chesneycat: pic 'n' mix

chesneycat (

chesneycat) wrote,
@ 2007-10-25 12:09:00

Current mood:	chipper
Current music:	Radio 6
Entry tags:	astronomy, chesney, films, teaching, tv

pic 'n' mix

Chesney's doing much better today! He's still wobbly, but the anti-inflamatories and antibiotics have boosted his appetite enormously. I think he got through four packs of meat and a bowl of biscuits yesterday... normally, he only manages a couple. Given how skinny he is, this is a Good Thing.

Today, astro-ph (the astrophysics pre-print server) has provided me with my first entry for "Incomprehensible sentence of the week".

"Using ab initio cosmological Eulerian adaptive mesh refinement radiation hydrodynamical calculations, we discuss how very massive stars start the process of cosmological reionization."
And no, it doesn't mean much more to me than it does to you.

Ah, first year undergrads! Without fail, there's always (at least) one every year who thinks that it's warmer in summer because the Earth is closer to the Sun. For the umpteenth time, NO!

In other news, I have a job interview! I'm off to Heidelberg in mid/late November. Fingers crossed!

Finally... we went to see Stardust last night. Wow. Yet another reason to love Neil Gaiman. Yeah, it was all rather predictable, but that's not the point. It's a fairy tale, and I know the genre inside out. Of course you're going to get all the usual traditional elements, but it's the execution of them that makes the story. What does the tale tell you about human morals, and does it do so in a unique and interesting way? Aside from the quality of the film itself, Jez managed to identify half the cast of Green Wing... Mmm... must watch that again and drool over the delightful love triangles, and giggle at the sheer randomness of the Heron incident...

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	kernowgirl 2007-10-25 11:48 am UTC (link)
	Glad to hear Chesney's doing well! And good luck for Heidelberg! Stardust was a lot of fun, wasn't it? Apart from the Ricky Gervais cameo... although the fact that I've always found his style annoying rather than funny might bias me a little. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	chesneycat 2007-10-25 11:50 am UTC (link)
	Oh, God yes. That was the only jarring scene in it, especially all the heavy-handed quoting from /Extras/. I'm trying to convince myself that I won't remember/notice ten years further down the line... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-10-25 12:38 pm UTC (link)
	I must admit, the best bit about that scene was where he died. Amy lol Error: please confirm you are a human below... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chesneycat 2007-10-25 12:40 pm UTC (link)
	Forgot you weren't logged in, eh?! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2007-10-25 01:41 pm UTC (link)
	I am in the lab. Amy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chesneycat 2007-10-25 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, that makes sense. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kailisu 2007-10-25 12:41 pm UTC (link)
	Wasn't Heidelberg where you just turned down a job? Glad Chesney's doing well. I forgot he was so old though. Gaiman - I tried reading "American Gods", and finally quit. It was Not That Good. So, I do have the books "Stardust" and "Neverwhen" - and I'm not sure that I even want to try them since my first experience with him was so...blah. (Reply to this)(Thread)

chesneycat
2007-10-25 12:48 pm UTC (link)

No, that was Glasgow.

Chesney... well, we think he could be named after Chesney Hawkes, as he's ginger and roughly the right age. That'd make him about seventeen. If we go by the age we were told when we first adopted him five years ago (he came with the house in Cambridge), he could be as old as twenty-two.

Gaiman - I first came across his stuff with the televisation of Neverwhere, which I enjoyed a lot. Then, nothing, until a friend let me borrow the first six Sandman graphic novels. And I was hooked. There's just something about those intelligent, dark and charismatic characters of his that.. *cough*. Where was I? Yeah, _American Gods_ isn't for everyone - I find it a little heavy going in places, but Stardust and Neverwhere would be much lighter reads, I imagine. They're still on my to-buy list.

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	(Anonymous) 2007-10-25 01:43 pm UTC (link)
	You can borrow my copy of Stardust if you like? I can post it to your uni addie? Amy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chesneycat 2007-10-25 01:44 pm UTC (link)
	I expect I'll want a copy to keep! edits christmas list But thanks for the offer. (Reply to this)(Parent)

jhirat_dai
2007-10-25 02:45 pm UTC (link)

I vould like to offar my congratulations on ze occasion of obtaining your interview fur Heidelberg.

You do realise, naturlich, zat should you get ze job I vill be forced to make an endless string of jokes such as:

"Have you managed to escape yet?"
"I hear it'll be over by Christmas..."
"Your english sense of humour, all ze jokes about ze breakink of ze vind!"

Apologies in advance. Good luck!

G

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	chesneycat 2007-10-25 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	grin I've already done half a Fawlty Towers episode on the phone with my Dad... (Reply to this)(Parent)

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