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Posted by alexandra_k on March 16, 2014, at 20:34:21
The red one. And the green one. The other ones... Are no good. I thought the purple one showed promise... I wanted to like the purple one... But it's no good.
I haven't tried the yellow one, admittedly. I never like orange. Strawberry? Just seems wrong. I tried a blue one... And it was as wrong as it sounds...
I do think my senses have gotten... More... Sensitive. Since quitting smoking. For better and worse. Jelly's great, though. Smooth if you are careful with it... And scrambled, otherwise. I think scrambling it brings out the flavor. Not that it has much more than a subtle scent, really. Like how those herbal teas always smell loads better than they taste. But at least jelly has texture.
I suppose I could add fruit to it. We used to get that when I was a kid... Big tins of jelly with peaches in it.
Yes. That's what I want. Only... The jelly was lemon, I believe. I might have to try it...
Since chemistry lab I've become really aware on how... Sticky water is. We haven't learned about hydrogen bonds yet or whatever but... Its really sticky. I wonder if that is why we were supposed to rinse things... So the measuring would be precise... So we wouldn't lose mm's because lots of it would get stuck. Dealing with small amounts of it... I never really noticed before.
Posted by alexandra_k on March 16, 2014, at 20:51:58
In reply to Jelly is food of the month, posted by alexandra_k on March 16, 2014, at 20:34:21
the pace picked up, today.
it is good, i think. when things move slower... my mind makes busy-work for itself. which does it no good. when things move faster... my mind is occupied and i find peace in knowing what i've got to be getting on with and mastery in getting it done.
starting to acquire enough chemistry vocabulary to do simple reactions... he's even moving through the pace faster in class... i will need to hunt out those lecture notes to make sure i'm getting the formula down correctly... a bit tricky at present because i'm not quite up to speed on the meanings, yet, so things are still looking a bit math-sy to me and copying a... bit map... is always a bit dodgey. especially since i'm trying to listen to his explanation at the same time...
it makes me laugh how lecturers do that. give us stuff to copy, expect us to parse / understand what we are copying, and listen to them prattle on about something a little different... all at the same time. uh huh.
a couple people walked out. and a few other people started playing with their phones (guess that means they probably won't be back). last day to drop was ... three days ago. hur.
i think onto orbital stuff now, which i have some background in, which is good. it will take some work to remember these reactions, i think...
i quite like this, though... and it is... magic, really. my friend said that... 'we (as in scientists) are the modern day magicians'. some of the stuff... adding two liquids and getting a solid etc... does look magical. i usually like potions in rpg's... chemistry... f*ck yeah.
Posted by alexandra_k on March 16, 2014, at 21:47:29
In reply to Jelly is food of the month, posted by alexandra_k on March 16, 2014, at 20:34:21
> So we wouldn't lose mm's because lots of it would get stuck.
hur. no. that would be cm3...
or something.
i wonder if i'll ever be competent at this stuff...
Posted by Partlycloudy on March 17, 2014, at 10:40:52
In reply to Jelly is food of the month, posted by alexandra_k on March 16, 2014, at 20:34:21
I spent a couple of school years as a kid eating jelly (jello over here) as lunch. Sometimes just licking my finger and sticking it into the packet. Downright psychedelic but very cost effective.
Posted by alexandra_k on March 18, 2014, at 1:47:34
In reply to Re: Jelly is food of the month, posted by Partlycloudy on March 17, 2014, at 10:40:52
yeah, i remember eating jelly crystals out of the pack as a kid. and then we discovered powdered fruit drink mix (containing no fruit). mostly sugar and some... citric acid or something... sherbet.
macaroni cheese is also working out quite well for me, right now. though... microwaved macaroni is just wrong... i've figured a magical blend of milk, tasty cheddar cheese, and powdered paprika... a little cornflower to thicken... a cup of peas... i must be a student, ha!
learning more about the overlapping year one (bio-med). the more i hear about it the less... appealing i find it. apparently there are too many people for the lecture theatre (the big one that seats around 1,000) so they have an overflow room. they have a security guard outside it. so people don't... trample each other too much trying to get in.
i don't like to be jostled. i don't like to be all squished up so the person next to me is flipping their hair in my face or so that i can smell the breath of the person one over. i like to sit in the same place... next to the wall, preferably, to minimise the people... so i can focus on... the lecturer as much as possible... since most people are incapable of shutting up and not fiddling.
so... that is that, really. that is sort of how i'm feeling about that. and i imagine labs where people are downright... obstructive wherever possible... and then i think about how the year is designed (really) for those private school kids who were made by their teachers (at their boarding school) or their parents to sit down and work each night... for them to be doing mostly revision... to give them a chance to adjust to university life... then just enough new stuff to do a bit of sorting... (thinking of people i knew who were opposed to private schooling until they had their second and they said they knew they simply needed to send him to the best school they could afford because otherwise he really didn't stand a chance).
there is this huge volunteering thing... go overseas... help build a school of recycled bottles or some such. of course they have to market it by saying you can engage in this and that recreational activity... of course they have to market it by saying you can earn credit towards your degree...
why market it?
why not sort by... assessing genuine altruistic tendencies.
?
i need to remember:
1) i would have gotten into the other place but they didn't have faith in my academics. i just need to focus on the academics. the rest will be fine.
2) i need to remain true to me. i don't want... at all costs. not at all.
3) i need to have faith that most of the grown-ups find the obnoxious little selfish prats to be totally obnoxious... (that the worst of it comes from insecurity anyway, and that many will grow out of their selfishness in time. actually... no... i honestly don't believe that to be true... that the most truly obnoxious are weeded out by interview).
either it will happen or... it won't. if i'm not a good fit then i guess it won't. i might be better suited to something more... academic. a bit more low key. there is a lot of... superficial stuff. like the volunteer 'opportunity' thing. how about sending the money mummy and daddy forked out for your airfares to people who know how to design wells and stuff? sigh. not that anybody is in it for the helping of others, actually...
chemistry is fun. must... remain... focused. the concepts are cool. we have a whole section on measurement etc later... and all will be explained... all that stuff that... i got it into my head was supposed to be prior knowledge for this course. it is next to impossible for people to understand (until they actually get to know me) that while i don't have any math i am actually really capable of learning it. not having any problems with counting protons or figuring out what is less negative or less positive and what that does to the numbers... balancing the equations... not yet, anyway... can simply see the answer... concepts are easy for me. i mean, i do need to work at them... but i love them. i love playing around with them in my mind... figuring them out... it is like getting a ball and you start playing with it and over time you can do more with it and stuff that was hard becomes easy... i like that. i guess it is only the maths people that actually try and trip you up with the math... the chemistry people try and trip you up with the actual chemistry... and even the physics people... well... i suppose i'll have to wait and see about that.
science is way different from arts... i don't understand how science justifies this one lecturer per couple thousand students deal. i simply don't understand it. or: why not give your teaching to your grad students. the lectures can be scripted. then one per (reasonable sized) class. i... simply don't understand.
Posted by alexandra_k on March 18, 2014, at 19:33:27
In reply to Re: Jelly is food of the month, posted by alexandra_k on March 18, 2014, at 1:47:34
but... that is the way it is done. and not just here... apparently it is normal for science. happens at melbourne and sydney etc, too.
partly it is about... many (many many many many) more people wanting to do science. i forget... philosophy attracts a very unusual type of person, indeed. most people are a bit more... uh... balanced. or something. thinking about what kind of job they might get etc. i guess science churns out lab technicians etc. that there is a huge industry out there. pharma. energy. whatever...
and universities are... have to... make money off the undergrads to give to the grads... that is just... part of it. and labs are expensive... you can't give your undergrads sugar solutions to play with forever... and there really isn't much of a point to discussion or question time, anyway. because really... you just need to sit yourself down and freaking go over and over and over it until it starts to make sense and starts to sink on in.
i seem to have lost my little friend. i wonder what became of her. i hope she is okay. maybe her friends gave her a hard time for hanging out with me so now i'll only see her in labs. i honestly hope that is it. that she isn't sick or not coming to class, i mean. though i'll admit... i do prefer to sit by myself. ideal: i have a bunch of friends and we all sit by ourself together. if that makes sense.
why do people clump instead of diffusing? i simply don't understand.
i'd say around 85-90% of people around here are... decent people. and probably 10% of the others are decent people, but insufferable nevertheless.
last tutorial went better... heaps... i was shown some stuff i didn't know / might not have discovered / found out in my own study... i think i helped others a bit... i found it stressful because i'm not used to working in a group environment like that. people chatting a little... mostly on task... a little off task - but interesting snippits... and it helps people kinda stay together in their progression through the worksheet.... nice bunch of people, actually. the guy... i think i thought he was insufferable before... he is very insecure... but smart. and pleasant, really. i think we are good study group, actually... about 8 of us... i need to tell them... out of a class of around 250... there are two study groups like us... and there could be a similar class of tuakana kids... we don't need to compete against each other... there are enough A's for all of us. lol.
jelly is starting to creep me out.
substitutions?
no to tapioca.
chocolate pudding?
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