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wednes ([personal profile] wednes) wrote2007-08-27 04:51 pm
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Who you tryin' to get crazy with, Ese?

Even after reminding myself, I slept through the eclipse. If anyone has a good piccie, please comment with it. NASA doesn't seem to have any pics up yet. Fie and fie again.
Of course, I've no business staying up late eclipse watching when I have to be to work at 9 in the freakin' morning. Work was fine. I screwed up an order, though I also finished a long tedious project for another department. So overall I'm calling that a win.

I was saddened to hear that Owen Wilson tried to commit suicide. The only thing worse, it seems, than being mentally ill is having your issues broadcast in the National Enquirer. Poor guy.

Of course it is much more sad to hear people blathering about how he "shouldn't be depressed" because he has money and fame and all that shit. It's a mood disorder, so the whole fucking point is that the emotions you feel don't hold up to logic. Like today, I was trying to eat some Sun Chips but I couldn't finish them because I somehow became convinced that there were scorpions in the bag. That makes no sense, and is just one of those crazy things I have to put up with from time to time. No big whoop.
But a suicide attempt? That's just awful. Depression actually has a mortality rate of 15%. *shudder* The only reason bi-polar disorder doesn't have that high a mortality rate is because some of it is offset by the homicide rate. Nice, eh?



EDIT: I did not miss the Eclipse. It's tonight.
Squeeeeeee!!!

[identity profile] missmisty.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe I'm dumb, but I thought the eclipse was supposed to be tonight??

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it was between 3-4 this morning.

[identity profile] missmisty.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2007Aug28/TLE2007Aug28.html

This NASA article says that the eclipse is Tuesday Aug 28, at 3:37 am, which is tomorrow, silly! It's only Monday the 27!

You freaked me out though because I've been witing to sit up for it with my son since I read it in the paper last week. I would have been mad if it had already happened!

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm glad of that!

[identity profile] sudrin.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
There was an eclipse?! What is the point of NASA if they don't tell us these things?!

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I've often wondered that very thing myself...

[identity profile] near-dark.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm almost positive the eclipse is tonight, that's what they said this morning on my local news anyway, around 5:52 a.m. to whenever they said, I forget exactly.

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be awesome.

Wikipedia saves the day...

[identity profile] near-dark.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"A total lunar eclipse will take place on August 28, 2007, the second of two lunar eclipses to occur in 2007. The Moon is expected to enter the Earth's penumbra at 07:53:39 UTC. The first partial phase will begin in earnest at 08:51:16 UTC when the Moon enters the Earth's umbra."

Re: Wikipedia saves the day...

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Sweet.
Thanks!

[identity profile] peteralway.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, dear, was I so careful to warn you to set your alarm tonight that I didn't make it clear it's in the wee hours tomorrow?

D'oh!


Oh, wait--I didn't miscommunicate--I just used my incredible astronomer superpowers to set the moon back in it's orbit so that there will be another eclipse tonight/tomorrow morning just for you.

Yeah, that's it.

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2007-08-27 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That was incredibly thoughtful of you.

[identity profile] gifgal.livejournal.com 2007-08-28 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
i didnt even know there was an eclipse until i read your post! so thanks for that! usually i keep up on things like this, completely didnt know about it this time.

unfortunately its a bit later than im staying up tonight, so ill miss it anyways :(

[identity profile] wednes.livejournal.com 2007-08-28 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I missed it anyway too!

I thought I hit snooze but I guess not.

;-[