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...of course, having said that...
...I just got 89% in the assessment that covers igneous and metamorphic rocks, with not a single incorrect answer (just a few missing details).
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Mistress of indecision
I'm enjoying this Evolution course so darn much. Did I make a mistake choosing geology? Should I have gone for biology after all?
...and if I had, would I even now be going 'I hate cell biology and biochemistry so darn much, I should have chosen geology'?
It's becoming clear to me that however much I'm interested in the processes of hard rock ( ( Read more... ) -
I suspect this TMA of having been set by a Pratchett fan.
I rather enjoy figuring out the geological history of an area from the geological map. But trying to figure out whether the Ramkin Basalt Dyke predates the Dearheart Basalt is just a little bit surreal ( Read more... ) -
Warning: may bite.
Today I have mostly been dealing with the fact that my employers need at least two technical writers, and only have one. I am keenly aware of the things that are not getting done, I'm worried that my boss will look at me all reproachfully and Be Serious at me, and I'm simultaneously drowning just trying to keep up with the changes development have ( Read more... ) -
Oh for flip's sake, biologists!
Apomorphies, synapomorphies, symplesiomorphies... cladograms, phylograms, phylogenetic trees... monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic groupings...
Seriously, I'm on, like, chapter two of Futuyma's Evolution and I'm drowning in vocab like I'm doing languages rather than science. Especially since I've also just started the fossils section of ( Read more... ) -
Lo, I return covered in glory
I have now returned from the Company Day.
As part of this, every department had to make a video introducing every member. Being me, I got a bit bored one afternoon and decided to introduce myself as 'the very model of a modern author technical' (with some truly appalling acts of butchery of the English language).
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Further deviant pastimes...
I have now written 11,000 words of Lifeblood-Zeitgeist crossover porn. I am unashamed.
...I am also not posting it to my LJ. If you're curious, email me :)
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The showing of the freezers....
My parents have three freezers. They are all full. And that's without looking too closely at the two fridges and all the shelves of non-chilled ingredients in the garage.
I am being sent home with a coolbox of frozen cake and home-made ready meals purely to clear them some storage space.
I am considering whether randomly rocking up one of these ( Read more... ) -
Deviant pastimes
Writing crossover RP porn is way more fun than I had expected.
"So," she said. "You know what I am, I know what you are. We're alone together in the middle of fucking nowhere and I'm betting you don't trust me any more than I trust you. So since neither of us is going to sleep I reckon that leaves poker or sex. And I didn't bring any cards."
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Say cheese...
Hmm, that Red Devil (Red Leicester with chilli and crushed black pepper) is... perky.
Now, do I let myself be swayed by how nice that last slice tasted, or by how much my tongue now hurts?