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It's been raining slushballs since sunset, though not very heavily. Just occasional ones, which is really odd.
Had to do some more research today for the diorama after realizing that I couldn't remember whether Maguire used silver shoes (as in Baum's original) or ruby slippers (as in the 1939 film) and it turns out he used both. The shoes were of silver but Glinda put an enchantment upon them to enable Nessarose (the original witch of the east) to walk as she was born a cripple. The charm caused them to glow red. So Maguire tied the two versions of the shoes together quite neatly.
Then I went on to look at Dorothy's arrival at Kiamo Ko (Elphaba's castle in the Vinkus) and found some details that should change the appearance of my scene. The castle is of black stone, unlike the yellow limestone of the MGM movie. Dorothy arrives in the company of only the Cowardly Lion, so I don't have to make the Scarecrow or the Tin Man after all. But she is met at the gates by Chistery, a flying monkey. So I really should create a flying monkey. Pulled some materials out of the recycling at work and I expect to get this thing done tomorrow afternoon.
Had a major "D'oh" experience this morning when I finally realized how to stay connected to IRC while moving from one location or machine to another. I've used the 'screen' utility program in Linux for years without ever catching on to the power of its 'detach' command. That lets you maintain a session and preserve the screen display, capturing any additional activity, while you logout and later log back in from somewhere else and reconnect to the screen. This was a standard feature of old VMS software, but I never realized I could easily do it in Linux as well. And it works.
Had to do some more research today for the diorama after realizing that I couldn't remember whether Maguire used silver shoes (as in Baum's original) or ruby slippers (as in the 1939 film) and it turns out he used both. The shoes were of silver but Glinda put an enchantment upon them to enable Nessarose (the original witch of the east) to walk as she was born a cripple. The charm caused them to glow red. So Maguire tied the two versions of the shoes together quite neatly.
Then I went on to look at Dorothy's arrival at Kiamo Ko (Elphaba's castle in the Vinkus) and found some details that should change the appearance of my scene. The castle is of black stone, unlike the yellow limestone of the MGM movie. Dorothy arrives in the company of only the Cowardly Lion, so I don't have to make the Scarecrow or the Tin Man after all. But she is met at the gates by Chistery, a flying monkey. So I really should create a flying monkey. Pulled some materials out of the recycling at work and I expect to get this thing done tomorrow afternoon.
Had a major "D'oh" experience this morning when I finally realized how to stay connected to IRC while moving from one location or machine to another. I've used the 'screen' utility program in Linux for years without ever catching on to the power of its 'detach' command. That lets you maintain a session and preserve the screen display, capturing any additional activity, while you logout and later log back in from somewhere else and reconnect to the screen. This was a standard feature of old VMS software, but I never realized I could easily do it in Linux as well. And it works.
