A life is like a garden.
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jana_denardoA life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. - Leonard Nimoy in his last tweet.
I can’t believe he’s gone Dear goddess, this hurts so much. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Nimoy a few times, you know those passing moments at conventions. He seemed so nice. I have loved the iconic Mr. Spock my entire life. He was my idol and role model and I thought he'd go on as long as Spock or Sarek ever did. I knew when I learned he had COPD some time back that it was only a matter of time but still, I am not ready to let go.
I remember the day in grade school, probably second grade, when they asked the question 'who do you want to marry when you grow up?' (totally incorrect these days but it was the 70s so what do you expect?) Half the girls wanted to marry Daddy (You know what, I've never wanted to do that. I wonder if that makes me odd). My answer was Mr. Spock. The teacher could not get me to pick anyone else and boy did she try. Finally she said, I couldn't have him and I had to pick someone else. I went with Mr. Sulu (because I loved him too. I love deep but just picking one has never been a strong suit).
Forty years later my love for Mr. Spock is undiminished and as I got older I learned to respect Mr. Nimoy for other things he did. He's one of those people I wished I could have sat down with even though he could have been and most likely was totally different than any character he played. But Mr. Spock taught me so many things (I guess I can lay just as much as that at Roddenberry's feet, another man I met and miss still to this day). He taught me intelligence matters (something desperately needed by the brainy geeky girl I was). He and Roddenberry's beautiful more utopian view of the future showed that diversity was to be embraced and respected. Infinite diversity in infinite combination I believe in that and always will.
One of the happier geeky moments of my life happened in the last year or so when I tweeted something about Star Trek and Mr. Nimoy and he answered then followed me on twitter. He followed ME! Yes, I know it was probably one of his staff but I chose to believe it was his choice. I was so thrilled I took a screen shot of that email and shared it with everyone at work and online. And now that account is filled with tweets of mourning including my own.
Goodbye, Mr. Nimoy. I will miss you so much.
I can’t believe he’s gone Dear goddess, this hurts so much. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Nimoy a few times, you know those passing moments at conventions. He seemed so nice. I have loved the iconic Mr. Spock my entire life. He was my idol and role model and I thought he'd go on as long as Spock or Sarek ever did. I knew when I learned he had COPD some time back that it was only a matter of time but still, I am not ready to let go.
I remember the day in grade school, probably second grade, when they asked the question 'who do you want to marry when you grow up?' (totally incorrect these days but it was the 70s so what do you expect?) Half the girls wanted to marry Daddy (You know what, I've never wanted to do that. I wonder if that makes me odd). My answer was Mr. Spock. The teacher could not get me to pick anyone else and boy did she try. Finally she said, I couldn't have him and I had to pick someone else. I went with Mr. Sulu (because I loved him too. I love deep but just picking one has never been a strong suit).
Forty years later my love for Mr. Spock is undiminished and as I got older I learned to respect Mr. Nimoy for other things he did. He's one of those people I wished I could have sat down with even though he could have been and most likely was totally different than any character he played. But Mr. Spock taught me so many things (I guess I can lay just as much as that at Roddenberry's feet, another man I met and miss still to this day). He taught me intelligence matters (something desperately needed by the brainy geeky girl I was). He and Roddenberry's beautiful more utopian view of the future showed that diversity was to be embraced and respected. Infinite diversity in infinite combination I believe in that and always will.
One of the happier geeky moments of my life happened in the last year or so when I tweeted something about Star Trek and Mr. Nimoy and he answered then followed me on twitter. He followed ME! Yes, I know it was probably one of his staff but I chose to believe it was his choice. I was so thrilled I took a screen shot of that email and shared it with everyone at work and online. And now that account is filled with tweets of mourning including my own.
Goodbye, Mr. Nimoy. I will miss you so much.
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Date: 2015-02-27 10:59 pm (UTC)Yes, I loved him too. So sad.
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Date: 2015-02-27 11:17 pm (UTC)It's so sad
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