space, man
last night i got to see the fireworks! with azewewish and her friend steph, and tamalinn even managed to find us. we could barely hear the concert, but while i can't speak for anyone else, i was there for the fireworks. i do wish we could've heard the 1812 overture, tho. they fire cannons. :D
(boston proper really isn't that big, not space-wise and not population-wise.)
earlier yesterday i met my parents and sister for lunch, and then went home and took a nap, because i was just that tired. >.<
the office was mostly empty today. even tax was only half full, and there's always a lot of people in tax.
last night, while the us was watching fireworks, the juno probe arrived at and started to orbit jupiter. it's now the farthest-flung solar-powered anything, and for all the distance it traveled, it was only a second off schedule. it should be sending back fun and exciting data about jupiter any day now. space is so cool.
the probe is carrying three lego minifigs - jupiter, juno, and galileo, who discovered the planet in the first place. also? all the planet's moons are named after the god's mistresses. juno was his wife. it's a joke four hundred years in the making and i love it.
semi-related, check out some vintage cosmonaut mission patches. apparently valentina tereshkova wore the very first one, sewn to her thermals under her spacesuit. did they just not think of it in time for yuri gagarin to get one?
are you bored with your job? have you considered a position as a hedgehog officer? no, seriously. you can be the face of hedgehog conservation in ipswich, in the uk.
and speaking of the uk, people pissed off at mp michael gove got in some funny, entertaining insults. someone called him a pie, which is just as good as the scot who called donald trump a spoon.
window reliquary shoes. holy carp. imagine trying to walk in those while the little doors on the backs of the heels keep swinging open. they look more like fetish objects than anything actually wearable, but as a lover of the weird shoe, i must share.
(boston proper really isn't that big, not space-wise and not population-wise.)
earlier yesterday i met my parents and sister for lunch, and then went home and took a nap, because i was just that tired. >.<
the office was mostly empty today. even tax was only half full, and there's always a lot of people in tax.
last night, while the us was watching fireworks, the juno probe arrived at and started to orbit jupiter. it's now the farthest-flung solar-powered anything, and for all the distance it traveled, it was only a second off schedule. it should be sending back fun and exciting data about jupiter any day now. space is so cool.
the probe is carrying three lego minifigs - jupiter, juno, and galileo, who discovered the planet in the first place. also? all the planet's moons are named after the god's mistresses. juno was his wife. it's a joke four hundred years in the making and i love it.
semi-related, check out some vintage cosmonaut mission patches. apparently valentina tereshkova wore the very first one, sewn to her thermals under her spacesuit. did they just not think of it in time for yuri gagarin to get one?
are you bored with your job? have you considered a position as a hedgehog officer? no, seriously. you can be the face of hedgehog conservation in ipswich, in the uk.
and speaking of the uk, people pissed off at mp michael gove got in some funny, entertaining insults. someone called him a pie, which is just as good as the scot who called donald trump a spoon.
window reliquary shoes. holy carp. imagine trying to walk in those while the little doors on the backs of the heels keep swinging open. they look more like fetish objects than anything actually wearable, but as a lover of the weird shoe, i must share.