how 'bout a little more baclava?

[timeripple]

Whee! Icon fun! Who knew Appleworks wasn't entirely useless? Robert Vavra is a photography god.

I am now (sorta kinda) officially a Classical Civilization major. My first act as such was, predictably, to attend a lecture on string theory. I only understood about 20% of what was said, but I figure that, given my background in physics, that was pretty impressive. As Rebecca said afterward, there were definitely some Flatland moments. I love that book! However, as I stupidly forgot to bring my ruler and there are none to be found in my beloved Science Center, I must adjourn the LJ-fun and attempt to draw straight lines so that my Bio lab notebook doesn't look like a complete mess. Pretty, pretty sea urchin pictures! More sea urchin fun tomorrow as well. I found some beautiful photos I though I'd lost - gorgeous pluteus larvae. I know most of you aren't Bio people. It's okay.

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[kayselkiemoon.livejournal.com]

I am now (sorta kinda) officially a Classical Civilization major

*cheers*

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[timeripple.livejournal.com]

*cheers*

*grin* Thanks! Now we just have to see whether people in the CLCV department are smart enough to sign the form with a ballpoint pen rather than the other kind. ;)

[satakieli.livejournal.com]

oooh! I like your new icons. I can't read one of them, but then I'm bad at reading small scripty fonts on picture backgrounds. And it's pretty. :-)

*chuckle* and if you understood 20% of that talk, you were probably ahead of me. Normal modes of vibration and following along when she was doing taxonomic stuff on elementary particles was about as far as I got. There was oodles of mathy stuff that I've simply never heard mentioned before... and that's only the start. But it was fun, wasn't it! Diving over one's head frequently is, don't you find?

And cheers for clcv and being a legitimate declared person.

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[timeripple.livejournal.com]

if you understood 20% of that talk, you were probably ahead of me. Normal modes of vibration and following along when she was doing taxonomic stuff on elementary particles was about as far as I got.

*grin* Well, maybe 20% was pushing it a bit. But I've read about most of the quantum mechanics stuff she talked about (quarks, gluons, antiparticles), not necessarily remembering specific relationships but getting the general idea, and I've been obsessed with dimensions for six years. I also read something Stephen Hawking wrote about the strong force, weak force, the EM force, and gravity all being related via the idea that they're all different aspects of one unifying force (presumably one in some fancy dimension that, because of cool Flatland stuff, you and I can talk about but not visualize). I don't remember who exactly came up with that idea, but it was in one of his books. I love that stuff! And I love Flatland. Dude, that book is pretty much the sole reason I stuck with math as long as I did.

I like your new icons.

Thanks! It just goes to show what you can do with some determination and a non-squeamish attitude toward putting word-processing programs to cruel and unnatural uses.