Late night stuff

It’s nearly way past midnight, and I’m sitting wasting bandwidth watching NASA TV because something in me (probably the geek DNA) convinces me that watching a shuttle launch is worth it. I guess I do have an affinity to this stuff, having kept up an interest since being a junior. Little-known fact is that I tried to enroll to an astronaut training program while at university, along with various other pilot scholarships etc. NASA declined on account of my citizenry, which felt a little like a snub – it being the International Space Station and all.

Bygones. Having been following @Astro_127 (Astronaut Mark Polansky) for a few weeks, I’m now completely emotionally invested. I’ve been up and down the roller-coaster of preparations and cancelled launches… so I do hope it launches tonight. Attempt #5 I think.

Other news – it’s a heavy week as we prepare for the White Wall Web Mid-Year Conference this Friday. We’re out in Hermanus, and it should be a fun day. I’m also trying to readjust my life to accomodate cycling training, having madly accepted a challenge to do the Double Century (2 x 100… yes. 200+ kms) ride in November. Time to get a road bike…?

Updated: What lark. Launch aborted with 10 mins to go. I’ll try not to dwell on the vast proportion of my bandwidth cap which has just been abandoned. On the upside, I did have plenty of time to research my odds of contracting the H1N1 now-pandemic. Not too worried at this juncture. Just tired.