Roll up your windows...

... because I sure didn't.

I was running LATE to work today. I clocked in at 606am. Granted, I'm not docked pay for that, but I've been doing very well lately, and this messes up my stride. I got in a really bad mood, really quick. I tried not to snap at the morning checker, because she had done nothing to deserve it. I snagged some beef jerky (I didn't have time for yogurt at home, and I wasn't in the mood for it when I got to work.)

She suggested I sit down, relax for a moment, and give myself time to calm down. I sat down with my Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy, as well as a telescope catalog I got in the mail recently. I flipped through the catalog, astounded by how much I understood about the specifications of the telescopes, just from 6 chapters worth of the CIG: Astronomy. After about 15 minutes, I finished the jerky, and was calm again. Honestly, I was probably in a mid-range mood, but that was considerably better than I was earlier. I settled down to work, and despite interruptions galore, I finished on time.

I wound up running U-Scan again, so I got to do some more reading. I didn't learn any mathematical formulae today, but I learned a bit about radio astronomy, the VLA, and the electromagnetic spectrum. It's occurred to me that I am learning stuff about astronomy, and the nature of space in general, that I never knew before.

Cool.

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Harem...

Sarah Brightman's new CD is very good. I particularly enjoy Harem, What a Wonderful World, Mysterious Days, and You Take My Breath Away. That's my opinion, anyway. :)

I worked on Aric Seles' background for Stephen's Sunday game. I've had this character created for at least six months. I really got into this character from the get go. I've never played a paladin, but when we went over the backstory (because I agreed to play a character that had a significant incident occur in childhood), I immediately told him that I was going to play just that. You don't know. You can't know. Not yet. As soon as the game begins properly, I'll probably post my background, as Stephen wrote it up. I've spent a good part of this evening rewriting it, putting it in Aric's point-of-view.

Aric is just going to be so much fun to play, you know?

Well, I have neglected proper bedrest for the past two days, so I think I'm going to play "catch up" tonight, and go to bed at 900pm.