J Crowley (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} etjabberwock) wrote,@ 2008-11-25 08:58:00 |
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I've never tried any of the apparently numerous methods of removing the skin from a cat, but I'm getting really fucking tempted. It's approaching 10AM and I haven't gotten any sleep thanks in large part to these stupid fucking cats, though postnasal drip is partly to blame. Or, well, mostly Bernard, who has still been managing to get under the bed. Fortunately, I've figured out how at this point so as soon as he finally comes back out I can secure that spot. I don't know what his problem is, but ever since the last time we watched him, he's just been a tremendous fucking asshole. Janet, meanwhile, can sleep through the detonation of an atomic bomb.
In other news, I started a really fun short story I've had planned for quite a while that I'll probably put up here at some point, at least in part. Instead of dumping out a summary, I'll just wait and let you guys read it when it's done.
Filming of the internet TV show had to be delayed, which kind of sucks, but I guess I can just film more episodes at a time when we actually DO start filming. In the meantime, I think I'm going to start working a little on some of the opening credits sequences.
The latest Mythbusters was sort of lame. One of the myths was that a piano will explode or snap from the released tension of its strings if it's in a fire, so they set a piano on fire and it didn't happen because the strings, when heated, loosened and just kind of melted. Their conclusion was that the myth was busted, which -- overlooking the fact that a single fire is not representative of all fires -- I guess I can agree with to an extent, but I don't think they tested it thoroughly enough: If the application of heat was somehow more focused, creating a single weak point along the very tense strings, it's possible there would be more snapping. Anyway, when they didn't get any results the first time, they just blew up another piano with C4, thus illustrating that the show isn't so much about science as it is making things explode. Disappointing.
Anyway, what themes did all y'all choose for Gmail?
I'm going to try to sleep again, I guess.
In other news, I started a really fun short story I've had planned for quite a while that I'll probably put up here at some point, at least in part. Instead of dumping out a summary, I'll just wait and let you guys read it when it's done.
Filming of the internet TV show had to be delayed, which kind of sucks, but I guess I can just film more episodes at a time when we actually DO start filming. In the meantime, I think I'm going to start working a little on some of the opening credits sequences.
The latest Mythbusters was sort of lame. One of the myths was that a piano will explode or snap from the released tension of its strings if it's in a fire, so they set a piano on fire and it didn't happen because the strings, when heated, loosened and just kind of melted. Their conclusion was that the myth was busted, which -- overlooking the fact that a single fire is not representative of all fires -- I guess I can agree with to an extent, but I don't think they tested it thoroughly enough: If the application of heat was somehow more focused, creating a single weak point along the very tense strings, it's possible there would be more snapping. Anyway, when they didn't get any results the first time, they just blew up another piano with C4, thus illustrating that the show isn't so much about science as it is making things explode. Disappointing.
Anyway, what themes did all y'all choose for Gmail?
I'm going to try to sleep again, I guess.
