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“Personal Log, Stardate 2255.305”
“Today was fairly normal, nothing much happened. Got into another ‘discussion’ with Captain Pike, this time about captains going on away missions. I swear he just likes to get me going, because I know for a fact that he’s been on half the away missions on his ships since he made captain. I got him to admit it, too, which pretty much proved my point for me- captains need to keep active in every role they can on a ship. Not to say they should do the crew’s jobs for them, just, they shouldn’t let other people do everything. Nobody would respect a captain that kept sending them out to risk their lives if he doesn’t put his on the line at times. That’s something a lot of Starfleet doesn’t understand. I swear, when I’m a captain, I’m going to be the best captain the admirals have ever seen.”
“Ok, enough about that. I’ve still got a ways to go before I get my own ship. Let’s see, what else… oh. Davey did pretty well in school, though I’m pretty sure that his teacher’s getting ready to throw in the towel. Mom says I was a terror at his age, but I don’t remember actually making a teacher cry. Not that he meant to, he’s just really good at getting around the rules. I guess we know where he gets that from. Uh, hang on-”
“… thought I’d heard something through the monitor, but it just sounds like he’s asleep now. Huh. Anyway, Davey’s a smart kid, but I think he and I are going to have to have a talk about obeying authority figures… God, that’s goanna sound so hypocritical coming from me. I’m just glad he’s too young to remember the Kobayashi Maru, or he’d be able to run over any argument I have about him following what the teachers say.”
“Aside from Davey’s teacher, I think the center staff really like me. They didn’t even try to object when I offered to fix the broken replicator this time, and the lady at the front desk brought us cookies and milk when we needed a break.”
“Which brings me to the other cool thing to happen today- I met Commander Spock. I’ve mentioned him before- he’s the only Vulcan currently at the academy, and he’s Pike’s pick for first officer on the Enterprise. I’d only seen him from a distance before, but damn is the guy hot. Not that he’d be interested in me, I don’t think Vulcans would see man on man relationships as logical- no procreation.”
“Anyway, physical aspects aside, he’s awesome. He’s a bit uptight, but I’m pretty sure I caught him smiling a little at one of my jokes. I don’t understand why everyone says he has no sense of humor- he does, it’s just really dry. And he’s smart. Like Einstein smart. He kept up with me through a whole conversation on particle physics, which not even Bones has been able to do. He promised to send me an article he mentioned, though he hasn’t yet…”
“Ah, there, he sent it a few minutes ago. I’ll probably read it before I go to bed. … Which is sounding like a good idea right about now. Kirk out.”