Rhymes with "Gay"
George Takei has publicly come "out of the closet." While driving home tonight I got a call on my cell from zoomardav, saying "there are only like 3 news stories ever I'd bother calling you about... George Takei came out of the closet." With my good friend zoomie, I have finally found someone who shares my appreciation and fascination with the great man who gave us Star Trek's Sulu. After hanging up, I was sad that I didn't have the book on tape of Takei's autobiography with me. I went thru a phase for a few months with my beloved Prius where I imagined that Sulu was the voice of my car while I listened to the audiobook. Later I switched to a Vonda McIntyre novel read by Sulu.
I admit, ever since reading his bio I thought he was gay, mainly because there was no mention in his biography of dating or falling in love, just one funny reference to a large-boobied woman flashing him during the filming of ST:IV-Let's Save the Whales. He compares her mammaries to twin peaks, IIRC. Sadly, this part is omitted from the abridged book on tape. I have also thought that the character of the older actor in Philip Kan Gotanda's play Yankee Dawg You Die was somehow based on Takei, I don't know if someone told me that at some point or I just imagined it when I read it.
Takei is a hero to me... he already was before this, and this just makes me admire him more. His autobiography, To The Stars, is a great read, and in a way provided for me a first person narrative of the internment camp experience that I wish I could get from my own family. There are lots of poignant, beautiful recollections, along with sad moments that he shares that really struck me. Much of the book is about growing up under the horrible prejudices of being a "dirty jap boy" to people who still had negative feelings towards Japanese Americans. I have never met him, but know he is a huge supporter of East West Players in LA, as well as JANM, the Japanese American National Museum.
Here's a little-known, geeky fact about me. Every computer I've owned has been named after something Sulu-related (or after Chow Yun Fat characters). My first powerbook was named Sulu, its successor Hikaru. My latest computer, the tiny japanese-model Sony Vaio is named Demora (Sulu's daughter, seen in ST:Generations), and a recently bought a 500GB hd that I named Excelsior.
In other personal revelations, the "girl of my dreams" (TGOMD) now has a name. I wrote about her in this entry. I haven't been obsession, and she hasn't come to me in any dreams since that initial one, but I was lying in bed going to sleep one night last week and I thought "maybe I'll never figure out who that is." (See, I tried inducing a dream a couple of times by focusing on the image of TGOMD as I dozed off, but to no avail). As I was getting to sleep one night last week I thought, "who cares! I'll probably never figure this out... besides, what would I say to this person if I ever saw her again?" and then it just hit me... "I'd say, Hello Danielle...."
So, I'm getting closer. To what, I'm not sure. I think she was in college with me.
I admit, ever since reading his bio I thought he was gay, mainly because there was no mention in his biography of dating or falling in love, just one funny reference to a large-boobied woman flashing him during the filming of ST:IV-Let's Save the Whales. He compares her mammaries to twin peaks, IIRC. Sadly, this part is omitted from the abridged book on tape. I have also thought that the character of the older actor in Philip Kan Gotanda's play Yankee Dawg You Die was somehow based on Takei, I don't know if someone told me that at some point or I just imagined it when I read it.
Takei is a hero to me... he already was before this, and this just makes me admire him more. His autobiography, To The Stars, is a great read, and in a way provided for me a first person narrative of the internment camp experience that I wish I could get from my own family. There are lots of poignant, beautiful recollections, along with sad moments that he shares that really struck me. Much of the book is about growing up under the horrible prejudices of being a "dirty jap boy" to people who still had negative feelings towards Japanese Americans. I have never met him, but know he is a huge supporter of East West Players in LA, as well as JANM, the Japanese American National Museum.
Here's a little-known, geeky fact about me. Every computer I've owned has been named after something Sulu-related (or after Chow Yun Fat characters). My first powerbook was named Sulu, its successor Hikaru. My latest computer, the tiny japanese-model Sony Vaio is named Demora (Sulu's daughter, seen in ST:Generations), and a recently bought a 500GB hd that I named Excelsior.
In other personal revelations, the "girl of my dreams" (TGOMD) now has a name. I wrote about her in this entry. I haven't been obsession, and she hasn't come to me in any dreams since that initial one, but I was lying in bed going to sleep one night last week and I thought "maybe I'll never figure out who that is." (See, I tried inducing a dream a couple of times by focusing on the image of TGOMD as I dozed off, but to no avail). As I was getting to sleep one night last week I thought, "who cares! I'll probably never figure this out... besides, what would I say to this person if I ever saw her again?" and then it just hit me... "I'd say, Hello Danielle...."
So, I'm getting closer. To what, I'm not sure. I think she was in college with me.