3. screenplay (8,311 words)

(a) friday fun
just before lunch i emailed 844 words of new screenplay to moriarty. most of it i wrote last week. but i did write some of it today.

it is a top secret mission, so it is not much fun for you. but here is a taster of today's action.

Lionel virtually leaps out of the office, a spring in his step, dragging the camping equipment along with him. Karen and Nina stare at his back.

so far we've written 8,311 words. which is not a bad start!
it is a really silly screenplay.

(b) creedz talks canopus
my friend creedon has informed me that the star i so painstakingly detailed in 1. diagram of a cloud is a star called canopus! how do people know this stuff?! here is some really interesting stuff dr. creedz has to say on the matter:

"You gave the time of night when you said 'it was getting dark', and I used Google StreetView to find out which one of your neighbours had the chimney and antenna so that let me know it was east. Then I used the free observatory software Stellarium to check out what you would have seen at that time and in that direction!

Around sunset looking east there's only really two bright stars and the other one (Rigel) was a bit low on the horizon. Plus Canopus is the second brightest star in the sky so I figured that would have made it noticable enough to draw about. The brightest star doesn't rise til about 10pm."

isn't that awesome? guys, science is really cool! also i am glad i do not need to take exams on it

have a lovely weekend! i will be "away from computer."

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