Rambling Post of Ramblingness

[caitri]

Shit weather today led to half an hour spent in the basement at work as a tornado came very close to campus. The emergency warnings led to some people saying, "Do we really need to go to the basement?" Um, the public areas have very large windows because this building was constructed before AC and so there is a LOT OF GLASS THAT CAN SPAGHETTIIZE YOU. YES WE'RE GOING TO THE FUCKING BASEMENT.

(Oh yeah, that's why I work in public services. Why do you ask?)

After that the day got better, although one of my students couldn't "find" her reading for class today--even though it's online, the url is in the syllabus, we showed where the link to it is on the class website last week.... I don't know. Kids. Oy.

Spent some time looking for Lord of the Rings fanzines and ILLing some stuff. I have a vague idea for a paper about Constructing Lothiriel since anyone who has to write her is basically creating an OFC and this fascinates me.

Anyhow, got the Heinlein bio and looking forward to that. Also finished Mockingjay which I'll review at length more later--I'm still chewing it over and now am toying with the idea of a Reboot/Hunger Games AU. IDEK.

Comments

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Yeah, seriously. I'm really glad the tornado watch expired early this evening too.

I was in a tornado when I was a kid and I've gotten twitchy about them ever since then. I was extra extra hyper today because of it. :/

[marthawells.livejournal.com]

I've never been in one, for which I'm really glad. A few years after I graduated, there was an ungodly huge one that touched down across the highway from the duplex I was living in. It was so big it looked like it was much closer. It went up and hovered over the university baseball stadium while a game was in progress, but fortunately left without touching down again. It was incredibly scary.

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Yeah they're scary as heck. I was maybe eight at the time, so what I remember is my mom sending me to the basement while she and my brother put the windows up (back when they told people to do that) through the house, and just this unholy sound of wind and pressure.

When it was safe there were trees down everywhere, and my swingset was wrapped around a tree that still stood. It was pretty incredible.

[marthawells.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. Hence I get nervous whenever there's a tornado watch/warning to this day. Not fun!