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discovering greebling
Wednesday, May 3 2017
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This evening, the air turned cold and crisp to the point where I feared there would be a frost (thus affecting a number of outdoor plants). But the main one I brought inside was that black-eyed susan vine that keeps almost being killed by various forms of neglect (including frost and a lack of watering).
Throughout the day, I found myself watching online live performances of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I don't especially like their music, but there's something captivating in the onstage antics of their singer, Karen O. She's extremely ambiguous in appearance: either eye-avertingly ugly or gorgeous depending on the angle. She's also of indeterminate race (it turns out she has a Polish father and a Korean mother), and even her gender doesn't seem especially fixed.
This evening while reading about homemade models of light sabers (I know, dorkus!), I encountered a new word: "greeble." It means the fussy little functionless details added to objects to make them seem more technologically alien or complicated. Often greebles are added to models of space ships depicted in science fiction, but they can also be added to space suits, interiors, and, yes, small things like light sabers. One could even say that the paint texturing on the laboratory ceiling is a form of greebling, since the intention was to add visual complexity and texture but no related functionality.
Laboratory ceiling greebling, looking north. Click to enlarge.
Laboratory ceiling greebling, looking east. Click to enlarge.
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