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Over the last few days, there's been all sorts of hubbub about the latest lunar eclipse, and while I was fascinated by this celestial event, I knew ultimately it would be a waste of time to get overly invested in it. I mean, the odds of witnessing any sort of intergalactic spectacle were firmly against me. Not only is light-polluted Los Angeles like the worst city ever for astronomy, but there'd been cloud cover all day long. And even if it were a perfectly clear night, chances were that I'd have to go out onto my roof or something to see the stupid eclipse, and we all knew that wasn't about to happen. I live a very sedentary lifestyle. If I'm gonna get up from my chair, it's gonna be for a solar eclipse, not some lame-ass lunar bullshizz. Sorry, but I'll just have catch the show next time it's in town three years from now.

WELL, imagine my surprise this evening when I happened to look out my window and see there — in plain sight — the moon slowly entering a world of shadowy darkness. I mean, it's not a shock that the moon was highly visible. After all, that kind of is it's whole "thing." But what was a shock was that I could watch the whole thing from the comfort of my desk chair. That's right. I didn't even have to move my damn ass to witness tonight's lunar eclipse. It's almost as if the moon goddess herself had said to me, "You know what, B-Side? You just sit right there, and I'll bring this to you. No, honestly, I don't mind. Sit there. Seriously, sit there. Do not get up! DO NOT!" Okay, so the goddess Diana is a bit wordy and servile in my mind, but that's beside the point. What I'm trying to say is that despite my expectations to the contrary, I got to see the lunar eclipse in all its (kinda anticlimactic) glory. Some grainy pictures after the jump.