Let's Get Weird

This is the world capitalists want to return to.

You know why? Because even when I was small, they would TELL me and my sister that they needed some privacy for a couple of hours so they could make love, and requested that we not bother them unless it was an emergency. And I would say, "Cool!" and give them a thumbs up and go back to playing with my legos.

Because my parents gave me age-appropriate sex ed and I knew that sex was a good and normal and healthy, yet private, part of their relationship. I didn't think it was wrong or gross or mysterious. It was just a thing that adults do when they're in love, and sometimes they do it to make babies but mostly they do it because it feels nice and is a way to express that they love each other.

Actually, I take back my original statement: once, in my late 20s or maybe early 30s, I was home for a holiday or something and overheard them having sex late at night. And I smiled and thought to myself that it was nice that the two of them were still in love and making love, because they were nearing their 80s and had been married for over 50 years. And then I put in headphones so I didn't have to hear it anymore.

It's probably already been spread around here enough already, but in case anyone's missed it; 7 hours after launch, commander Reid Wiseman, dealing with tech issues, uttered the generational quote "I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working."

After fixing the issues that were afflicting the onboard toilet, mission specialist Christina Koch (who has quickly become my favourite of the four) laughingly said “I’m the space plumber, I’m proud to call myself the space plumber.”

On Easter Sunday, the Artemis II crew hosted a makeshift egg hunt, by hiding packets of dehydrated scrambled eggs around their Orion capsule.

The way the crew always makes sure to make it very clear they're in space when doing interviews. From stuff like Wiseman just hanging out floating sideways on screen or Koch letting her hair loose so it can freely span out flowing around her.

While in transit, the crew decided to record a parody of those bad 80s sitcom intros where everyone turns and smiles at the camera.

When the crew reached the furthest point from Earth in the mission, they jokingly clambored over each other in an effort to get to the far side of the capsule, so that they could individually claim to be the furthest person from earth.

At the same time, on the ISS which was at the time on the other side of earth, the 7 astronauts onboard had a light-hearted race to the far side of the station, making jokes about being the furthest humans from Artemis.

On the way back to earth, NASA actually managed to establish an audio call between the crews of the ISS and Artemis II (where they shared the above info), and Koch called one member of the ISS crew, Jessica Meir, her "astro-sister" as the two of them previously spacewalker together in 2019. Meir then responded I'm so happy that we are back in space together, even if we are a few miles apart" (a few here being 230,000).

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen