Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

I've been on Mastodon a little over two years, but I've never done an Introduction, so in keeping with the tone of driveinsaturday.org, an intro:

#didntsayitwasmine #introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhxDQ1g964U

So I wanted to wait a few days before I announced this so, you know, made sure i didn't die or anything, but i ate an 11 year old MRE this weekend.

Still good, but, frankly, I don't like to eat these after about six years because they do do bad if not taken care of. This one was given to me by a friend and for some reason didn't have the date stamped on the bag. If I knew it was ten years old, I probably would have trashed it sight unseen. After opening it, though, everything seemed fine, so I tried it.

Back to slightly fresher MREs.

So, I was cleaning out the car a few days ago when I noticed that there was a match box on the floor. I have a few in the car but they're from MREs. I got a better look at it and, lo and behold, I had a collectors item. It was obviously in the package with the movie script, so I need to check my packages better for surprises.

Unexpectedly spent six hours at Summerstage. But spent it with good friends, nice shade, easy access to cold water, and helping a lot of kids make art at the Art Table (courtesy of the Cultural Commission).

Then the evening was movies with @socketwench ❤

In all, a good day was had by all, I believe.

Had a dream where there was a company that made cereals whose tagline was "A moral part of this nutritious breakfast. "

Is best seller was a cereal named "A Place Where Apples Could Be Sorry. "

::looks around::

What's that noise? Oh...it's the silence of not having any urgent business or tasks to do for the first time since January.

::whew::

..........what am i forgetting............

Oh, mama.

Speak of the devil...

So, full disclosure: I have a credit in that last Roddenberry Archive video, under Special Thanks.

Normally, I don't like to toot my own horn, and wasn't going to really say anything about it, until I noticed that I'm just above Susan Sackett in the Special Thanks block.

Susan Sackett wrote "The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture." It was this book that I read in 1984, at the ripe old age of 10, that taught me there were Star Treks that didn't get made: The God Thing, Planet of the Titans, Star Trek (Phase) II.

That lead to years and years and years of accreting information about all those projects. Checking scripts at Sci Fi cons, finding scripts online, asking around for copies of rarities, reading books and exposes about those years (in fact, I'm about to go to the post office for a copy of a script with revisions I dont have!). It's 2025, I just turned 51. And all that work now helped create this short, as well as the ST:TMP Special Features, which I also have a credit on.

So, along with Michael Okuda and David C. Fein for those credits, a big heartfelt thank you to Susan Sackett. Happy to sit next to you in that little credits block. :)

Thoughts Before Bed

"Let me tell you one thing, son. Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor!"

Loni Anderson
1945-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAIE5JN9uHU

Another great short from the Roddenberry Archive about Phase II. IT goes pretty deep, though, and goes all the way back to "The God Thing" story from 1975. Great recreations of the proposed TV models, excellent interviews that had even me learn something new. If you're a Trek fan, worth 30 minutes your time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDmspn9k6Zg

Just cancelled my vacation plans. The $289 I just spent on TWO medications (TWO!) and the $150 I paid for a blood test wiped out everything I'd saved up for, as well as ate fairly deep into next week's groceries.

I paid $20 for these two meds on my last employer's insurance, and on Medicare when I was unemployed? $0.

I decided to check and see why and apparently my medical expenses for July was $1000, or about a quarter of my monthly income. Between that and rent, no wonder I can't make ends meet despite the pay bump.

I went from a trip to California, to a trip to the coast, to a trip to Leavenworth, to a trip to the couch, to a trip to the MRE stash all because of the cost of medical stuff.

Those of you with socialized medicine? Count your blessings.

...i also now need a vacation from my vacation planning...

Currently looking for an endocrinologist who does both diabetes and transgender care in the Seattle Area.

Please let me know your recommendations!

Highway to Heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_Gd623HJo