card

there are six days until my defense and em sent me this awesome card:


i did a practice talk today and have some minor changes but the talk seems to be in good shape. i'm taking the rest of the day off. i'm tired and my brain hurts.

em and i got up at 2am on tuesday and headed down to galveston to watch the leonids meteor shower. there weren't a lot of meteors, but i got pictures of a couple. and it was freezing! the cold front had just come through, so it was nice and clear, but very cold. for iso 6400, i'd say beefy did an awesome job. there was so much noise at 800 (don't even think about using 1600) on my old camera i never went above 400. it's nice having more options now.

leonid meteor (long streak in the upper right) over boats in the gulf of mexico

sirius (bright star on the left) and orion

orion (bright fuzzy object near the center is the great nebula in orion)

leonid (streak in the upper left) and orion

lastly, someone on my flist sent me this song and it made me chuckle. thanks, ilysse!