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BF bought a 100-piece screwdriver settoday yesterday, to use on all the electrical things onsite. I'm not going to lie, I'm totally jealous. If I could justify buying a 100-piece screwdriver set, I'd get one, too. As it stands, I'm going to settle for nicking the Stanley screwdriver with the interchangeable heads once this office shuts down...I don't think anyone will miss it if it gets "lost" in the shuffle. *crosses fingers*
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I didn't know this, but the warp drive really is a theoretical possibility. In 1994, Michael Alcubierre postulated that one could, by manipulating extra dimensions and using an awful lot of power (like, say, the amount of power you'd obtain by converting the mass of Jupiter into energy), contract the space in front of an object whilst expanding the space behind it, thereby creating a "wave" that the object could "ride". Which brings a whole new meaning to the term "riding the cosmic wave"...anyway. Warp drives! Awesome! Except how some people think that, if dark matter was used to power the warp drive (warp wave? wave drive?), a black hole might accidentally form that would consume the universe and the earth. Tiiiiny problem there. There are ways around it, though - the extra dimension thing, I think? can't remember, now - that would prevent that from happening, so. Warp drive! \o/
Information on warp drives is here and here, and here is the concept drawing for a warpship (look somewhat familiar, anyone? anyone? Bueller?). And Discovery Channel peeps rain on the parade here, although either one of the links up there or mentioned in a connected article actually bypasses their nay-saying...in conclusion: WARP DRIVES!
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Shit, you guys, my mum has changed her Twitter icon* to green in support of people in Iran. It's pretty awesome...I'm so proud.
Here are some torrents of videos of what is going on in Iran right now. Seed these suckers wherever you can...the word needs to get out. People need to know. I was taking to one of my workmates, and she had no idea what was going on except for a five minute thing she'd seen on the news.
* Yeah, my mum has a Twitter...why, you ask? Because I'm an evil enabler, that's why. It's pretty hilarious, because I forget a lot of the time that she has it, and then suddenly she'll call me out for swearing or making her think I've gotten arrested or somesuch nonsense.
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Now I know why I want to kill everyone more than usual: it's that time of the month. Gods preserve us all. I knew people could get mood swings, but I had no idea it was so bad you would actually seriously consider CUTTING A BITCH.
Until I went vegetarian in 2008, I had the most agonizing period pain you could imagine. Really. AGONIZING. It was as if someone was taking a paint-scraper to my uterus. My mum used to dose me up on the pain medication and muscle relaxants she took for her slipped disc so I could get to a point where I could sleep the damn thing off. For the nine months I was vegetarian, I was blissfully pain-free. Up until four months ago, I had mild period pain, and that was it. The past few months, though? MOOD SWINGS. The first couple of times I'd get really depressed and cry at the drop of a hat...this time I am full of RAAAAAAGE. Things that normally wouldn't piss me off (or do piss me off, but I manage to shove the reaction down) are making me seriously consider doing actualfax damage to people and property. Crazypants.
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...and for the nth time in forever, I fail to go to bed at 10pm as planned and instead go to bed by 1am, like an IDIOT. *facedesk* 7000-odd miles away, my mother is pissed off at me and doesn't know why. Goodnight morning, all.
BF bought a 100-piece screwdriver set
I didn't know this, but the warp drive really is a theoretical possibility. In 1994, Michael Alcubierre postulated that one could, by manipulating extra dimensions and using an awful lot of power (like, say, the amount of power you'd obtain by converting the mass of Jupiter into energy), contract the space in front of an object whilst expanding the space behind it, thereby creating a "wave" that the object could "ride". Which brings a whole new meaning to the term "riding the cosmic wave"...anyway. Warp drives! Awesome! Except how some people think that, if dark matter was used to power the warp drive (warp wave? wave drive?), a black hole might accidentally form that would consume the universe and the earth. Tiiiiny problem there. There are ways around it, though - the extra dimension thing, I think? can't remember, now - that would prevent that from happening, so. Warp drive! \o/
Information on warp drives is here and here, and here is the concept drawing for a warpship (look somewhat familiar, anyone? anyone? Bueller?). And Discovery Channel peeps rain on the parade here, although either one of the links up there or mentioned in a connected article actually bypasses their nay-saying...in conclusion: WARP DRIVES!
Shit, you guys, my mum has changed her Twitter icon* to green in support of people in Iran. It's pretty awesome...I'm so proud.
Here are some torrents of videos of what is going on in Iran right now. Seed these suckers wherever you can...the word needs to get out. People need to know. I was taking to one of my workmates, and she had no idea what was going on except for a five minute thing she'd seen on the news.
* Yeah, my mum has a Twitter...why, you ask? Because I'm an evil enabler, that's why. It's pretty hilarious, because I forget a lot of the time that she has it, and then suddenly she'll call me out for swearing or making her think I've gotten arrested or somesuch nonsense.
Now I know why I want to kill everyone more than usual: it's that time of the month. Gods preserve us all. I knew people could get mood swings, but I had no idea it was so bad you would actually seriously consider CUTTING A BITCH.
Until I went vegetarian in 2008, I had the most agonizing period pain you could imagine. Really. AGONIZING. It was as if someone was taking a paint-scraper to my uterus. My mum used to dose me up on the pain medication and muscle relaxants she took for her slipped disc so I could get to a point where I could sleep the damn thing off. For the nine months I was vegetarian, I was blissfully pain-free. Up until four months ago, I had mild period pain, and that was it. The past few months, though? MOOD SWINGS. The first couple of times I'd get really depressed and cry at the drop of a hat...this time I am full of RAAAAAAGE. Things that normally wouldn't piss me off (or do piss me off, but I manage to shove the reaction down) are making me seriously consider doing actualfax damage to people and property. Crazypants.
...and for the nth time in forever, I fail to go to bed at 10pm as planned and instead go to bed by 1am, like an IDIOT. *facedesk* 7000-odd miles away, my mother is pissed off at me and doesn't know why. Good
