"Carbon planes draw a cage round the air force base."

[greygirlbeast]

Happy Carl Sagan Day.

Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact. ~ Carl Sagan, 1996

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[corucia]

I'm not quite a year behind you, and every once in a while the fact of my age sneaks up behind me and blindsides me, like a smack to the side of my head. Not pleasant, and I expect the frequency to increase over the next year or so.

Have you had a chance to see Luc Besson's The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec? I just got it in, but Alia and I haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

[sovay]

I think winter might have gotten tired of waiting in the wings.

There was frost on the sidewalk last night when we got out of our movie. The air begins to taste of snow.

The first was Bradley Rust Gray's Jack and Diane (2012), and, I gotta say, this is a simply brilliant, beautiful, sweet, and, at times, horrifying film.

Oh, I'm so glad. I read about that film years ago when it was still in production and then it never played anywhere I could see it. If it's on Netflix, I'll watch it as soon as I can get the chance. The same filmmakers are responsible for a selkie film, Salt (2007), that I would desperately like to see. I wrote to them in 2007 about getting a copy, but it never came to anything. (To be fair, my e-mail address has changed twice since.)

And I hit it in a few months. And it's terrifying.

Time is strange stuff.

[kiki60]

It's shame how we waste time. At forty five, a undiagnosed heart condition kicked me out of the race. Not working, I lost every thing, couldn't even afford the operation that may have helped me. of course. I was told I wouldn't make to fifty. No money, I barely ate, had to hoof-it everywhere, I lost weight. Just past fifty, took a stress test,I'm much better now. Still have much reduce prospects,and borderline homeless,but my life is much better than the years forty five. All I did was work in those years, worst than being in a coma.

[mamaroximagines]

I'm 3 years ahead of you, Aunt Beast, and yeah ... getting old sucks. In most ways. In some ways, it's not bad; I value (most) of the experiences I've had, and I've learned (some) lessons along the way, so character-building wise, I dig it. And I love the look I see on hipsters' faces when they hear about the concerts I've seen. On the other hand, my body is betraying me in icky ways. I don't so much care about the cosmetic aspects -- I decided in my 20s that I was going to be the hip old lady with gray hair down to my waist; but the internal changes, not so great. The very, very worst aspect of getting older (50+), as a woman, in particular (and also as a pop culture journalist), is that my credibility, rather than increasing with my experience, is devalued because of my age alone. Ugh. Sore topic. On the other other hand, my career didn't start to take off (if hovering 1/2" off the ground can be considered 'taking off') until I was in my late 40s...