Spring Break at Long Last

This week was horrible, but it's over at last! I shall promptly proceed to repress all thoughts of this week from my mind. ^_^; I am looking forward to going home for Spring Break and sleeping the whole week away. Well, except for the time spent on shopping for work clothes for Japan, I guess. Sigh.

I remember writing a blog entry way back when I started working at the library about being all excited because a copy of the Principea Mathematica passed through my hands. Well, the celebrity roll continues, as today's feature book was Darwin's The Origin of Species. Woot. A bit too rambly and dense for me to follow though - not that I had the time to read through it anyway. I also found out that people have been crystallizing things like hemoglobin ever since the start of the 20th century. I had no idea that crystallography dated so far back. Heh, this is way before x-rays even came into the picture. That must've been tough on the scientists.

Everyone's leaving for Spring Break tomorrow... Even Vikki is going home, although I guess her flight isn't 'til Sunday. I wonder if we're doing something tonight. If not, then maybe I can finally finish the picture that I started coloring like, a week back. It involves ice skating and it is spiffy. ^_^

Oh, speaking of art... One of my favorite artists on Fanart Central held a contest a while back, which I entered, and won! The prize was one colored request, so I asked for, and received, a very awesome picture of Jesper. Does it not win the universe? :D

Is there anything really pressing for me to say? Hm. Not really. Except to make a personal note to myself that this week's A State of Trance (#188) - Armin van Buuren's weekly radio show - was really awesome and I need to go find myself a copy. I'm not telling you my sources. :P Like trance? Then you owe it to yourself to give it a listen. Good stuff.

- Flykyr Skysong

Current song: Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground (Perfecto mix)
Current mood: Ready to go home!!

"Sheets Are War Supplies"

Today's 'awesome book of the day' award goes to this book called "People of Peace at War." Today's set of books concern textiles, and this particular book is full of pictures showing how much this one textile mill is contributing to the WWII war effort. The pictures of the large-scale machinery in the first half of the book are breathtaking. The second half is filled with pictures of the textiles in action. Soldiers are shown sleeping in their bunks (woot, blankets), cleaning their guns (flannel - we knew it was good for something), and building planes ("cotton helps build the planes"). My favorite picture was one of all the factory workers' kids having naptime in the company daycare center. They are all adorable, and they all sleep the same way, turned on their sides with their hands placed palm-to-palm and tucked under their heads. Can you imagine being forced to sleep a certain way?

Another gem was a book on mercerisation - Sarah would find this exciting if she read my blog, but she doesn't. And I'm sure the rest of you (yeah, all two of you ^_^)don't know what the heck it is I'm talking about. If I had actually looked through it, I might actually know what it means. Anyway, I was excited. It made me think of men's socks and shopping at Downtown Crossing in the beautiful snow, and how lovely that all was, back during IAP (January), when I had time. Those were the days, hah!

- Flykyr Skysong

Current song: Thomas Datt - 2v2 (Robert Nickson Remix) (wheeeeee! :D)
Current mood: Amused

Fun at the Library

Well, it's Friday, so that means I'm flipping through some more amusing books at the RSC as I barcode away. Today's treat is a series of magazines called 'Bizarre'. They are in French, and are full of weird art and stories. Not that I can tell if the stories are bizarre, since I don't know any French. I was actually really amused because the first story that I opened up to was "The Interlopers", which I read way back in middle or high school. There was a freaky picture of a wolf with a man's hand in its mouth. And the last words, "Des loups," brought back memories of the story, and how, even though the story's only four pages long, it's all philosophy and nothing happens except for at the beginning and end. It was a weird story. I think I can safely say that this is a magazine for people who like... bizarre stuff! Big surprise, eh? Viva la France, and all that.

- Flykyr Skysong

Current song: Chill in India Vol.2 - Maia Krasnaia - On Ledianoi (Moonstar Remix)
Current mood: Sleepy, but oh so happy that my exams for this week are over