"because it's from outer space? what do you want from me?"

[rocknload]

This is the first time I've ever written a paper that's a whole page longer than the minimum specified requirements. Possibly because I got to speculate on the motivations of a carnivorous alien menace and include phrases like, "It's unfortunate that the scientifically motivated characters didn't get a chance to speculate more before they were killed and eaten."

It's possible I may be choosing the long line of work, here. Is there a line of work where you get to speculate about aliens? I'm totally there.

Edit: Though I may be ill-suited for science stuff, at least I didn't spent the entire class doodling about Dan the DNA Man and the wacky adventures of Mitosis and Meiosis. Unlike someone I know.

Also, I think I'm changing my schedule to take microbiology next semester. Holy crap, that topic drives me crazy. I must understand it.

Comments

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Very true. But that's stupid and I wish it hadn't happened!

[unicorn]

Okay! Though I did like the part where her head caught on fire. It's a good guide to behavior: never ask for all the knowledge in the universe. Ask for like. Half. Or "an amount such that my eyes will not explode."

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

I wonder what must be happening in the brain in order to light the eyes on fire.

Also, if this SEEKER OF ALL KNOWLEDGE chick had read, like, just one science fiction story in all of her seeking, I bet she would've known better than to ask for something as obviously doomed as all that.

[unicorn]

INSANE SCIFI THINGS

You'd think she'd have run across at least one mass-market paperback, with all the investigating of the occult and stuff...

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

LIKE WHAT. PEOPLE DON'T EXPLODE, GENERALLY.

Maybe they don't have those in Russia!

[unicorn]

I THINK YOU SHOULD WRITE ONE OF YOUR PAPERS ON THIS.

When mom gets home I will ask. Librarians know everything book-related.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IN HUMANS? IT MIGHT BE A SHORT PAPER.

Or they know where to find the information, at the very least!

[unicorn]

YOU COULD ARGUE THAT ALL SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION IS ALIEN-RELATED

Exactly. Though I'll probably forget.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

WHAT COULD I USE FOR SOURCES? THE X-FILES? I DO NOT KNOW THAT THAT WILL COUNT.

Just ask her, "How could a fanatical Russian scientist fail to stumble upon a single literary work of science fiction despite living smack in the middle of the fifties?"

[unicorn]

Make some up! I SHALL ASK.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

I have to cite sources and then show them to her. GOOD.