No need to be embarrassed. I have a ridiculous collection of avatars and Trip is most often the featured character. Also, I was deep in concentration working on one, and my roommate said, "Coursework?"
"No," I had to admit, "Star Trek stuff. This is what I do for fun."
(At least she is a sci-fi fan too. Although, perplexingly, this means she happily watches bad Sci Fi channel movies about genetically engineered locusts threatening all of America.)
A couple more avatars (as per usual, feel free to use them):
I'm not sure if I even like this first one very much
Going with the legends idea again
And, we see that I'm currently on a sort of "Bound" kiss kick (and still more than a little obsessed with opacity control)