A Wednesday Bulletin

Name

The new cat has a name. He’s Mario. My mom named him. I think because in her dreams he climbed down sewage pipes and ate mushrooms.

Messed Up

I think I messed up my math paper yesterday, but I’m not too concerned about it. Butter fingers and all that.

Yay

My 30th birthday book (that’s my deadline) looks a little more concrete now, because I have a slightly clearer idea of what I want to do with it. Of course it’s quite a few years off, and I still have Bukit Merah before that (at least), so no hurry. Still, a nice optimistic note on a Tuesday that was rather exhausting.

Finished

I finished Your Inner Fish yesterday. I think I’ll post up thoughts on it later. I’m now choosing between Oscar Wao and Boxwood. I want to do Murakami’s Wind-Up Bird, but it’s so long, and I don’t quite feel like it yet.

New TARDIS

Apparently, BBC has given the go-ahead for a redesign of the current TARDIS, which I actually quite like. [via Mirror.co.uk] I’m intrigued by this hi-tech and intricate description they’re giving it, and not entirely sure. But well, I suppose in taking over a show, it’s only proper to distance yourself from your predecessor, and I have complete and currently unshakeable faith in Mr. Moffat.

Busy

All right, that’s all I can write about for now. Busy times, these.

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Happy Square Root Day

Ah, my sister just informed me of Square Root Day, so Happy Square Root Day, everyone.

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Tuesday Photo: crowd of colours

Merlion Monday

Struck By Lightning

It’s been ridiculously rainy in the past week or two, but it’s only been in the last couple of days that I’ve been seeing flashes of lightning. While the weather doesn’t bode well for the stray cats outside of my place, we another… more unusual casualty during the weekend. It seems that the Merlion was struck by lightning on Saturday (I think) and lost a bit of his/her/its head. I suppose the bizarre portmanteau of an animal (I always think of it as something that came off of the island of Doctor Moreau) had offended nature in some way so… there you go, I guess. I’m sure they’ll patch up the creature in no time.

This does play nicely into a story I was planning, however. It had something to do with the Merlion, and I didn’t think of lightning, but now that that’s happened, I guess it’s something that works brilliantly, so pardon me if I cannibalise a bit of reality in that particular short story. Thats on the back-burner though, so it won’t be showing up any time soon.

I snipped off the article describing the incident from the papers. One for the kids, I suppose.

Though I do sometimes wonder what people think of the Merlion, both Singaporeans and non-Singaporeans. I’ve seen poems that extol it and poems that criticise it. I’ve heard amused opinions and not-so-amused ones too. All very different, and that’s why I wonder.

The Hazards Of Love Pre-order

The Decemberists’ new album, The Hazards Of Love, is available for pre-order. [via The Decemberists' Shop] No rush. You’ve missed the signed copies. (I always do, unfortunately.) I got mine with the ‘The Rake’ tee. (I’m sure that isn’t the right way to say it but just putting two ‘the’s together feels inexplicably amusing. I think I need sleep.)

The Rake’s Song is the only song I’ve heard (not being able to attend any concert and all that) and on the basis of that alone it sounds like it’ll be a great album. It’s nice to have him on a t-shirt too, that unforgiveable sod of a man, and the Carson Ellis artwork is great as ever.

Calendar Reminder

O, it’s March. Flip your calendars, people.

Not Unless…

The Space Game is a space variation of tower defence that’s really rather fun. [via The Casual Collective] I first saw it over at Kotaku. [via Kotaku] Don’t go there if you haven’t got time to waste, though.

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