jinian | this is a love attack

Am I feeling awesome because I'm on a slightly lower dose of my anti-migraine med? Maybe! It's almost certainly relevant to my being Super Energy Girl at 1:30am. But things here actually are awesome. Observe:

[beautiful spring evening sky with silhouetted tree]

(Okay, that was from a few days ago, but it is beautiful.)

Yesterday I gave a 20-minute talk that was very well received and got me some comments that should be really helpful if I get to give a talk at the conference in two weeks. I feel like the professors at that seminar are both helpful and supportive, which is excellent.

Today there was intermittent sunshine, a rainbow, whipping wind, and light rain. I heard about some pouring rain, but missed it. I love crazy-quilt weather.

I did science all day. (Okay, the DIC microscope kicked my ass for a while, but I made progress on something I've been trying to get done for waaay too long.)

I did art all night! I was the last person at the pottery studio, which is fun in itself, though I stayed too late and had to be rescued by Wim. It turns out that the African-violet pots I'm trying to make this quarter -- closed ellipsoids with a hole cut for a small pot to stick in -- are TOTALLY THE DEATH STAR, which cracked me up. I got to talk to my instructor about ways to make the AV pots work, and the instructor for the class I want to take next quarter complimented one of the bizarre pieces I was working on. And I made stuff. I wish I could find more of my bisqued or glazed work; I'd like to offer pottery for

con_or_bust.

You should read House of Suns by Alistair Reynolds, because it's marvelous. (Who did I hear about it from? I assumed

rysmiel but can't find a rec now.)

Okay, I will try to wind down now. I will not play Rock Band even if I have Smash Mouth in my head. I will CHILL.