Thursday, August 1, 2002

Nick Warhol and Holly, 2002

Tevis 2002- What is it about this ride?

Another Tevis has come and gone, and with it around 216 stories of adventure, excitement, and unfortunately, problems. But what is it about this ride that keeps people so committed to getting through it? I don’t know, but I know how I feel about it. Remember in the second Star Trek movie, The Wrath of Kahn, how the bad guy, Kahn, felt about Captain Kirk? Kahn was so driven to destroy Kirk that he gave up the chance to take over the universe, just to fulfill that personal drive. When Kahn is on the bridge of the Enterprise, one of his crew asks him why, why, why is it so important to get Kirk? Kahn looks at the crew guy with venom in his eyes and says: “Because he TASKS me!”

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