Ten Days of Trek: Day 5

I really only have two things I want to say about this film.
1- People seem to really hate the tongue-and-cheek jokes of this film. I, for one, find them refreshing. The film knows not to take itself of the franchise too seriously. At this point why wouldn't you point out there age or some of the oddities of their lifestyle? They're the cowboys of outspace, and cowboy films and cowboys are comfortable with poking fun at their lives. Why should Star Trek be any different?
2- Everyone always seems to think that Kirk is a womanizer or whatever. But take a look at this film. It was co-written by Shatner and directed by Shatner. There was no love interest for Kirk, even remotely. I realize that Shatner =/= Kirk, but for the man that played the part for so long, wouldn't you think he'd include that angle if he thought it was important to Kirk's character? I do think, though, that Kirk is mostly interested in his friendship/relationship with Spock and McCoy, and I think the focus on those feelings is more in line with Kirk's character than any romantic fling.

So yeah.

As far as knitting goes, I finished the front and back panels of Fence today, and seamed up the sides. I hate seaming. Hate it. I then started picking up stitches for the neck ribbing and ended up picking up 10 too many. So this project is going to chill for a few days. I overloaded myself on it and I don't want to hate it and never finish it, so it's just going to sit for a day or two.

Now I'm on to two patterns I've been plotting. I might send one to Yarn Forward magazine. We'll see how that goes.
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