The making of a true geek

This evening I had itunes running on my computer to download a few songs for a gig I have tomorrow. My 4 year old was with me in my home office. When I opened the itunes store he got excited and asked for the, "song with the spaceship!" I didn't know what he was talking about because I was focused on downloading Gwen Stefani and Fergie. (I know-YUCK, only for work folks!) Because I was thinking about the kind of music 10 year old girls love, my brain didn't process the Enterprise from Star Trek staring at me on the opening page of the itunes store. But my 4 year old geek in the making saw it immediately. (That's my boy!)

Once I saw it-and had a moment of pride over my little geek-I clicked on the link and we listened to some samples of Star Trek theme songs from the various movies and TV series. I didn't know that they have an entire collection of sound effects from the series! Among many others, they have a bunch of different versions of Red Alert, the transporter and even the bridge doors opening and closing!!! I can say this with glee because I am happily married and I'm not a virgin-I have sex on a regular basis. If that were not the case I'd be inclined to not mention my enthusiasm over said sound effects.

Then Little Man asked me if we could watch it on TV. My 4 year old asked for Star Trek! How COOL is that?! Wait a minute...is that something I should be proud of? Or should I be worried about whether or not he will get laid in college? I say that thinking back to the infamous episode of SNL where William Shatner hosted and they performed a skit poking fun at Star Trek conventions. (He also loves Star Wars and the Harry Potter movies. Comic Books are right around the corner. I suppose by middle school he will be playing D&D.) I must now remind myself that this is the same child that loves the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Run DMC, George Clinton and the P-Funk and the Dave Matthews Band. Regardless, he now wants me to add something Trek related to our Netflix queue. I think Star Trek IV-The Voyage Home might be a good one for a 4 year old.

My point in all of this is that my boy, at a mere 4 years old, got all sorts of excited when he saw the star ship Enterprise. I think it's in his genetic code.