http://skylarmarvin.com Skylar's Life Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:28:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night went out to observe what was left of the yearly Perseids meteor shower. It was a beautiful night and the sky was ablaze with stars. We would have gone out the night before during the peak of the shower, but unfortunately Corvallis was socked in. ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2009/08/14/perseids/ Well, more than 7 months after my first post, perhaps it is time to update a bit on things that i have accomplished from that original list. I'm just gonna list things that i did do, and not worry about the rest, some of those things were pretty long ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2009/08/02/remembering-fallout-3-and-my-list-of-goals/ I suppose I haven't felt the desire to share. :).  I guess i figure that a blog  is for fun, not for work, and if i don't feel like i have anything that i want put out there... then nothing gets put out there. Sooo, basic update: Moved to Corvallis, signed up ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2009/07/31/whats-new-pussy-cat/ Sigh, three long and wonderful months since I posted. Been out of Ukraine for a month and half already. My bad. The real kicker that kinda stopped the posting was when I was in Ukraine, my laptop hard drive died on me. Had to start from ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2009/05/04/3-long-months/ Well, made some headway towards another one of those goals from oh so long ago.  Though i have not yet found that perfect design to submit for competition on cameesa, with oksana's help i have started a tshirt shope on cafepress.com.  Yes that's right! if you have ever wanted a ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2009/02/08/wanna-buy-a-tshirt/ slova = word yezik = language/tongue rooski = Russian angle-inski = English zalstra = tomorrow sputnik = satellite! Moosar = garbage Meeyasa = meat (try not to mix up with garbage) ootra = morning dien = day krasnay = red vecher = evening noche = night snieg = snow chetayoo = I read shetayoo = I count gavaryoo = I speak horrowshow = good/well plo-ha = bad loobloo = ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2009/01/24/good-russian-words-to-know/ Funny how some days one feels the creative spark, and some days not. Quote from the Indian to Dustin Hoffman in "Little Big Man" after the Indian comes back down the mountain, "Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't." The night sky hasn't been affording me much to ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2009/01/07/things/ Its been a little while since that last post. I guess i am already getting to that point where i gotta push through if I wanna keep this blog thing up. ehhh, but i got nothing prepared right this second. week has been blah, nothing too important. ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2008/12/22/videos/ Yay snow! It snowed Friday night, stuck through Saturday, and is still on the ground as of now, Sunday night. I feel kind of sad, because I really don't feel the same fascination with it from when I was kid. Its exciting, but its also cold, wet, ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2008/12/14/snow/ The Stars twinkle eternal. Always there, night and day, clear weather or socked in. I guess when something is always there, it gets taken for granted. Part of the joy of being back in Oregon has been the dark starry nights. Out in the woods, on ... http://skylarmarvin.com/2008/12/12/the-stars-are-beautiful-tonight/