April 4th 2006 (Sorry no clever title. My head hurts too much to think of one)

[puppetmaker]

When I woke up it was raining. Now it is sunny but there is a dark band of clouds moving across the sky. They say we may be getting some snow tonight. The wind is pretty strong this morning. The sky really does look interesting. I have to keep looking at the calendar to remind myself that it is April. Of course we did have a snow storm in April a couple of years ago. I am hoping that we are not going to pop from Winter to Summer again. I want my Spring weather.

I spent part of yesterday going through a number of my puppetry books. I have an idea for either a marionette or a rod puppet but I am still trying to figure out which it is going to be. I need to go to the fabric store and just meditate on the fabric. I can lose myself among the patterns. It is a good day to sit down and plan things out if I can get rid of the sinus headache that is hovering behind my left eyeball making me want to remove the eyeball to see if that does something about the pressure.

Tomorrow at 1:02:03Am and PM something interesting is going to happen if you go by American Calendars. It will be 1:02:03 on 04/05/06. For one second it will all line up. For the British this non-event will be happening on the 4th of May. My father pointed out that of course this year on June 6th it will be 06/06/06. I love doing silly things with numbers. Math has always made sense to me. And yes I was one of those strange people who loved calculus.

I am grateful for my love of numbers.

Comments

[budgie-uk.livejournal.com]

I like your father already. Completely missed the 06/06/06 approach.

I have a book at home full of mathematical oddities and tricks, like how to make 1,000 with eight 8's. (888 + 88 + 8+ 8 + 8) and how to make the numbers one to twenty using five 2's. (2 - 2 + 2 - 2/2 = 1, (2 x 2)^2 - 2 - 2 = 12, etc.)