OZD's Agent of the Month

Article by Kayana

Our lovely Agent for the month of August is CL8 Brady the man behind the h- er, OZD team! I caught up with Brady on music, fashion, his vision of the future and of course, bananas. Fitting, because I've been thinking about monkeys a lot this month. Digression aside...

Ten Questions

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1. Name, Rank, Location, Star Sign:
Brady, Commodore/Chief Agent, Cancer

2. Favorite fruit?
Hmmn. Banana. On peanut buttered toast.

3. What exactly do you do in the OZD? In OTF? In general?
In the OZD I'm the guy that hassles people into doing things. I also like to paint the OZD office. At OTF I'm the Star Trek Sector Commander, which means I'm basically in charge of handling administrative issues for about 900 registered ST members. This includes promotions, awards, officer management, sometimes disciplinary action, etc. I also sit on the Executive Council to represent the people in my genre and in that way I'm involved in basically all of the major decision making processes across the site.

4.Favorite ST avatar?
I used to use Nog before I had Special Login, I don't know why. Now I like the young Q or Ayala avatar if I don't use one of my own.

5.Favorite ST episode/character?
I really liked some of the climactic episodes of DS9 at the end of the Dominion War, but as a whole series I really like Voyager and Janeway would probably be up there as one of my favourites. But I also like Dax and Bashir.

6.Best TF moment?
One that sticks out, due to temporary insanity and sleep deprivation on my behalf, is hosting one of the anniversary celebrations. I was ENT SM back then, and basically the whole weekend was delegated to me which was fun. I was awake at ridiculous hours of the morning and in-chat I was doing some unusual things like wearing only I LOVE HENRI stickers and leaping at people from the podium. It was odd at the time.

7.If TF was a song what would it be?
Hahha, the theme to Cheers.

8.MiH-myth or legend?
Err... Legend, of course. =) Man in Hat has been blown up far bigger than I ever could've achieved on my own (as his personal marketing director, not as the brains behind the Hat). So yes, he's a legend now just like Octagon and Vic.

9. Where do see OZD in the near future?
Hmm... I'm not 100% sure. I hope it endures and that there is always a group of dedicated people looking out for our chats, but I'm having trouble conceptualising the direction of our community in general right now so I can't answer that question properly. Maybe I should've done this with a drink in my hand.

10. Any birthday wishes for OTF?
Yes. I hope that the Outpost continues to be a medium of boundless social interaction and a chance for people to learn and practice new things and new skills. But I also wish that we don't become too complacent and happy with the status quo.