Dennishimus and Sothis with side of Tarot Omeletes.

[jackshoegazer]

Going to bed in the wee hours again, but this time, I don't have poems to regale you with. I've been editing, and I am basically complete. This is the crap-editing I hate, which is purely grammatical, and not even that fun, but merely checking for consistency with punctuation and footnotes. The fun part is that we're adding a bunch of footnotes covering some of the more (fictional and non-fictional) esoteric aspects of the book. For instance, here is the footnote for Sothis:

Sothis – The star Sirius, known as the Dog Star; a star in the constellation Canis Major, the brightest star in the sky, approximately 8.6 light-years distant from Earth. Sothis rose with the Nile flood and was also associated with epidemics. Sothis was thus a destructive and greatly feared goddess, an Egyptian equivalent of Kali. Iachen was said to be an Egyptian magician who 'tamed' the power of Sirius and transformed it into a life giving power (just as the flood fertilized the land of Egypt with fresh Nile mud.) When he died he became the centre of a cult which kept a flame burning on his altar. When Sirius rose the priests of Iachen entered the streets with torches lit from the altar, in order to channel the power of Sirius and heal any diseases unleashed by it.

And here is the footnote about the Trans-O-Matic:

The Trans-O-Matic is a home teleportation device invented by the late Dr. Dennishimus Fringleman of Reading, England. It operates by voicing a KeyWord, much like a telephone number, for one’s destination. The teleportee is then phased into quantum particles and instantly re-manifested in the destination Trans-O-Matic. Precise enunciation is paramount, as it is quite embarrassing to suddenly appear where you aren’t welcome. Trans-O-Matic Caller ID became mandatory by order of Congress after Cincinnati resident Bill Torgas drunkenly slurred the KeyWord for his sister’s house and found himself in the Trans-O-Matic aboard AirForceOne. The Trans-O-Matic made a revolution in transportation, practically bankrupting the airline industry and made the late Dr. Fringleman an overnight celebrity. He is survived by his three children Casius, Ashanti, and Wayne, who are all, ironically, pilots.

There are tons more and I will be quite happy when they are done. Otherwise my day was spent making armor plating for Ethan's HALO-inspired space-marine costume and cooking omelets for dinner.

Oh, and my friend Gina, whose pagan wedding I missed because of my lightning strike, is designing and painting a tarot deck which she plans to get published and she wants me to collaborate on the accompanying book for the cards. I'm super-excited to have another writing project to look forward too and it's quite the 'coincidence' that this comes up just as I've pretty much decided to move to Madison. (She lives in Madison. She and her hubby Craig are two of my best friends from high school who I rarely get to see due to the fact they've been living in Milwaukee and now Madison for years and years.)

Rockin'.

Comments

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, that's really interesting about the dog-star being associated with floods AND epidemics in Egypt, because I just saw a talk on climate change and disease that had a segment on flooding and water-born or water-related diseases (cholera, malaria, etc). So it makes perfect sense that when the Nile flooded a lot of disease from livestock made its way into more populated regions, and the resultant standing pools would have been breeding grounds for mosquitos and other vectors. Cool.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Icky! And just imagine what's going on in Louisiana now. (And imagine what Florida's going to be like after this next biggun.)

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Most diseases come from livestock (the reason why the native north and south americans were so poorly disposed to the European diseases- they had no livestock, and so hadn't been exposed to build up tolerance and immunity). They always sort of skitter around the issue on the news, saying "drinking water contamination" which makes it sound like it's an oil slick, or chemicals, or just plain dirt. It's really all those dead bodies.

What really concerns me is the bird flu bit. That epidemic could hit this year, in five years, in a hundred- no one knows. They just know that we'll have an epidemic at SOME point again, and that it'll likely be just as bad as the one in the early 20th century.

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

omg like jeremy in madison, it would be ROCKIN

there's a duplex for rent near my house, you should move in there and then i can come over and borrow a cup of sugar. but they're no pets, so probably not.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

No pets = no chance.

We also have to be somewhere where the bus lines run pretty frequently past commuter hours. But don't worry, you'll be invited over like pretty much all the time. Ya'll are my only friends here, isn't it nice?

But seriously, I got to Vermont in ten days to get my kitchen table and dishes and happies, so in other words you'll be invited over for really somewhere closely following 11/9 (when we get back). Also- what do you do for Thanksgiving? I'm having Choogy up from Iowa, which is going to kick ass, for an LJ potluck. It's going to be farking kick-ass. You and Brian should come.

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

for thanksgiving i'm driving out to see family in south dakota. i'm going to be gone tues-friday of that week, and i have to work saturday. i don't work sunday, so i could get together then, otherwise it probably won't happen.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Boo! I demand you cancel immediately!

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

nope, i haven't seen my grandparents or my older brother in two years, you can SUCK IT! bahahahahahahhaha!



..........<3

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

i tried to do a little heart thing at the end and it won't let me. so picture for yourself a less than sign followed by the number 3

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

YAY for Thanksgiving! And I have off too!

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Yes, Dear, that's nice. Did I say YOU were invited? ;)

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes, Madison loves me so much, it breaks down my car to keep me there, so I will bow to the inevitable and move back there :)

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

woot! move near my house!