Hello again everyone. Long time
since I last wrote to this blog. And I am sorry that it has been so long. My
personal life has had a bunch of turmoil recently. I found myself without a job
do to another person’s shenanigans. With this sudden shift in employment came a
desperate search for a new job. During this search, I took ill. While generally
a very healthy person, this was quite an issue to deal with when you have no
health insurance. As I recovered from that, I did find work at lower pay and
responsibilities than I once had. I happily worked there till a better offer
came along three weeks later. When I tendered my two weeks’ notice, they just
told me to go home. So I spent another
week unemployed, getting sick again, and trying to do things around the house.
While all of this was going on,
my relationship with my wife became strained do to these stresses we both are
under. Between her school work, job, kids, my sickness and lack of income she
was not handling the pressure well. And my own sickness and, admittedly,
depression over my job loss did not help to alleviate these issues. We argued,
loudly and frequently. Our children, while not involved directly, heard us
nonetheless and were upset themselves. Suffice it to say it’s been a bad couple
of months.
But, I do have a new job. Which
has eased some of the tension between my wife and I. And I have been feeling
better and healthier these days. So I am clearly making a recovery on all my
Real Life fronts.
As for gaming, while all of this
has been going on, I still played STO and other games to help me deal with
stress, take my mind of bad things for a bit, and for something to do when I
couldn’t sleep. So I am glad to say that I do have some progress to announce
about each of my characters. But I will hold on to that for a different blog
for right now. There is a lot to go over in regards to the characters.
What I really want to write
about now is the passing of the amazing Leonard Nimoy. The character of Mr.
Spock is so iconic that there is no equal to it. Spock was first character
that, as a kid, I actually connected with and felt kinship with. Even to this
day people will call me Spock just because of my ability to spout out details
on the discussion topic at hand. When I first learned I could play in Star Trek
Online, I made a Vulcan modeled a bit after me in looks. Admiral Danic still is part of my stable of
federation characters and is most obviously a science officer.
In Star Trek Online, they have
honored the memory of Spock, Leonard Nimoy, and other Star Trek connected
people with putting in two statues and three plaques. The Statues are of Spock
doing the Vulcan salute. One is placed on the planet Vulcan and the other is on
the planet of New Romulus. They are very large and very well done. And is a
very good resemblance of Spock as an Ambassador. The Plaques are placed in at
the command centers for The Federation, Klingon Empire and Romulan Republic.
The plaque lists the name of all of The Original Series important people that
have passed away. Among them being Leonard Nimoy, Gene Roddenberry, James
Doohan, DeForrest Kelly and Majel Barrett. Once you have clicked on the plaque,
there is a continue button which takes you to another screen listing a bunch of
important contributors to Star Trek that have passed away. My understanding is
that the members of The Original Series will be placed on that front panel and
the rest of the major contributors from all the TV series and movies will be
placed on the second panel. There by immortalizing all who had and major contribution
to the Star Trek Franchise after they have passed away.
I think it is great that they
are doing this and recognizing everyone of importance connected to Star Trek.
At some point I will get every one of my characters to get a picture in front
of the plaques and statues that they can go to, so that I can always retain
that memory for me.
In the near future, hopefully
over this next week, I will get my notes all updated and then do an actual
Character Update. Until then, Enjoy!
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