To boldly go...

She’s a Trekkie now…

…well, almost. Not that DLL’s signed up to attend the next convention in full Federation regalia and give the keynote speech in fluent Klingon or anything. I’ve yet to receive a split-fingers live long and prosper Vulcan salute. I’ve yet to hear the following:

(Looking at MM) “It’s life, Dad, but not as we know it.”

(When driving, quickly) “Slow down, the dilithium crystals cannae take it.”

(When about to receive a ticking off, into the mobile phone) “Beam us up, Scotty, we’re in trouble down here.”

“That, father, would be illogical.”

(When driving, slowly) “Give me warp seven, Sulu.”

(At any show of emotion or passion by others, with one eyebrow raised) “Fascinating.”

(When any household gadget stops working) “It’s dead, Jim.”

(When asked to do the impossible, or, actually, when asked to do anything you don’t want to do) “I cannae change the laws of physics, captain.”

But, on the strong recommendation from Rich, we went to the pictures yesterday to see Into the Darkness. What a great film it is. If you had to do one of those category by category rating things, there’s absolutely nothing that isn’t very good indeed. Effects, 3D, all the technical stuff? All so good that you don’t notice, just take them for granted, which is all you can ask. It moves on quickly, has some twists and turns, some side-splittingly funny lines. So good, in fact, that I forgot to eat the Matchmakers ™ (original mint flavour).

This meant using the Sky tapey thingy (which I don’t altogether trust) to record the mighty Arsenal away at Newcastle…

…a last day to which there was a nice symmetry…

…at the Arsenal and Spuds matches.

We won 1-0, and so did they.

We won away, and celebrated. Forget 4^th and champions league football, the celebrations were about finishing above them, and a late, late St Totteringham’s Day.[1]

They got misinformation that Newcastle had equalised, so not only was there the unbridled joy of watching their fans have a good old blub, there was the pleasure of watching them celebrating without reason.

So, Spuds fans, it’ll be ITV 4 on Thursday nights for you. Mongs.

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[1] St Totteringham’s day is a moveable feast, and should be a national bank holiday. It is the day on which it becomes mathematically impossible for Spuds to finish above us in the league. Obviously, from an Arsenal point of view, the earlier in the year St Totteringham’s falls the better. When they’re in a lower division than us, there’s no St Totteringham’s those years. Also known as Mind The Gap Day.