So, as a reminder to folks (especially since I don't post here much), I have a fiction-writing journal. I'm much more confident in how it's been going now that I have a few month's worth of story, and there's plenty more to go ( Read more... )

I know I don't post that much, so I realize this might get lost among other posts, but I want to pimp this out anyway ( Read more... )

Found this article on a blog I read, about the National Ignition Facility. This made me go SQUEE! because it's been a long time since I've heard about this project. It's literally been in progress in some stage of building or another for the entirety of my adult life. The prospect that it's finally about ready to go off is very exciting, not just ( Read more... )

For future reference:

Real lightning trees, captured in clear acrylic.

The very finest in technobabble. Such great lengths to explain the unexplainable, it makes the head spin.

Some very fun retro-futurist shirts. I especially like 'You say mad scientist, I say grumpy visionary'.

Speaking of retro-futurism, these mind-and-space-bending contraptions ( Read more... )

14:40 Eek no, I locked it like normal when I left, I specifically made sure to. (sorry I'm just getting to this now, long Twitter backlog)

18:45 LJ idea: music albums that make a good listen all the way through, every track contributing to the whole piece.
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I'm borrowing excuses to keep writing, so I'm grabbing at another meme that's been going around. This is that 5 things that people associate you with, or something. I make no promises on passing this on, though.  :-P

This particular list thanks to tracerj!

1. Mixing trance music into a larger, even more impactful work.

Mmm... yeah, I've been doing this for ( Read more... )

16:57 Effort with brother during wedding reception: proper english titles to hip-hop songs. Example: Your infant has a spine.

16:58 Can the authentic skinny guy of questionable morals please stop sitting?

16:59 I'm returning attractiveness.

17:00 Oh no. I repeated my previous action.

17:02 Please smack me around again.

17:03 What person released ( Read more... )

I was so tired last night that I went to bed around 11 (which is normal, but I'd been up till 3 AM the night before). Trying to sleep in, I still managed to wake up around 7:30 AM this morning. I've been sitting out here in my parent's camping trailer browsing YouTube for concert videos and other music.

I started from this article about Zoe Keating ( Read more... )

15:29 Only 1 minute and 0 seconds till the unix epoch time reaches 1234567890 coolepochcountdown.com </geek>
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07:44 Complete traffic fail. Stuck behind truck stopped dead in road. Then: behind 1MPH garbage truck. Then: school bus.
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