IM Excerpt #3:

on space dramas and poop boots

me: whatcha up to?
Bea: NOT star trek!
me: is this, like, the...tv...show...?
Bea: Nono, an ACTUAL. STAR. TREK.
me: but...tv? not...the movie?
Bea: no
I'm in space. on a trek.
me: you're watching star trek. the tv show... WHO ARE YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY BEA?
Bea: I'm watching Star Trek: Enterprise. It's the most recent TV show. It's pretty awesome.
me: (also, we watched star trek when i was little. i used to put my headband over my eyes and pretend i was the guy with the goggle-vision-thingies)
Bea: That's Star Trek: The Next Generation
That was the second show.
It went:
Star Trek
Star Trek: TNG
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise
Enterprise was actually set before the original series. Which is why I'm watching it. It's about when they first went out into space.
I know what you're thinking. My response is: up yours.
me: I don't even know who you are.

--a few minutes later--

Bea: Right now the Enterprise is following a comet they discovered.
me: of course they are, sweetie
Bea: :(
me: :D
i'm just giving you crap - lots of people love that show
i just haven't seen it since i was about 7
Bea: It's funny. When you said crap, on the show, one of the officers was explaining to some Earth children what happens to the poop on the ship.
me: ...what DOES happen to the poop on the ship?
Bea: Goes through a matter changer thingy and its made into all manner of stuff.
me: such as?
Bea: Cases, boots, anything.
me: Gross! Poop boots? You've ruined shoes for me. Curse you, Star Trek.
Bea: But they change the matter itself. So it's not poop anymore.
me: But it was poop. I mean, how do you get over that? "Oh, these boots are such a lovely shade of green. Goodness me, SOMEone had some of that blue ice cream, didn't they!" HahamirthfultimesNO
Bea: hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa
You're the best ever.
me: :)