The Star Trek “Away Team”

I was well into adulthood before I realized that when Captain Picard asked for an “Away Team” to go on a mission, he was not in fact asking for an “O.A. Team.”

Basically, I’m talking 20 years of me wondering what the fuck O.A. stood for.

I blame Patrick Stewart’s very charming accent for this one.

The marina hook-up spot

A few years back, I was looking for new places to go for an easy walk. I started going to the marina a few miles away. It was a lovely spot. A short, flat loop near the water that always had parking available. Sometimes, the nearby animal shelter would even have an event and I could see cute puppies.

Every time I went down there though, I thought how weird it was that so many guys were hanging around their cars. I wondered if I should ask them if they are ok. Um…Excuse me, fine sir, are you in need of jumper cables…? Did you just pull off the highway to take a nap…?

But I never actually asked because I’m a curious woman, not an insane one, and I don’t go up to random dudes in parking lots and start asking them why they are hanging around their cars for no apparent reason.

A couple of weeks later I’m talking to a friend about walking around the marina and how weird it is that these dudes just hang out in the parking lot. She replies – isn’t that a hook-up spot…?

I started thinking back like – riiiiiiight… yep yep yep, that makes sense, that makes a lot of sense.

Latte lies

Ordering a large latte doesn’t mean more espresso, it just means more milk! To think of all the times I ordered a large latte because I was exhausted and needed more caffeine only to find out all I got was more fucking milk. Milk!!