My coworker managed to get my attention before my morning gallon of coffee this morning.
He grinned and said, "Hey, did you know Jeri Ryan (7 of 9 on ST:Voyager) is a gun freak?"
Well. Time for a bit o' research. I found an interview with Jeri at http://www.homunculus.com/icons/ryanjeri/articles/RyanBikini9901.html .
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"I was an army brat," she says of her gypsy-like formative years. "Dad was in the army for almost 30 years." Which explains where Jeri got her firm handshake, though it's actually not the reason she's (and I'm not kidding here) proficient with firearms.
"That I actually learned from Dark Skies," she explains, referring to the X-Files-esque show she appeared on before Voyager. "I love it, shooting all the guns. I shot M16s, and 45s, and 22s."
She does not, however, have the same enthusiasm for the weapons on Star Trek. "I hate the phasers," she growls. "They're so anticlimactic. It's really depressing. I was so excited last season because I had this episode where they gave me this big phaser rifle and told me to come out of the turbo lift and shoot these guys. So I walk out of the turbo lift and I'm like 'ugh, ugh, ugh' (acts like she's shooting people). But they were like, 'Uh, no, it's a phaser, there's no kickback.' I just went, 'Aw, come on, you can't even pretend there's a little kickback?'" she says, whining. "I was so upset, because I love it, there's just a big adrenaline rush when you shoot these guns. They created a monster on Dark Skies, I was like 'I'm gonna join the NRA! This is great!'" she says, now yelling.
"Sorry, I get a little excited when I talk about firearms."
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Swoooon....
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"America needs additional gun laws like a giraffe needs snow tires."
--Rabbi Mermelstein, JPFO
He grinned and said, "Hey, did you know Jeri Ryan (7 of 9 on ST:Voyager) is a gun freak?"
Well. Time for a bit o' research. I found an interview with Jeri at http://www.homunculus.com/icons/ryanjeri/articles/RyanBikini9901.html .
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"I was an army brat," she says of her gypsy-like formative years. "Dad was in the army for almost 30 years." Which explains where Jeri got her firm handshake, though it's actually not the reason she's (and I'm not kidding here) proficient with firearms.
"That I actually learned from Dark Skies," she explains, referring to the X-Files-esque show she appeared on before Voyager. "I love it, shooting all the guns. I shot M16s, and 45s, and 22s."
She does not, however, have the same enthusiasm for the weapons on Star Trek. "I hate the phasers," she growls. "They're so anticlimactic. It's really depressing. I was so excited last season because I had this episode where they gave me this big phaser rifle and told me to come out of the turbo lift and shoot these guys. So I walk out of the turbo lift and I'm like 'ugh, ugh, ugh' (acts like she's shooting people). But they were like, 'Uh, no, it's a phaser, there's no kickback.' I just went, 'Aw, come on, you can't even pretend there's a little kickback?'" she says, whining. "I was so upset, because I love it, there's just a big adrenaline rush when you shoot these guns. They created a monster on Dark Skies, I was like 'I'm gonna join the NRA! This is great!'" she says, now yelling.
"Sorry, I get a little excited when I talk about firearms."
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Swoooon....
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"America needs additional gun laws like a giraffe needs snow tires."
--Rabbi Mermelstein, JPFO
