The Louis Pasteur of Junkiedom (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} calamityjon) wrote,@ 2008-08-25 08:16:00 |
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There Are -- FOUR -- LIGHTS!: The Diorama
My good friend Justin Ison recently moved up to Washington with his girlfriend Erin, whose birthday party was this weekend.
Erin is lovely, funny, clever, a helluva hostess and a wonderful person, but I honestly don't really know that much about her interests and stuff. When it came to choosing a birthday present for her, I was at a loss.
I knew that she was nuts for Star Trek: The Next Generation. I considered buying her some Star Trek:TNG goodie, but decided it'd be nicer if I could think of something to make her. Immediately - no joke, this was my first idea - I thought "A shoebox diorama of the Cardassian torture chamber from the second part of the episode 'Chain of Command' would be hilarious!"
That was my first idea, folks. And I don't even like Next Generation, I had to look up all that information. I only know the Four Lights scene because it features into a City Desk joke and because of that one LOLCat.
Anyway, I did a little photoshopping of scenes taken from a YouTube capture of the episode, got a box and some soft-foam from Michael's, inserted a quartet of watch-battery operated bridal lights (they're for bridal bouquets, atcherly, not for brides. Brides need bigger lights, because they're denser) into the lid, and after a liberal application of Modge Podge, voila, ST:TNG Cardassian torture chamber diorama.
It went over gangbusters. Hopefully, it will provide a reminder to Erin that, no matter the complications or circumstances, there really are four lights.
(Pictures of the whole thing here)
My good friend Justin Ison recently moved up to Washington with his girlfriend Erin, whose birthday party was this weekend.
Erin is lovely, funny, clever, a helluva hostess and a wonderful person, but I honestly don't really know that much about her interests and stuff. When it came to choosing a birthday present for her, I was at a loss.
I knew that she was nuts for Star Trek: The Next Generation. I considered buying her some Star Trek:TNG goodie, but decided it'd be nicer if I could think of something to make her. Immediately - no joke, this was my first idea - I thought "A shoebox diorama of the Cardassian torture chamber from the second part of the episode 'Chain of Command' would be hilarious!"
That was my first idea, folks. And I don't even like Next Generation, I had to look up all that information. I only know the Four Lights scene because it features into a City Desk joke and because of that one LOLCat.
Anyway, I did a little photoshopping of scenes taken from a YouTube capture of the episode, got a box and some soft-foam from Michael's, inserted a quartet of watch-battery operated bridal lights (they're for bridal bouquets, atcherly, not for brides. Brides need bigger lights, because they're denser) into the lid, and after a liberal application of Modge Podge, voila, ST:TNG Cardassian torture chamber diorama.
It went over gangbusters. Hopefully, it will provide a reminder to Erin that, no matter the complications or circumstances, there really are four lights.
(Pictures of the whole thing here)
