Brrr

[clevermanka]

I don't think my doing this will have the same effect as my father would, but I'll give it a try.

*stern look at weather*

I am very, very disappointed in you.

Last night, mckitterick and I got to see just a bit over the first quarter of the eclipse. That is, we got to see it get a little bit over halfway dark, and just barely starting to turn orange, before clouds rolled in. By the time the moon was in full eclipse, we had total cloud cover and couldn't see anything at all. Very sad.

mckitterick did get out the telescope, though, so what we did see we saw right proper. By sheer luck, I happened to look into the eyepiece just as a small private plane flew in front of the moon. I happened so fast I barely registered what I'd seen, but wow! Very cool. I wound up doing jumping jacks and jogging in place to stay warm. Brrr.

And the continuing yuckiness *glares at weather* *weather remains unswayed* probably means that my lovely evening plans with bestill are cancelled, too.

I wore The Vest to work today and have already learned a valuable lesson. My office is Too Cold for anything with less coverage than a full sweater over a long-sleeved undershirt. I'm absolutely freezing. I had to put my cardigan on over the vest. Which totally ruins the effect. Alas. But I wore it! It's lovely.


This means, however, that while I won't stop working on the vest I started last night, I'm definitely going to get started on that long-sleeved cardigan/jacket--pronto.

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[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I actually managed to teach one roommate how to do it

Sign me up for lessons. =D

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

I'll tell you the technique I used to use most of the time when I lived in Lawrence. As soon as I heard that snow was on the way I would visualize a cone of heat with its narrow end tacked down on Topeka -- a cone sort of like Superman's vision cones. It was red on the edges and that hot yellow toward the center. Snow would miss Lawrence every time. Use intensity when visualizing. As a description of one way, that's the best I can do.

:)