Meteor Shower!

August 12th, 2013
So there was a meteor shower last night. Apparently, there's also one tonight, so that's exciting. :D But anyway, last night, I went outside and lay on our trampoline at about 10:30 while my family was still watching Gladiator. There was some cloud cover, so I didn't see any meteors, but I thought it was gorgeous. I didn't stay out there long, though, because I'm addicted to Facebook. But at around 11, when most of my family was outside, I went and joined them. Two were on the roof, which was apparently the better place to be because they saw about three meteors before us on the trampoline saw any. But that was okay, because I was busy making up a story with Nitrogen by each one adding one word. We didn't get very far on it before we were distracted, and so started another one, this time with Dad and Mom, and occasionally, Carbon and Potassium. I very much doubt I'll get it fully right, but I somehow remember this story fairly well.

     Once upon a time, there was a fat man who really wanted cake. But he couldn't have cake because he couldn't lose weight that way, so he decided to eat garlic while whistling a happy dirge.
     Suddenly, a giant spider smiled at his terrified companion. She leaped back and swiftly blew bubbles at him, then used her sword to stab the spider's eye. Unfortunately, no one knew the technique that could save the universe from definite destruction....

I lose it there. But yeah... that's how random it was. Anyway, while that story was being created, I believe I saw about three meteors, but I'm sure more than that passed by in that time. Oh, and Nitrogen let me hold his hand almost the whole time, so that was happy. :) Then I believe Meinerium and I made up a story together, during which time Dysprosium came out and Dad, Mom, Lanthanum, Potassium, and Argon went inside. Mine and Meinerium's story really made no sense at all, which is all I remember about it, so we started another one with Nitrogen which also only made sense in the very slightest, but it was still fun because it caused much laughter. :) Then I had the idea to make it so that we contributed sentences rather than one word each, and we got Dysprosium to join, so we told a story about a purple elephant and savage townspeople. After that story, we accidentally figured out how the Q came about. This particular story was really short, but Meinerium started it by introducing us to some astronauts in the depths of space that were observing a black hole, Nitrogen said they were eaten by the black hole and found themselves in a realm where time and space meant nothing, and I said that these astronauts later became known as the Q. I said my sentence very conclusively, so Dysprosium was kind of left with "the end", but we're all quite delighted that we finally discovered where the Q came from! :D I think we only told one or two stories after that, and then we went inside, at which point it was nearly one in the morning.

August 13th, 2013
Last night, I was more prepared. I wore knee socks as well as shoes ('cause last night I didn't have any shoes... I had socks, but it was still cold), plus I had cloth all up both my arms and even on my hands for sort of makeshift fingerless gloves. Oh, and a trench coat and my suuuuper long scarf that Dysprosium gave me. So I was all prepared for coldness and stuff. I went outside at nearly midnight and expected Vanadium, at least, to be out there. However, I quickly discovered that Dysprosium had gone on a walk and had took Vanadium with her. So I decided to take my Kindle outside since I was alone out there because I knew several of my friends in a group chat on Facebook were online, plus, my Kindle was actually fully charged! (That's a rarity at this stage.) When I got on Facebook, there were three Good Friends online, but not long after I'd gotten on, two left. So I talked to Jj until about two at which point Becca joined in! And then Becca's older brother joined for a little bit, sort of... and then Yuri joined in, and it was joyfulness for a while, and then we all went to bed. Despite having a Kindle in my face for a lot of the time, I saw twelve meteors! Oh, and around 1:30, I thought I heard a wildcat, but I think it was actually the neighbor's sprinklers turning on... at 1:30 in the morning. Seriously, though, not long after I heard a hissing noise that I thought was a mountain lion, I heard the neighbor's sprinklers going!
Okay, so I may not have seen a lot of meteors, but last night was my first time seeing the night sky from a roof that I remember... well, when I was about seven we would watch fireworks from my Uncle's roof, but still. It was beautiful! I loved looking at it sort of upside down, it was disorienting in a really neat way. Also, I didn't notice that the moon was somehow out of sight until one. I am so unobservant. :D Uuuum, so yeah, I stayed up far longer than I did last last night and didn't feel as tired by the time I went to bed. I must have been pretty fatigued though, 'cause my brain was really not working. I have witnesses! Anyway, I had a fabulous night. I don't think I'm gonna stay up that long any time soon, though. :)