The lunar eclipse from Griffith Observatory on February 20th, 2008.
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Busy week, not much video. But to stay in the game, here’s a vacuuming lumiere.
6:51 a.m. - Got up early and went to the gym
11:29 a.m. - Walking up the hill to the Observatory.
1:57 p.m. - The Periodic Table display. There are samples of every element. Well, every element that is safe and stable.
2:17 p.m. - The creepy, vacant eyes of the James Dean monument freak me out sometimes.
3:34 p.m. - In the Depths of Space. Today I ended up talking less about science and more of just “Please don’t jump on the scales.” “Don’t tap on the glass.” “Slow down, please.” The depths was crazy with kids today.
6:13 p.m. - Sunset. I’m quite surprised at my abilities as a human tripod in this and the next few photos. I was playing with the exposure settings and had to hold pretty steady.
6:16 p.m. - Again with the human tripod-ness. I actually got a picture of stars. The one on the top left is Betelgeuse, Orion’s right shoulder.
6:21 p.m. - The Tesla Coil
6:26 p.m. - This view. Still hasn’t gotten old.
8:25 p.m. - This was posted at the desk downstairs. I don’t know, if I found this rabbit, I would have to think twice about not keeping it for myself. It’s just about the coolest stuffed animal I’ve ever seen.
9:08 p.m. - The motor that very slowly drives the telescope, allowing it to track objects in the sky.
9:56 p.m. - The 12″ Zeiss refracting telescope, which has lived in the east dome of Griffith Observatory for over 70 years. Original cost: $14, 900 in the early 1930’s. And incidentally, the most looked-through telescope in the world. Over 7 million people have looked through it.
Had Friday off and two park-hopper tix burning a hole in our pockets. Time to head down to the other side of the Orange Curtain.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not usually terribly political on my blog or in my life. But the current race, and in particular the Obama campaign, has inspired me to follow politics more closely. I even made a donation to the Obama campaign, something I have never before done in the 13 years I’ve been a voting American.
So you’ll forgive me if I’m just learning some of the nuances of party nomination politics.
I’ve just learned about superdelegates.
I’ve heard the word tossed around here and there over the past few weeks. Superdelegates. I just looked it up. I actually, physically felt disappointment. This wonderful democratic system doesn’t seem quite so democratic anymore. Sure, maybe I don’t totally understand the system. In fact, I’m sure I don’t totally understand the system. But I have to wonder how democratic it is that 796 individuals get a larger voice in the Democratic nomination than I do. That’s 796 superdelegates out of 4,049 delegates total. Nearly a fifth. That’s enough to swing a vote. I don’t care if they’re party leaders or if they’re sleeping with a Kennedy, nobody should have any more say than anyone else.
I’m deeply disappointed. Am I missing something? What is the advantage? Is it because we, the uneducated Philistines, may make the wrong decision and need these 796 enlightened individuals to help us?
Someone explain this to me.
Seriously. I want to know why this makes sense.
Monday was the WGA/SAG Day of Unity Strike Event outside Fox Studios. I’m normally a bit tentative about taking out my camera in public, particularly when I’m by myself. Bad for a videoblogger, I know. This was a step.
For more strike info, check out wga.org and UnitedHollywood.com. To be fair and balanced, I should also link to the AMPTP’s web site. But I’m using the Fox News definition of Fair and Balanced, so…sorry, no link.
I have no words:
Westboro Baptist Church will picket Heath Ledger’s funeral
Ok, I lied. I have words:
These people sicken me. If it didn’t make me exactly like him, I would say that Fred Phelps deserves a very special place in hell. It’s a place very close to that place he wants to send the rest of the world. Well, not the entire rest of the world. Just, you know, Gays, Jews, Swedes, Mexicans, Canadians, Americans, not Al Gore, the Clinton Family, Al Gore, Bill O’Reilly, The Screen Actor’s Guild, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Reggie White, The ACLU, Ang Lee, Matthew Shepard, Princess Di, Ronald Reagan, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Moises Kaufman, Soldiers, Mormons, Muslims, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and the Irish. (I’m not joking about any of these, and I’m absolutely, 100% positive that I missed a few).
When I think of what should be done to that asshat - just, you know, for the sake of argument - I recall The Onion’s descriptions of the eternal torment which awaited the 9/11 hijackers in hell. And yes, I put Fred Phelps in the same category as those cocksuckers.
A few choice quotes from the aforementioned Onion article:
“…they certainly didn’t seem prepared to be skewered from eye socket to bunghole and then placed on a spit so that their flesh could be roasted by the searing gale of flatus which issues forth from the haunches of Asmoday.”
“…they’ll be sodomized by the Fallen and their bowels shredded by a demonic ejaculate of burning sand” [I'm particularly fond of this one. -J]
“Then, on Sunday, Satan gets them all day. I can’t even imagine what he’s got cooked up for them.”
Enjoy eternity, Fred. You closeted, self-hating douchebag.
This is listed on my acting resume under “Special Skills.” I’m waiting for the day a casting director tosses me a cube.
I was going to film one of two things today for this weeks episode, depending on whether I had to report for jury duty or not. Guess which one I did?
Here’s the video version of my 12 of 12 for this month (see below).
