I love how, even though Spock Prime told him that he was meant to be captain, Jim puts in his name to be first officer to Spock's captain.

I rarely laugh out loud but I did it at least twice the first time I was reading this, at:

Did you know that he's managed to be here for lunch every day this week? I assume if I had a daughter with a crush, the conversations would be a lot like those lunches.

and

Spock, sanitation has become really fascinating recently. Do you know why? You haven't yet told me it's against regulations for me to go down there and see how everything works, and I told the department head I'd tell you he was hitting on Uhura if he said anything.