying.

And I don't even like the group!

[Alelou]

Everything I can`t be, is everything you should be
And that`s why I need you here

I really like this line for our favorite couple.

But I'd really love to see you try to do a video where someone actually stops and stares everytime the song says that!

[JadziaKathryn]

... Borders has a Star Trek guide on clearance, but you don't buy it because it's too basic.

Now, if they got around to a 3rd edition of the Star Trek Encyclopedia, that would be another story.