i missed the perseid meteor shower last year, sadly, due to thick clouds across the sky. i was determined to catch them this year — it’s only fair, being named after a comet, that i should get to watch particles of comet tail hit the sky — but i somehow completely forgot all about it until yesterday afternoon. time for a crafty plan. peak hour was 3am, which means get home from work, nap for a few hours, wake up at 1-2am, and start the meteor fun, right?

wrong.

one of my best friends, joshua, was having his birthday party at the copa. obviously, i couldn’t miss it. i was worried i wouldn’t be able to stay up late enough if i didn’t sleep first and decided that i could pull off a quick 2-3 hour nap, go to the copa until 2am, then head out to find a prime meteor watching spot.

nope.

i tried, in absolute vain, to fall asleep at 7pm. i couldn’t drift off, so i turned on a movie. i got too interested in the movie, so i turned the sound down. then i turned it on again. i got up and walked around. then i started another movie. this cycle went on until i finally fell asleep around 11pm.

i pulled myself out of bed around midnight. and, let me tell you, sleeping seemed far more interesting than meteors at that point. we loaded up, hit the copa until just after 2am, then headed out northeast of okc until there were no signs of house or street lights. we set up in an empty field and watched dozens of meteors try to turn into meteorites until just after 3am, when the cloud covering the moon started to dissipate. the moonlight was far too bright to catch anything after that, so we packed it up for home.

oddly enough, i’m not sleepy at all today. and, in case i need to point this out, i was absolutely thrilled to get the few shots i did.

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