Tea with Star Trek

This would be a post for my mom if she read this...

I used to come home from my elementary school around 330 or 4pm when I was 10-13 years old. After coming home I would drink some black milk tea and watch an episode of Star Trek and then the Simpsons. I really liked Star Trek when I was growing up.

I think that I was comfortable watching a tv drama that had romance, action, mystery and suspense. It was my escape from trivial things that had happened to me at school. I miss those days a lot now.

Walking outside on the porch to pet my dog Roca, sit at the picnic table talking to the cats, waiting for my dad to come home in his white truck so maybe we could go to the lake, sharing some conversation with mom and my brother and arguing over something stupid because it seemed to be the favorite past time of my family. But there was always me break time and with that Star Trek the next generation or Star Trek Deep Space Nine.


I remember also watching Cheers, Frazier, Seinfeld and many other childhood shows Pretender, Law and Order, CSI and Simpsons as well as my second love... MASH.

Having Tea with Star Trek was unique, I was made fun of by my classmates for this, my brother eventually had a falling out with Star Trek and moved on to just being with friends while I continued to enjoy reminiscing about the past.


Nowadays, I teach kids who are a lot worse than the ones I grew up with and after spending 4 hours with them getting them to spit out some rudimentary english I go home to dinner, coffee and watch an episode of star trek, I find it a good way to end the day.

It makes me remember my childhood times and gives me hope that there is something more than just work and trivial nonsense going on around me.