Elizabeth Weir/John Sheppard Appreciation/Ship/Discussion Thread

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Sparky!Family Saturday!

They're predicting PM thunderstorms here so we may miss it entirely.

Aw, that sucks! Hope there's a break in the clouds for you! *crosses fingers*

[Falcon Horus]

NASA will broadcast it live on their website -- I might watch it that way.

[Southern Red]

NASA will broadcast it live on their website -- I might watch it that way.

Good idea. I'm expecting wall to wall coverage on all the channels here.

[mandogater]

They're handing out the special glasses before the eclipse.


In other news, I'm getting a job soon.

Congrats!!!

A friend of mine bulk ordered the glasses for $1 each so I got some for me and my friends. I start a new job on Monday so I'll be watching (hopefully photographing it) from the top floor of the parking garage.

I'll try and post a photo here if any of them turn out good.

Congrats on the new job as well. Can't wait to see the pics.

I can't remember of it'll be moving through Ohio when I'm still at work or heading home.

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Lazy Sunday!

NASA will broadcast it live on their website -- I might watch it that way.

Good idea. I'm expecting wall to wall coverage on all the channels here.

Yeah, I'll probably have the TV on in the background as well. In addition to the NASA website, NASA TV (for those of us in the US) will have it, and I think CSPAN will be carrying the NASA feed as well. The Science Channel is also going to have a block of coverage, and all the networks are going to be breaking in with their special reports. Pandemonium.

[Southern Red]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Lazy Sunday!





Yeah, I'll probably have the TV on in the background as well. In addition to the NASA website, NASA TV (for those of us in the US) will have it, and I think CSPAN will be carrying the NASA feed as well. The Science Channel is also going to have a block of coverage, and all the networks are going to be breaking in with their special reports. Pandemonium.

Pandemonium indeed. We talked to a friend who works for NASA this morning. He's a genuine rocket scientist. LOL And he said they're all atwitter and planning a big viewing party. We always get more info than we're capable of understanding from him.

[Zandra's Ashes]

It is been insane here. Schools cancelled, hotels sold out. A town over, they told everyone to get all the food and medicine they needed and to not leave their home today because the traffic got so bad last night. We had tickets to a viewing festival with music and food trucks, but I've decided against sitting in hours of traffic for a few more seconds of totality. Picnic on the back porch it is. As excited as I am to experience this, I'm going to be a bit relieved when this is all over.

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Canon Monday!

Pandemonium indeed. We talked to a friend who works for NASA this morning. He's a genuine rocket scientist. LOL And he said they're all atwitter and planning a big viewing party. We always get more info than we're capable of understanding from him.

It is been insane here. Schools cancelled, hotels sold out. A town over, they told everyone to get all the food and medicine they needed and to not leave their home today because the traffic got so bad last night. We had tickets to a viewing festival with music and food trucks, but I've decided against sitting in hours of traffic for a few more seconds of totality. Picnic on the back porch it is. As excited as I am to experience this, I'm going to be a bit relieved when this is all over.

Yikes! Makes me glad we're out here away from that nonsense. Heck, even the ferries have posted an advisory to be safe when viewing the eclipse while onboard. And they say people go crazy over a full moon? This takes the cake.

[Falcon Horus]

Watching the live feed, and I've seen three totalities now!

Most exciting, the moment totality ends and you can spot the diamant. The corona is cool but the diamant is wicked.

[Southern Red]

It got pretty dark here, like maybe late afternoon just after sunset. The animals all got quiet and the crickets started chirping.

[Falcon Horus]

I've seen 5 totalities, 4 from telescope feeds and 1 from the ground in the Great Smoky mountains.

I'm super-hyped at the moment. And I have yet to see the new Game of Thrones episode.

[Scary Kitty]

Good morning, Sparkies! Happy Smutty Tuesday!

The eclipse was really cool. And weird, seeing the light dim to almost dusk, yet the sun was still so high in the sky. The crescents in the tree shadows were also neat.

I'm super-hyped at the moment. And I have yet to see the new Game of Thrones episode.

OMG. You're in for some shocks.

[Falcon Horus]

OMG. You're in for some shocks.

Saw it coming from a mile away -- that one thing.

But the end shot with the eye was really cool.

[Zandra's Ashes]

It got pretty dark here, like maybe late afternoon just after sunset. The animals all got quiet and the crickets started chirping.

Same thing here, I was cracking me up until I got in the way of a deer bolting across my yard. I should have known, I normally see that deer every night...just before sunset.

Saw it coming from a mile away -- that one thing.

But the end shot with the eye was really cool.

That was a great frame.

Watching GOT has me channeling my inner Daenerys, all I need is a dragon of my own. A man called me baby this morning during a meeting. Hardly ever happens and had it had been from an otherwise decent human, I would have brushed it off. I live in the south, everyone is a dear, sugar, and honey; you get used to it. But baby from his mouth? *Shudders*. Smoke vented out my ears and out of my mouth..."Dracarys." He blinked in confusion while the woman next to me turned red trying not to laugh.

[Falcon Horus]

I have a bunch of shoulder dragons (handmade by Trollart, a lady from Germany) on the dashboard of my car -- you may always borrow one.

There's a ... err... how many do I have... *counts names*... there we go, 14 dragons (and number 15 will join the club on the 24th of September when we're visiting Elf Fantasy Fair in Arcen, The Netherlands):

Florian = white
Tristan = brown
Pendragon = black
Eire = green
Albion = purple
Fiesta = magenta
Saphira = blue
C-3PO = golden yellow
Falkoer = grey
Temeraire = black with fluff
Blue = small and blue
Elsa = lightblue
Lucifer = mix of orange, yellow and red
Fluffy = fluffy and purple

And the dragon isn't named until I've seen it.