November 7th, 2008

Upgrades


What possessed me to upgrade? I don’t know.  But now I’m obsessed. (Hmm, actually, that follows… possessed/obsessed).

There are certain things I’m looking for in the new template that I just can’t find all in one existing WordPress theme… so I’ll be spending some time tonight trying to write a good one myself.  It’s been a few years since I’ve switched things around, so I’m due.  So there.  Don’t be surprised if you see the blog bouncing around between various states of functional and non-functional for awhile.

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November 7th, 2008

Upgrade


Wow.  The ‘hot’ upgrade from Wordpress 2.0 to 2.6.3 just took me maybe 15 minutes and worked without incident.  I didn’t even have to get Crash involved.  Groovy.

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November 7th, 2008

Samhain


Blessed Samhain, everyone. The sweetness of life, the bitterness of death, and round and round we go.

I’m expecting my grandfather, and maybe my great aunt tonight.  It always scares the crap out of me, but I’m going to try and see if I can’t chat with them this year.

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November 6th, 2008

School days


So I guess I have test anxiety.  It’s weird, even with a take-home test, I freeze up.  Can’t think.  Can’t reason my way out of a wet paper bag.  I used to think I was smarter than this; or was it just that I was more fully immersed?  I think the time I’m not in classes or at work I’ll be in the library for the rest of the semester.  I need to do better than this.

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November 3rd, 2008

George Bush Ruins Astronomy


It’s been a long semester.  I’m tired.  I’m cranky.  I’m not thinking clearly because of the preparations for the Halloween party.  I need to get data for Astronomy lab.

I go to open the big observatory building.  There’s an alarm on the building, but I’ve opened up before and I think I know the code.  Wrong.  I’ve memorized the wrong code and the alarms start blaring.  CHEEP! CHEEP! CHEEP!  So loud I can’t think, my ears sting, and I can’t find the alarm code in the building. 

Then I remember – oh yeah!  There’s a phone list in the other building that has the correct code hidden on it.  Great!  I go over, unlock that building, and punch in what I think is the right code.

Wrong!  Now both alarms are blasting at ridiculous volume. 

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September 24th, 2008

Observing in the Desert


I’m taking astronomy lab as part of my refresher courses this fall.  It wasn’t going well last night; I struggle with the Dobsonian mount when targets are near the summit and with tracking down faint Messier objects.

But that’s nothing.  What sucks is picking up your thermos of coffee in the dark, only to feel a weird fuzzy buzzing around your hands, arms, and face.  After freezing for a moment, I threw the thermos on the ground, only to feel little creatures crawling all over me and biting.  The thermos had been swarmed with the tiny desert creatures. *shudder*

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September 11th, 2008

Turn to the left…


Show the tattoo…

I’m working on getting clearance to work for the BLM.  As part of the process, I had to get fingerprinted.  As I was standing there in the campus police station filling out the fingerprint card, I came across the box that said:

Identifying marks/tattoos/scars

and I thought… holy crap.  In tiny print I wrote “large tattoo, left shoulder.”  So why do I feel like I got busted for something embarrassing?

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August 17th, 2008

Yep. I’m hung over.


Not terribly.  Kind of an old lady hangover.

I’ll miss you, Joel!  Good luck in Wisconsin!

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August 12th, 2008

More steamy goodness


Your result for The Steampunk Archetype Test…

The Aetherist Bodger

0 Swashbuckling Engineer, 23 Crazy Clockwork Tinkerer, 0 Charming Noble, 8 Roguish Pirate, 23 Mechanical Fian and 83 Aetherist Bodger!

The aether carries the information, the aether is information. You are one of the few who know the ins and outs of Aether Terminals. You can access information across the Aethersphere, tapping into the Aetherpipes of anyone you want and stealing the information stored in their datatanks. Some think of you as a myth, a legend created to scare people. You are no myth or legend, you are quite real and you are currently reading the Queen’s AetherMissives.

Take The Steampunk Archetype Test at HelloQuizzy

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August 12th, 2008

Errrrl Screee! Crash!


Hold it hold it hold it!

I know, I know, I said B Movies for Halloween. It was my first inspiration, but I just couldn’t get properly enthused about it. After all, how does one do up the house in B Movie?

Steampunk, baby. Steampunk.

It’s even in the NY Times

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test…

The Explorer

18% Elegant, 41% Technological, 30% Historical, 56% Adventurous and 43% Playful!

You are the Explorer, the embodiment of steampunk’s adventuring spirit. For you, clothing should be rugged and reliable, and just as functional as it is attractive. You probably prefer khaki or leather, and your accessories are as likely to include weapons as technological gizmos. You probably wear boots and gloves, and maybe a pith helmet. Most of what you wear is functional, and if you happen to wear goggles people had better believe that you use them. In addition to Victorian exploration gear, your outfit probably includes little knickknacks from your various travels. Above all, you are a charming blend of rugged Victorian daring and exotic curiosity.Try our other Steampunk test here.

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