Happy Halloween!

Captain's blog, stardate 2749.8....
Ah, Halloween. An excuse to dress up in nerdy outfits, plus you get candy! What's not to like?
Also, my costume rocks. I bought the shirt, but the braid on the sleeves and the badge were sewn on by me, and it took a really long time. Totally worth it though. Check it out. (Click the pictures to make them somewhat bigger.)

Saturday evening there was this party kind of thing except not a weird party like frats apparently have. It was just open to all MIT students and there was candy and pizza and ice skating. (There is an ice rink at MIT; isn't that amazing?) There was also tea! I had Earl Grey. Also, you could get your picture taken. So I did, except it would be silly for me to post a picture of a picture, so you don't get to see it. I will just say one thing: There's dramatic lighting on my face! If you've ever watched the original Star Trek series, you'll know that Kirk very frequently has his face lit from the side or whatever to make himself look more dramatic. I think it's pretty awesome that my picture just so happened to come out the same way.

Nobody else had the same costume as me, which I was grateful for. There was a girl who had Uhura's uniform from the new movie and a guy in a TNG uniform though. They had bought their costumes though. Mine is all handmade and amazing (even if that's only because it's way too expensive to buy a costume, and besides they don't make Captain Kirk uniforms for girls.)

Did I mention there was ice skating? (That was a rhetorical question, FYI.) There was a somewhat long line to rent skates, which became much longer after I was on it, so I prided myself on my timing. While I was waiting for my skates, there was annoying music playing. There was even a Lady Gaga song! I think it was "Poker Face" because they kept saying "p-p-p-p-p-poker face". When I started to skate there was still annoying music. But just as I started to get the hang of it....this is so dramatic and awesome I am saving the reveal for the next paragraph....

...MUSIC FROM THE STAR TREK: 2009 SOUNDTRACK STARTED TO PLAY!!! I was skating like a pro (well, like a semi-competent person who hasn't skated in ages) and humming along. Then some random music that seemed vaguely familiar and non-obnoxious but wasn't from Star Trek played, and then there was another piece from the ST:2009 soundtrack! After that I stopped skating, because it was making my ankles hurt, and the music switched back to annoying. The only logical conclusion to draw is that I am so awesome I cause Star Trek music to play when I ice skate. Best superpower ever.

After that today was relatively anticlimactic, since there's no trick-or-treating at college really. (I still ended up with candy though, from the ice skating thing. Also my Aunt Beth sent me some cause she's cool like that.) I wore my costume for most of the day.

At the Asymptones, we had a little party before rehearsal where everyone brought food. I brought pineapple but nobody wanted it except me so I got to take it back and save it for breakfast or something. Most of the other people weren't wearing costumes, but one guy was wearing a kinda fancy black suit and had a toy gun. So of course when he wasn't looking I stole it.
Me: Haha, I have a phaser now.
Him: Hey! I need that!
Me: Why?
Him: I'm Bond. James Bond.
Me: But I'm Kirk. James Kirk.
There followed an epic battle of gun versus banana Laffy Taffy, which was the only weapon anyone would supply me with.
(By the way, I have a secret theory that Kirk and James Bond are secretly the same guy, because they're both named James, are impossible to kill, and date lots of people.)

To celebrate having such an awesome costume, I wrote a rap about the non-interference directive and its flaws. You seriously need to watch it. (Assuming my video embed works, that is.)