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[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

One of my boyfriend's big guilty pleasures is "Star Trek." He was talking about it last night and I had a bad name flashback.

One of my exes was in the Navy. I remember him mentioning a few times that one of his fellow privates was named Starship Constellation. His parents were apparently huge "Star Trek" geeks. At the very least, I think his last name was something standard like Jones, and since everyone generally referred to one another by their last name, I guess that was what kept him from going on a killing spree. From what I remember, though, his superiors made fun of his name constantly, calling him Private Jefferson Starship, Private Dipper, Private Spock, etc.

I guess maybe it could have been worse, his last name could have been Dancer.

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[samaside.livejournal.com]

Haha, well, my last name is Wildman so boot is going to be a bitch any way you look at it. My dad made it through okay, though, so maybe I'll get lucky.

Hopefully I can avoid having any Trekkies in my unit. Because Samantha Wildman is actually the name of a character in Star Trek. I probably won't get that lucky, though. A friend and I intend to go through boot together so I'm sure she'll "let it sleep" and I'll have hell to deal with.

Starship Constellation is pretty unfortunate, I must say. Though, "Star" isn't so bad a nickname to fall back on.

Also, if it was the navy it wouldn't have been private. It would have been Seaman Spock and Seaman Dipper. Which, that last one there, is pretty freakin' unfortunate for him.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was a long time ago, I'm not surprised I forgot a detail. But that makes me sad, because it negates the Tina Turner reference at the end.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I somehow missed the rest of your message when I read it from my inbox. Good luck in boot camp! Just curious, were you named that intentionally (er, you know, in regard to the show), are your parents fans, as well?