I went to high school with a lot of really smart people. Like, really really smart. Even so, Adam Riess has done pretty darn well for himself. Here’s the article where he talks about discovering dark energy, and last year he won a Macarthur “Genius” grant for his work. And now it looks like he’s [...]
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Apr 28, 2009
|Movies
Sleep Dealer is a fantastic near-future Mexican science fiction film currently in very limited release. My good friend Steven discovered this movie and arranged an outing to go see it on Sunday. Boy, am I glad he did both those things! I really love science fiction about people. Not the head scientists and space cowboys [...]
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Apr 24, 2009
|Cosmic Toast, News, Writing
I’m famous! Well, okay. Not really. But I am on IMDB — Jenn Reese! *dance dance dance* Please share in my silly joy!
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Apr 24, 2009
|Los Angeles, Movies
Today’s mystery Hollywood sign read “ACNE.” Let’s just hope they’re casting a commercial and not in production on a blockbuster trilogy… Nope, not even remotely tempted to follow.
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Apr 15, 2009
|Life Stuff
When I was a kid, I used to design my future house. You know, draw floorplans on sheet after sheet of paper. Where will I put the libraries? (For there were always several.) How big will the stables be, and will the horses be able to come inside on cold days? (I worried about them [...]
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Apr 10, 2009
|Geekery, Los Angeles, Movies
There are signs taped and stapled all over Los Angeles, usually handwritten, and always bearing a codeword like “Cowboy” or “Underwater” or “Heaven” and pointing down a certain road. It’s my understanding that these signs point to casting calls or shoots. Whenever I see one, I spend the rest of the drive making up a [...]
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Apr 9, 2009
|Life Stuff, Los Angeles
Class was good tonight; lots of laughter, a good workout, the genuine happiness of people being together, doing something they love. Maybe that’s what primed me for the magic of the drive home. It’s one of those clean, clear nights in Los Angeles. The air is perfect — its temperature, its clarity, even its smell. [...]
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Apr 7, 2009
|Martial Arts, Photos
I got my very own spear tonight! Here it is, newly dubbed “Mr. Pointy” (it’s a Buffy reference, for the non-Whedonites out there). From 2009 Photobook The spear is much heavier than my staff, and much longer. If you stand and raise your right hand straight up, the staff should be as high as the [...]
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Apr 1, 2009
|Cats, Martial Arts, Photos
Here’s what I look like after an hour of forms class (Butterfly and Eagle Claw tonight), and what my “welcome home” committee looks like, too. From 2009 Photobook From 2009 Photobook
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