Octarine

[bloodyrosemccoy]

You know you’re a serious science fiction writer when you find yourself wondering how to look up just what trace impurities in a gemstone would give it an ultraviolet color—so it’d appear colorless to us but be brilliantly shaded to some other species with a different visible spectrum.

Yes, dudes, I take this stuff seriously.

Granted, this may stem from when I was a kid and I would try my damndest to imagine completely new colors. I don’t think it ever quite worked, but I sure did work at it. But it turns out it’s not for lack of wiring, so there’s still hope!

Comments

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

Lord only knows.

I heard "What are you, some kind of mutant?" a lot when I was growing up.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

*points* SHUN THE WEIRDO! SHUUUUUN!

Seriously, that's cool. Bet you could make a few bucks offering to get your head/DNA/whatever scanned.

[biomekanic.livejournal.com]

I've had an MRI of my brain, there was a pituitary tumor scare a few years back.

Actually, I'm due for another MRI, but no job = no insurance, and I don't have the several grand on hand to drop on one.

They didn't give me a copy of my results, when people say "What kind of sick mind would say that?" I wanted to offer graphic proof.
Bastids.