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rustydog

Tuesday randomness

Aug 05, 2008 12:54

Student interviews yesterday and today - more on that later. First...

* Oh dear. I seem to have done it again. It was supposed to be a water bottle carrier...( but it turned into something a Time Lord would hide in his sock drawer. )

tv, sga, knitting, children, animals

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donutsweeper August 5 2008, 18:05:17 UTC

*snerk* love your knitting *giggles massively*

I love reading that type of scientificy things. I remember seeing part of an interview with the guy who discovered the cealocanth (however it's spelled) and the boggling frozen brain enormous OMG of realizing science had been wrong with a capital W.

rustydog August 5 2008, 20:22:25 UTC

Knitting is fun, especially when things look... not quite right in the intermediate stages of creation. *g*

I remember seeing part of an interview with the guy who discovered the cealocanth (however it's spelled) and the boggling frozen brain enormous OMG of realizing science had been wrong with a capital W.

That event (discovery of the coelacanth) was so COOL. Things like that give me a little more hope for the ivory-billed woodpecker, too - they've only seen one lately, but it was supposed to be extinct. There could be more! And the gorilla thing is a tremendous conservation boon, too. Finding out that an endangered animal has a healthy population somewhere is just wonderful news. (Now if they can just protect *that* forest from being cut down.)

donutsweeper August 5 2008, 20:47:31 UTC

oh, yes, the woodpecker! I hope they discover the Tasmanian tiger too one of these days

phoenix64 August 5 2008, 23:24:42 UTC

*after looking on Wikipedia* Wow! I'm not sure I'd ever heard of the Tasmanian Tigers before. Those are some amazing animals. Also, a little scary.

I like to think that maybe they'll find the Carolina Parakeet isn't really extinct one day. And that the Kakapo will rally - maybe even it'll be discovered that they have a hidden population somewhere!

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elspethsheir August 5 2008, 19:02:29 UTC

BWAH!!! I have to tell you, that er... water bottle carrier... gave both my mother and me stomach aches. *wipes tears* Thank you.

rustydog August 5 2008, 20:23:25 UTC

Hee! I'm so glad. I laughed out loud when I sewed the poor thing together and finally had a look at it. :)

phoenix64 August 5 2008, 20:12:43 UTC

Oh my. The size of that thing might make even a Time Lord a little insecure! Thank goodness for felting, yes. :D

That gorilla news is truly wonderful! And the camp looks nifty.

I heart Ronon muchly. Actually one of the things I quite liked about "The Daedelus Variations" was that I thought Ronon seemed, in an understated way, to still be dealing with the effects of what he'd went through the previous episode. But that particular reaction was 100% him.

rustydog August 5 2008, 20:27:48 UTC

The size of that thing might make even a Time Lord a little insecure!

I would hope so! Unless that's the reason... oh, I'll leave it alone. *g* I'll have to take a picture of the after-felting product.

I was so moved by the gorilla news - it's so wonderful from a conservation perspective as well as a "wow!" discovery perspective.

I thought Ronon seemed, in an understated way, to still be dealing with the effects of what he'd went through the previous episode.

I think you're probably right - one of his reactions in particular seemed excessively frustrated, and like the way a person acts when they've been under a lot of unrelated stress and haven't fully recovered. ::pets Ronon::

jadesfire August 6 2008, 08:06:17 UTC

*falls off chair* I have no comment to make. I don't think I can top yours...

I wrote a quick *flail* about the Daedalus Variations but seem to have lost it. Because oh team. I love tech-savvy Teyla, and Sheppard's "Chewie" comment, and Sheppard giving himself a pep talk. Oh, and Rodney's "need a different perspective and you're as different as it gets" *pets them* It was all kinds of awesome - that's how to do plot-driven character stories, yes indeed.

The gorilla news is so incredibly cool - that's fantastic! You'd love the BBC's new series "Lost Land of the Jaguar". It's about trying find evidence that will help save the rainforest of Guyana. There are giant otters, and bugs of all kinds *shudder* and monkeys and everything. My favourite moment was when the entymologist got bitten by a soldier ant and went running through the forest screaming. The woman filming the monkeys looked down and went "Oh, there goes George. All entymologists are nuts." Says the woman who's spending 10 hours a day 40 feet up in the trees on ( ... )

rustydog August 6 2008, 12:05:09 UTC

The woman filming the monkeys looked down and went "Oh, there goes George. All entymologists are nuts."

It's funny enough that an *entymologist* freaked out after getting bit by a bug, but bwah! I will keep an eye out for Lost Land of the Jaguar. If it's a new series it may take awhile to get to us, but Netflix is actually very good about carrying BBC documentary series once they're on DVD.

Because oh team.

I've thought since - oh, X-Files, I think, that putting our characters in extraordinarily isolated situations together was one of my favorite ways to watch them interact. And this was fun. :) Tech-savvy Teyla, I almost forgot! I'm glad they explained it, but it works (and was *very* convenient of course) and a pleasure to see from her.

Sheppard's "Chewie" comment

Squee. That was awesome, and a very good comparison (which of course Sheppard would make) - you would think Ronon had just been beaten at holographic chess by a droid or something. (::pets Ronon::)

that's how to do plot-driven character stories, yes indeed.Okay, it ( ... )

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rustydog August 6 2008, 20:37:05 UTC

It was just the right size for Naven's thermos, in fact. *g* But now I've felted it, which makes it smaller and snugger and able to be shaped to fit what I want, so it's working well.