Kind of a wonderful thing

[aesc]

My parents live on the fringes of the middle of nowhere.

A couple nights ago, I took the dog out for a walk, looked up, and saw the Milky Way for the first time in years. So many stars, so many, and they seemed so close, and looking at them I could understand why thousands of years ago people told stories about men and women changed into stars, and why today we tell stories about people lucky enough to travel through them.

Then, somewhere in the neighborhood of Venus, I saw a shooting star.

And that was kind of a wonderful thing.

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In other news: To come back to the prosaic, I have an account over at Twitter. slian_martreb tugged me over the cliff face.

Oh! And I had my preview of the_oscar_cat's reading of the kissing ficlet I posted over at sheafrotherdon's LJ, and she makes it poetry. I can't wait to hear the rest.

Comments

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

I could understand why thousands of years ago people told stories about men and women changed into stars, and why today we tell stories about people lucky enough to travel through them.

This? Must be ficced.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

This? Must be ficced.

Heh. It's kind of indirect meta, because I ragingly envy the Atlantis expedition, the crews of the various Enterprises (and Voyager and DS9), and pretty much anyone else in any science fiction-type work I've read, heard, or seen.

I mean, stars. And yeah, space battles might be more interesting on TV, but dammit, just to be there is kind of the point.

[foxxcub.livejournal.com]

LOL. You were being all metaphysical and deep and poignant, and here I am writing fluff in my head where Rodney's showing John constellations and stuff on a planet where the stars are huge. /dork

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Hey, I will take boys and stars any way I can get them -- fluffy and/or metaphysical :D Especially Rodney; it's so clear he loves what he does, and when he gets going on his favorite subjects, I have to sigh, squee, and be happy for him, because I know what it's like.

(Not the astrophysics [God no], but the loving what you do.)