Q: "Let’s talk about 'Star Trek.'" Nimoy: "Why? Is this really necessary?"
After reading the Trader Joe’s Holiday Brochure, I still had a full cup of coffee and some vitamins to take. Seeing as how the living room was cold and Jones was nowhere to be found, there was no reason for me to be there. I decided to go to my room to post something new and wouldn’t you know - no sooner did I sit down then Jones jumped on my chair, tried to go behind my computer, almost knocked some stuff down and then stepped on my vitamins (causing me to touch her metal (!) stitches).
If you’ve not yet been to the Griffith Observatory, you should definitely go, if for no other reason than to watch the short movie in the Leonard Nimoy Theatre (actual name: the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon). Not surprisingly, Leonard Nimoy hosts this 15 (or so) minute masterpiece. It had me (and my sister) in stitches the entire time. Who knew Leonard Nimoy was so funny! I had to know more about him, so finally, after 1 year and 4 months, I’m taking that step.
- Born on March 26, 1931 in Boston to Yiddish-speaking, Jewish Russian parents, Nimoy began acting at an early age, studied photography at UCLA, graduated from Boston College and received an MA in education from a university in Ohio.
Jones was putting her head in a plastic bag so I had her leave the room.
- As everyone surely knows, Leonard Nimoy played Dr. Spock on Star Trek. I am neither hip to the terminology nor do I care to learn more, so I’m going to gloss over the specifics of that.
- He invented the hand gesture so familiar to Star Trek fans worldwide. It’s based on a Jewish blessing, as is the “Live long and prosper” part of it.
- Nimoy acted a bunch before moving into directing. His credits include the most successful Star Trek movie to date and THREE MEN AND A BABY (is this news to everyone? it’s news to me).
- He wrote 2 autobiographies: I Am Not Spock in 1977 and I Am Spock in 1995. In the former, Nimoy wanted to remind the public that he and Spock were not the same person. In the latter, Nimoy essentially said that he and Spock were the same person, he just didn’t realize it at first.
- Nimoy released 5 albums which included songs about Star Trek and covers of pop hits. See below for a video of one of the songs.
- In 2003, Nimoy announced that he was retiring from acting in order to concentrate on his photography.
- One of his favorite subjects: nudes.
- What kind of nudes? BBW.
- What does BBW mean? Big Beautiful Women.
- Nimoy states that BBW is a subject that interests him because it is unusual and rarely represented in commercial photography and advertising. There’s a social interest for this type of thing as opposed to it being degrading or voyeuristic.
- If I’m not mistaken, Leonard Nimoy is currently married (his 2nd wife) to Michael Bay’s aunt, Susan.
- He contributed $2,300 to Barack Obama’s campaign. That’s a mere $2,275 more than me!
I fall more and more in love with Leonard Nimoy the more I read about him. The list is growing! (The list of my favorite people). So far, its roster includes Jimmy Carter and Leonard Nimoy.
If you’re interested: here is an interview with Leonard Nimoy where I got some of the information about his photography. Unfortunately, the reporter seems fixated upon the subject of Hollywood and insists that every other word out of Nimoy’s mouth is a jab at Hollywood, thus biting the hand that fed him or whatever. Nimoy dismisses this by saying he’s not really part of Hollywood anymore. The interviewer persists.
