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I read on NASA's website about the news regarding asteroid 2004 BL86. Apparently this asteroid has a moon of its own, and it's not uncommon for asteroids of a certain size to have a moon or two orbiting them. I'll admit I did not know this. Cool!
Not to sound like I'm holding a grudge, but did anybody besides me hear about 2004 BL86's moon and instantly wonder if we all deserve an apology after Pluto got demoted from "planet" to "dwarf planet"?
(That STILL bugs me. They couldn't think of any better term than "dwarf planet"? Then they wouldn't even name the next furthest object and its moon by its discoverer's choices. Namely, astronomer Mike Brown referred to them as Xena and Gabrielle. Instead the IAU names them Eris and Dysnomia. #$%@&. Eris?!? Granted, I like the sound of Dysnomia, and the older Greek translation is "lawlessness". I wonder if the IAU did that as a way of apologizing to Mr. Brown? i.e. Xena was played by actress Lucy Lawless. Renaming the moon, Gabrielle, as "lawlessness" does have a poetically just ring to it.)
Yeah, mentally I get why Pluto isn't a planet anymore (It's orbit doesn't clear its own path, and from a bird's-eye-view Pluto's orbit isn't a concentric ring like the actual planets are. At least that definition holds for future objects.) Yet, emotionally it still kinda irks me whenever I'm reminded that Pluto was kicked off the chess team for not being planet-y enough, moreso when other objects like that asteroid can even have moons. (Having a moon used to be a major reason why we called Pluto a planet for so long. It was like being an actor and winning an Oscar. If you've got an Oscar, you're an actor, period. Moons were like that.)
Still, I'll bet it would tick off a lot of entertainers if one day the academy walked up to them and told them they didn't win an Oscar back in 1967. "Actually, you won a Dwarf Oscar." That would be a slap in the face.
Not to sound like I'm holding a grudge, but did anybody besides me hear about 2004 BL86's moon and instantly wonder if we all deserve an apology after Pluto got demoted from "planet" to "dwarf planet"?
(That STILL bugs me. They couldn't think of any better term than "dwarf planet"? Then they wouldn't even name the next furthest object and its moon by its discoverer's choices. Namely, astronomer Mike Brown referred to them as Xena and Gabrielle. Instead the IAU names them Eris and Dysnomia. #$%@&. Eris?!? Granted, I like the sound of Dysnomia, and the older Greek translation is "lawlessness". I wonder if the IAU did that as a way of apologizing to Mr. Brown? i.e. Xena was played by actress Lucy Lawless. Renaming the moon, Gabrielle, as "lawlessness" does have a poetically just ring to it.)
Yeah, mentally I get why Pluto isn't a planet anymore (It's orbit doesn't clear its own path, and from a bird's-eye-view Pluto's orbit isn't a concentric ring like the actual planets are. At least that definition holds for future objects.) Yet, emotionally it still kinda irks me whenever I'm reminded that Pluto was kicked off the chess team for not being planet-y enough, moreso when other objects like that asteroid can even have moons. (Having a moon used to be a major reason why we called Pluto a planet for so long. It was like being an actor and winning an Oscar. If you've got an Oscar, you're an actor, period. Moons were like that.)
Still, I'll bet it would tick off a lot of entertainers if one day the academy walked up to them and told them they didn't win an Oscar back in 1967. "Actually, you won a Dwarf Oscar." That would be a slap in the face.
What Do Characters Think When the Book Closes?
I wonder if the characters from my favorite cancelled t.v. shows or RPG campaigns ever look up into their skies and have this sense that the stars over their heads went black, that the book cover was closed for the last time, that their existence was entombed and forgotten in a box underneath the stairs? Or put another way… Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5 “Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Iron Mask Deserves More Love
I rented Iron Mask (2019). If its title doesn't ring a bell, Iron Mask is the American title of the adventure/fantasy movie where Arnold Schwarzenegger is dressed as a British redcoat while warning Jackie Chan that no one escapes the Tower of London. It might not win Oscars, but it's happy with what it is. Is Iron Mask for everybody? Nope. (Some people still dislike Star Wars.) Iron Mask is hard to classify, but it reminded me of a mix among: Around the World in 80 Days, Big Trouble in Little China, Detective Dee, The Princess Bride, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor of Thieves, and Xena: Warrior Princess. Note: while my own political views regarding Putin and Xi might ordinary detract from a film which was made in Russia and The People's Republic of China, I DO think this movie deserves more love. All politics aside, I like Iron Mask. (It was also filmed in the Czech Republic, which is one of the few countries in the world that still seems to not hate my country. Thank you, Czech
My Muse Is Too Far Ahead of Me
It could be the harsher-than-usual winter weather which is sabotaging my artistic productivity in recent weeks, but I've had a frustrating type of art block where I ironically do know what I want to create. I'm inspired by someone whose work I admire, but I don't have the skills or the gear to do what that artist does. When I have time off to sit down and work on the art project I have in mind, it just ends up being busywork where all I get out of it is a reminder that I will never get anywhere close to the level of the artist whose work inspires me. It's like I'm firing a gun with no bullets. "Oh, look! That shot would have been a bullseye if I actually had bullets. Or a gun." (Then you didn't actually get a bullseye, did you?) There's this frustration where every time I'm driving or walking somewhere through the snow, I'm thinking about the art project, but when I sat down to work on it, it was a waste of everyone's time. I hate that.
Atheists and Christians and Soup
Y'know, I'll bet that when YouTube and TikTok atheists complain about organized religion, they're forgetting that back in the day, a major selling point of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (in chronological order) was, "Our God doesn't do human sacrifices." That was a really good deal in comparison to the competition! Unfortunately, I think this benefit of no-human-sacrifices stopped being appreciated several centuries ago. In 2023 A.D., it's like seeing an ingredients label which states, "This can of vegetable soup was not built with lead solder or radioactive cesium," or, "This physician washes his hands, with soap!" or, "This day care center promises to not sell your children while you're at work." I think monotheism gets a bum rap nowadays.
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And I reread this and all I can think of is our Valentine's Day museum trip, wandering through the space exhibit. Best Valentine's Day EVER.
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