General Discussion Thread

[kjeks]

Awwww no! *bops swearing person on the face* I would love some cold weather the veranda is too hot to walk on barefoot, and my boots are black and were left in the sun so it was like having to choose the lesser of two evils when I went out to hang up laundry. At least it will dry super fast....

awwww. Maybe Eich will be able to invent a machine with which we could send each other weather conditions for the perfect temperature mix. that would be soooo nice.

[Piney]

awwww. Maybe Eich will be able to invent a machine with which we could send each other weather conditions for the perfect temperature mix. that would be soooo nice.

Anyone somewhere where it's ~70°F?  24° is unpleasant.

[kjeks]

Anyone somewhere where it's ~70°F?  24° is unpleasant.

I can offer 33 °F?

[StellersJayC]

Anyone somewhere where it's ~70°F?  24° is unpleasant.

I would offer our 45°F but I'm actually pretty happy with it and it's not exactly what you're looking for.

[Piney]

I can offer 33 °F?

I would offer our 45°F but I'm actually pretty happy with it and it's not exactly what you're looking for.

Still too cold! It'll actually get up to 45° here tomorrow, I believe. Maybe I should lower the request to 60°F...?

[asdasdasd2]

Will 39.5 do?

[Piney]

Will 39.5 do?

For now, a blanket will do just fine.  I hardly leave the house anyway.

[OrigamiOwl]

For now, a blanket will do just fine.  I hardly leave the house anyway.

I have 35°C? (..95°F?) You want it? You WANT IT? *heat crazed eye twitching*

[Piney]

I have 35°C? (..95°F?) You want it? You WANT IT? *heat crazed eye twitching*

I... uh... no thank you? Or rather should I say - would you like my -3°C? I'd gladly give it to you.

[OrigamiOwl]

I... uh... no thank you? Or rather should I say - would you like my -3°C? I'd gladly give it to you.

I would love some minus temperatures right now ;_____; but it would be bad for crops I'll have to enduuuure~ *soap-opera dramatics*

[Piney]

I would love some minus temperatures right now ;_____; but it would be bad for crops I'll have to enduuuure~ *soap-opera dramatics*

Well... at least it's not above 100°F! That's close to actual hell.

[ThisCat]

We're stuck at just above freezing. Still cold, but wet. Anyone have any negative degrees for me? I want snow.

[OrigamiOwl]

I saw one of the biggest funnel web spiders I have ever seen today: it was jauntily zigzagging upside-down across its web at the speed of light inches above my head, resulting in a silent-Eich-scream and stooped retreat from me, which is odd because I was practically covered in tiny spiders this morning and was totally cool with it. What changed O__O

Also! Random: Whilst reading about the rules of my degree, I think I might be able to squish in a third minor! Maybe.
Maybe I can quietly do the units, and then if I don't pull an Emil-fail and pass, I'll get them listed as a minor. *thoughtful face* then my degree will sound even more random and useless!! and expensive X'D Yeah!
*cries*
I finally filled in a scary hospital form yesterday too, (Yay! Achievement!) which made me realise that I have sadly not yet gotten over the dumb fear of general anaesthetic OAO


How's everyone going with their new academic year?

[ThisCat]

How's everyone going with their new academic year?

It's... alright. We start each semester here with one month of only one subject, so I'm doing molecular genetics and nothing but molecular genetics. It's pretty fun sometimes, but also complicated and slightly boring, and one of our lecturers is old and forgetful and makes a whole bunch of dumb mistakes. I am also apparently very emotionally invested in proteins.

I forgot to tell you guys. I saw auroras a few days ago! Actual, glowing auroras! It's only the second time I've seen them that big. It was totally awesome. This is why I go out at night.

[OrigamiOwl]

It's... alright. We start each semester here with one month of only one subject, so I'm doing molecular genetics and nothing but molecular genetics. It's pretty fun sometimes, but also complicated and slightly boring, and one of our lecturers is old and forgetful and makes a whole bunch of dumb mistakes. I am also apparently very emotionally invested in proteins.

I forgot to tell you guys. I saw auroras a few days ago! Actual, glowing auroras! It's only the second time I've seen them that big. It was totally awesome. This is why I go out at night.

You can be emotionally invested in them if you want ;P I saw on a science show (much factual, very research ;P)  that emotional tears contain proteins that thicken the tears to make them easily visible on peoples faces because of some evolved primal instinct to pay attention to tears or...something...
That's...kinda related? Right? My head just did a brain-google of "emotions proteins science" and that was the lame-o search result...

Auroras!! Nice! :O