now THAT"S the kind of shite the nerd in me is impressed by. that literary science fiction is full of, and media sci-fi totally misses the point of.
A: Got new chanter reeds for my pipes today! B: Local strawberries are coming in! C: Saw a Kentucky Warbler this morning.
when i was his age no human had been beyond earth's atmosphere and my dad thought the moon was made of green cheese, or so he said. i mean making it be about personalities is nuts, anything, but the thing itself, what kennidy promised after sputnik, and nasa delivered, well i guess everything once done is taken for granted sooner or later. be nice to live long enough to see permanent colonies on mars be a thing taken for granted.