Okay. 😅
I don't know what this says about how old I feel inside, but since I don't follow celebrities outside their roles, I only just now learned that a character I'd been trying not to adore in too creepy a way (Erica "I fly the ship" Ortegas), thinking that she was surely a whippersnapper in her twenties, is actually played by someone a year and a half older than me.
So 1) yay! I can crush non-creepily!
But also
2) how old IS my internal clock running, that I assumed she was "too young"?!
@MLClark
Love her.
Did you read about her losing the love of her life? JFC, it’s sad. She was kind of a zombie filming season 2.
She writes about it ~
https://www.talkhouse.com/an-actor-a-helmsman-and-my-brian-boldly-going-where-no-widow-has-gone-before/
Yes. I was a little worried about posting this in case someone decided to be "funny" (not funny, not funny at all) and chime in "and she's single!" What an absolute agony of an experience. My heart aches for people who found their person and didn't get anywhere near enough time with them.
We all just need to hug our loved ones as often as we can, and remember to cherish the moments we get with them. Life is somehow both very long and very, very short. 💙
"Pilot’s personal log. Stardate 1630.3. I am Lieutenant Erica Ortegas. Most of the time, I fly the ship which is cool but can get boring. Today is different. Rigel VII’s atmosphere’s a hot mess of wind shear, exotic radiation, and heavy particles that jam the sensors on our shuttles. Piloting down takes incredible skill which I have but the best part? I’m with the landing party, something I almost never get to do."
~ Ortegas
Am I the only one who read your reply like it was being belted by The Police? 😂
ENNNNSIGN!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED SHIRT!
THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOSE YOUR BODY TO THIS SHIPWIDE ALERT!
@corlin 💛 You get it. :)
@MLClark These actresses seem ageless.