Sparklies and Shinies

I am having a drought on Original Blog Thoughts, so until I come up with something profound to say, here is a jewelry meme I stole from xaandria.

What is your birthstone?
As I understand it, there are all sorts of different standards for birthstones, but the most common is sapphire. I’m assuming it’s blue sapphire.

Do you like your birthstone?
I do love corundum, but in all shades—check the username, after all.

In my first conlang I went on a jewel-naming kick* that featured corundum pretty heavily. I had a list of names for jewel colors. The idea was that the default terms of the jewels were corundum; but if you wanted to describe other jewels you’d use the corundum term as an adjective for another jewel—so that a green corundum is unure and green chrysoberyl is kisul unure. The idea was that the people considered corundum the default jewel.

( A SPARKLY! )

Quote of the Day, Alien Analogies Division

“So, basically, we have an omnipresent, omniscient mega-conscious being who’s a compulsive picker.”

 

Today’s quote brought to you by The Hive, who is just full of surprises.  And here you thought your picking was destructive. I don’t think the Band-Aids On All Ten Fingers or the Mittens trick are gonna work in this case.

 

I also really hope this is the only compulsion The Hive has.  Can you imagine an OCD hive mind?  “There must be exactly ten billion of me at all times, dammit!”

Yes, I may not be blogging, but I am writing!