Starry Time Podcast

Podcast Episode

Our final Pop Culture episode for season 2 (QUESTS AND CURSES)! of the podcast is now available!

Companion Post

Podcast Episode

Our Perseus in Pop Culture episode is live! Listen here:

Companion Post - Read on!

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Kit: Much like Jordan's Pop Culture favorite last constellation, this week I was LOCKED IN. How could it be anything but Perseus "Percy" Jackson?! A great MG-YA series featuring Greek myths!

Jordan: Straight out of the Kitchen with this choice -- the Perseus the pickleball racket! Do we know who Ben Johns is? No. Do we know if this is worth the $$$? No. Do we like the space theming and name? OF COURSE.

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Jordan: Jake Sully will never be Perseus... in other words Sam Worthington as Perseus in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans

Left Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Titans_(2010_film) Right Image: https://screenrant.com/how-jake-sully-became-a-navi-in-avatar/

Though, we both agreed that the practical effects of the 1981 original seemed enchanting! I mean... look at Medusa:

Kit: I loved the mission of this pick ("to make a full record of humanity, as intellectually accessible as possible, to every human being, regardless of linguistic or cultural background")... but why didn't they name it after the Muses or Hermes or... you know ANYONE else?!

Other Notable Perseuses (Persei??)

GTA Perseus Store -- we all know Perseus has *all* the gear, so this at least makes sense to us...

Perseus the Spy -- we saw the wiki and it seemed like a rabbit hole we weren't prepared for, but if you are, here you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_(spy)

Wished For

Jordan and I both wanted to redeem Perseus & give him a heroic task that was less problematic. Be sure to listen to the pod to find out what we wished we could do with the Perseus brand!

With Love,

Hello. Hi. Greetings!

Long time no post. We've been active over on Mastodon, so if you're inclined to visit us there, here's a link:

Or, I'll try to get better at popping over to say hi here!

Why I am suddenly back? Well, our most recent podcast episode on Lyra in Pop Culture seems to be cursed. We've recorded it twice and had fatal errors. Twice.

So, this week we'll do something a little different. I made a visual post of our Lyra: Pop Culture Superstar and recorded a shorter solo companion pod for the post.

Here's your audio guide:

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Jordan Favorite 1: Lyra Belacqua from His Dark Materials Trilogy

Sources: https://www.hbo.com/his-dark-materials/cast-and-crew/lyra-belacqua & https://www.philip-pullman.com/hdm

Kit Favorite 1: Lyra Veronica Esmeralda Taylor

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra_Taylor

Jordan Favorite 2: Lyrebird (Kit addendum: SCARY!)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird

Kit Favorite 2: She-Hulk (aka Lyra -- from an alternate future, daughter of Femizon (!!!) Thundra & Hulk)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She-Hulk_%28Lyra%29

Jordan Favorite 3: Lyra Dawnbringer

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Kit's Least Favorite: Lyra Health -- okay, okay. wait. I don't know anything about this health company, but I do know they provide mental health care which *is* broadly good. However, I dislike the "lyra" brand use here considering... well... Orpheus. Listen to the last episode of the podcast for more details: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lyra-myths-and-retconstellations/

Jordan's Least Favorite (prepare yourself for CONTROVERSY): Lyra Heartstring (although this was Jordan's least favorite, she agreed that this name was very good):

Source: https://mylittleponyyt.fandom.com/wiki/Lyra_Heart_Strings

Wished For

Kit's:

Lyra's Lyres and Other Stringed Instruments Shop (... i know, it's a lil lazy, BUT, my alternative was just the world "Lyracal," which I couldn't make into anything good...)

Jordan's: Lyra Video game -- think Guitar Hero (but with a Lyre) meets Zelda meets Hades. The ultimate prize?! Your LYRE in the night sky! Jordan had a very detailed storyline, which I'll try to tell yo more about on the pod (and if we ever recover the audio, we'll be sure to release it!).

All right, folks, let us know your fav, least favs, and what you wished existed in the Lyra-verse!

With Love,

Our first episode of season 2 is live! And also, eek, I forgot to post when Episode 12: Sagittarius & Episode 13: Ophiuchus came out 🙃

Anywho, you can listen to them all here or on your fav podcast streaming service (probably):

We've trying out a weekly, shorter-episode format for Season 2 -- and we're kicking things off with the Cosmic Background of the constellation Corona Australis.

In this episode, Jordan and I explore/discuss:

🤔 what this constellation looks like (or doesn't), 🗺️ where to find it ☀️ the brightest star (Bayer comin in HOT for Season 2) 💕 contact binaries, and more!

I'll try not to be so remiss in updates here -- and maybe start aggregating some pictures relevant to the pod here?! Idk sounds ambitious... 😅

Love,

Space Gym Saga: Finishing the Project?!

Hello again! I'm back this weekend to finish up the chronicles of Space Gym.

What is a "Space Gym," why did I want one, and how did I end up with the final product?

See Parts 1-3 here:

1) The why: https://www.tumblr.com/starrytimepod/705821030963363840/a-space-themed-gym-part-1?source=share

2) The research: https://www.tumblr.com/starrytimepod/706430877328146432/space-gym-the-saga-continues-research-and?source=share

3) The how (and how not): https://www.tumblr.com/starrytimepod/707069778267865088/space-gym-the-saga-continues-trial-error-and?source=share

Whew. It's a lot isn't it?

Here's how the wispy blue nebula evolved and came out.

After a little of this and little of that, and wary of possibly ruining my beautiful mural, I decided the mural was COMPLETE.

Could there be more stars? Sure. More details on the nebula? Of course. But this was better than I had ever imagined, and I was very proud of it.

So, I turned my attention to the rest of the walls.

Here is what the color of the walls in the other parts of the gym were like before Space Gym:

The previous owners loved that sponge paint method... why? idk.

I narrowed the colors down to these four, and we decided to go with the light blue.

Off to the hardware store I went to pick up the paint. It took a two coats, but I love how the blue turned out!

With the mural done, and the walls painted, it was finally time. Time for the JPL posters that started it all. BoP & I picked out six of the prints, and I got them printed. I ordered a set of six plastic fronted frames (after all, they were going in a gym). And here's how they looked once they arrived and I put them in frames:

At this point, BoP was like: Wow! Those look great! Maybe we *should* put them in the living room!!

And I was like:

And he was like:

But all was forgiven, because BoP agreed to help me hang the pictures in the Space Gym and to hang the mirrors.

And... here's how it all came together:

And now. The final reveal. Before and after!

Ultimately, I'm very happy with how things came out, and I enjoyed doing this project. Working out in Space Gym is a delight, and I hope you had fun following the journey.

Please let me know if you start your own Space Gym saga!

Love,