Dressed for Trek

Aside from the cheapo badge/figure base I grabbed on the way out the door, I'm practically cosplaying ToS Trek without having to do anything special. I did make sure to wear a blue shirt rather than red (I don't own a solid-color yellow or gold shirt, but I'm more science section anyway), I'm already wearing black pants and shoes this time of year. I have a flip-open communicator at one hip, and have a portable computer in my pocket (and if I wanted the look of the Tricorder man-purse I could always bring one of my EEE's along).

ETA: Drat. The online schedule's been changed, now it says there's no showings before 4:10 PM today, even though they had 1PM showings of movies on Mondays. Turns out corporate decided to go back on school-year schedule again until the end of the month, despite today being the perfect day to get college business (last day of regular classes).

Happy 25th Anniversary, Transformers!

Today is recognized as the date in 1984 that Transformers was launched as a distinct property. Sure, the toys were all taken from other series (Diaclone, Microman, etc), and the comic was solicited as a 4 issue miniseries, but it managed to outlive its halting beginnings and last longer than most toylines.