The future

[liv]

So today I was sitting in the office, working late because my boss emailed me in the middle of this afternoon asking for a report that has to be finished by Monday *sigh* And I got stuck on phrasing and procrastinated by glancing at my friends page, and caught compilerbitch's post that there was about to be a major press announcement from NASA. So I watched it, live video from the American space research people right there on my desk at work... announcing that they've found organics on Mars!!!!

Then I was squeeing about it to hatam_soferet by IM, and she quickly made me an icon to celebrate. I have been thinking for a while that I need an icon for joy and celebration, and I think this fits very well. And I came home and fed my over-excited inner 8-year-old burgers and macaroni and ketchup, and now I'm posting to my blog to share the squee with all of you. Tomorrow I shall download the original paper from an electronic library I have access to at work, just for the sake of being a distant witness to history.

I like being grownup in the future.

Comments

[miss-next.livejournal.com]

Wow! *does the happy planetary dance* That's just amazing.

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

Still way too early to say we've definitely found signs of life, but very encouraging.

[rav-hadassah.livejournal.com]

Squee! Yayfulness! "Life" on Mars! That is exciting indeed. (Not so) secretly, I'm a big pro-NASA space geek. Can't wait for more news to come out.

Gotta love life.

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

they've found organics on Mars!!!!

Strange how you get used to hearing words in certain contexts.

I've now got an image of Nasa finding a west-country farmer growing crops without using chemicals on mars in my head.

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

Which is a usage I will never be able to read again without thinking of the "food made from pure energy" bit in The Armageddon Rag.