correctiveshoes621

Wishing the happiest of New Years to us all ♥

Hey, all. I'm sorry I've been so non-existent, on here, but if it matters, I've been pretty non-existent in real life, as well. The loss of Frankie has slammed so many doors shut in me - yet, has also opened so many worm-cans, I could start a fucking psychiatric bait shop. And, one of the worst things is, my filter seems to be irrevocably broken. I'm feeling things HUGE and telling people *exactly* what I think, and that is - let's face it, folks - never, EVER good.

If it helps, also, I've bailed from Twitter and my 'real' Facebook, as well. I thought I was okay with it, but all the, 'Yay! We're all going to see the Cure!'-posts are just fucking too much for me.

Too many things are suddenly just OVER. Time to move on, move on, move on.

QUITTING SMOKING *SUCKS*.

My son has friends over, and was kind enough to let me use his lappy. Nice guys - and I like hearing their laughter from the patio.

I'm baking some more spaghetti squash for the week, and just brewed a fresh pot of coffee, for my online wanderings - not sure how much time I'll have, so I got to make the most of it.

The Good: I'll get a lot more done, around here, with no pc. Annnnnd a lot more sleep. I still may be able to get drivers for this thang, so trying to think positive. For the same price, I may just get them to sell/put in a whole new OS - gonna call some ppl, tomorrow. All is not lost!

The Bad: My son ponied up and bought a new tower from ebay - - slow as balls, but not complaining - BUT - he linked it to the wrong account, and it BOUNCED. SO, I will pay back the bounce fee, as well. Dammit. Poor kid, trying to be nice!

The Ugly: My disk for the first season of, Dexter works, but only the sound. AND THE SOUNDS. OH, MAN. Yuck.

Yep. Yeah. Last day of vaca. Thinkin' thoughts, yo.

Contacting various places/ppl to obtain one of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_tree - at least, a seed from one of them. My best bet is the sycamore in King of Prussia, as it's closest, so I hope they get back to me about it. My wish is to have a seed interred with my ashes, once I'm cremated, and, no, that's not a morbid thought, it's a joyous one. :)

If you haven't seen, The Zero Theorem, let me rec' it, strongly - absolutely changed me:

You all know what day it is - my nerd Superbowl, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

Watching, Rocket Men to celebrate, and it's fantastic. Tears, here. It's amazing to me, still, how this stuff never gets old - seeing 'my boys', they feel like family, to me. Not enough time spent on the Mercury and Gemini programs, nor on the Apollo 1 tragedy, but, that's just me.

Still bits, here and there, that I've never seen, and that's thrilling - and so much that's become familiar canon, to me. Jim Lovell, walking that walk with Frank Borman; how exhausted, they must have been. Tough little Gus Grissom, Ed White's elation during his, 'million dollars'-spacewalk, Wally Schirra's perfect hair and John Young, lying on his back to get the water out of his spacesuit..Geno Cernan, 'down among 'em' - still one of my favorite home-made ringtones. Gene Kranz' vest. The look of absolute wonder on Chris Kraft's usually-terrifyingly-stern face and Charlie Duke's jerk!flomp of relief when the Eagle touched down - and his endearing-as-hell flub, 'Twanquility'..

And Neil Armstrong. Can't touch that. His voice - as wound-up as I imagine he ever got, yet calm as glass to us, 'normals' - still fills me with warmth and pride and such affection and admiration. The perfect man for the job; there simply are no words. And yes, I still remember watching it live, as a newly-minted six-year-old, allowed to stay up and witness this event, lying sideways on the back of our fabulous aqua sofa, marveling. That that was a MAN, up there. On the MOON. Walking AROUND. A man, like my father, like the mailman, like our neighbor, Mr. Quinn, blah, blah, blah. But still incredible, to me.

I know you guys hear the same thing, every year, on this day, but y'know - You can skip it. You can. I understand, and it won't bother me. But it won't change, you know. I still feel it, just as strongly, and for that, I am grateful.

For all mankind.



Good stuff:





My absolute all-time favorite:



And this one's next - as I've actually NOT SEEN IT:

OMG. I *love* this.

You, too, can learn to drive a Rover on the surface of Mars in some dude's attic, in Germany! He has lots of cool stuff to look at and manipulate - I was so proud that I turned on the globe's light and made it spin, lol, and he has a nice set of army figures with cannons and horses - - and you 'win a prize' if you can find and screencap a coin, and I found one!

http://www.homofaciens.de/robospatium_en_navion.htm

IMPORTANT - Instructions how:




ETA: The first coin I found, as noted above, was an old deutschmark coin, and not correct -- the gentleman got back to me almost instantly, and I went back to search, again. This time, I found the right coin - atop the old typewriter - and won! LOL - so he's mailing me the actual coin, and my stats will be posted amongst 'the laureates', lol -- the message I posted to 'the universe' was, of course:

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” - Carl Sagan

♥

Would LOVE to go HERE: https://nvite.com/SciSpaceLive/b7bd

To here HIM speak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_R._Wiseman

Not sure my car will make it, but - LOOK at him!



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Also - this is incredible, and it passed firing tests! http://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-platinum-spacecraft-1711920739

Tomorrowland.

I know, I know - a) Disney, b) propaganda, c) I'm a total mark. But, from beginning to end, if EVER there was a, 'target audience', I am liEk, 10,000 % it. How embarrassing - but I don't care.

I TOTALLY felt her scream of joy when the rocket launched, and got tears when they went up to the moon.