September 2011
August 2011
weird
school is making me angry at the world
annotations or 55 questions
choose one
why both.
bio test.
not going to 3rd hour, yippee.
love love loooooove your icon and your face <3
you are so sweet haha. dat made me happy. I hope you are doing well this year.
“Once upon a time, we really loved each other, but as time went by, there just got to be all these things, little things, stupid things, that were left unsaid. And all these things that were left unsaid piled up, like the clutter in our storage room. And after awhile, there was so much that was left unsaid, that we barely said anything at all.”
—Little Manhattan (via lostinthesounds)
“Wounding and healing are not opposites. They’re part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to find other people or to even know they’re alone with an illness. I think I have served people perfectly with parts of myself I used to be ashamed of.”
—Rachel Naomi Remen (via lostinthesounds)
Why?!
- SARAH: Daddy, were you in the shower?
- DAD: Yes, I was in the shower.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: I was dirty. The shower gets me clean.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Why does the shower get me clean?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: Because the water washes the dirt away when I use soap.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Why do I use soap?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: Because the soap grabs the dirt and lets the water wash it off.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Why does the soap grab the dirt?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: Because soap is a surfactant.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Why is soap a surfactant?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: That is an EXCELLENT question. Soap is a surfactant because it forms water-soluble micelles that trap the otherwise insoluble dirt and oil particles.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Why does soap form micelles?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: Soap molecules are long chains with a polar, hydrophilic head and a non-polar, hydrophobic tail. Can you say ‘hydrophilic’?
- SARAH: Aidrofawwic
- DAD: And can you say ‘hydrophobic’?
- SARAH: Aidrofawwic
- DAD: Excellent! The word ‘hydrophobic’ means that it avoids water.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Why does it mean that?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: It’s Greek! ‘Hydro’ means water and ‘phobic’ means ‘fear of’. ‘Phobos’ is fear. So ‘hydrophobic’ means ‘afraid of water’.
- SARAH: Like a monster?
- DAD: You mean, like being afraid of a monster?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: A scary monster, sure. If you were afraid of a monster, a Greek person would say you were gorgophobic.
- (pause)
- SARAH: (rolls her eyes) I thought we were talking about soap.
- DAD: We are talking about soap.
- (longish pause)
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Why do the molecules have a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: Because the C-O bonds in the head are highly polar, and the C-H bonds in the tail are effectively non-polar.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Because while carbon and hydrogen have almost the same electronegativity, oxygen is far more electronegative, thereby polarizing the C-O bonds.
- SARAH: Why?
- DAD: Why is oxygen more electronegative than carbon and hydrogen?
- SARAH: Yes.
- DAD: That’s complicated. There are different answers to that question, depending on whether you’re talking about the Pauling or Mulliken electronegativity scales. The Pauling scale is based on homo- versus heteronuclear bond strength differences, while the Mulliken scale is based on the atomic properties of electron affinity and ionization energy. But it really all comes down to effective nuclear charge. The valence electrons in an oxygen atom have a lower energy than those of a carbon atom, and electrons shared between them are held more tightly to the oxygen, because electrons in an oxygen atom experience a greater nuclear charge and therefore a stronger attraction to the atomic nucleus! Cool, huh?
- (pause)
- SARAH: I don’t get it.
- DAD: That’s OK. Neither do most of my students.
lolz
why do my parents discourage me from doing ambitious things
“But let’s not worry! It’s too late now. It will always be too late. Fortunately!”
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confused as to what this week will bring. it is actually completely unpredictable.
what a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person
not necessarily true.
sometimes the excess of meaning we give is a good thing.
ah the world is so unfair
“Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke (via slysympathy)
Listen
I LOVE THIS VERSION SO MUCH.
“People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey…stuff.”
—
so much beauty it could make you cry
Boats and Birds
Gregory and the Hawk
And you can sky-rocket away from me
And never come back if you find another galaxy
Far from here with more room to fly
Just leave me your stardust to remember you by
The Adventure
Angels and Airwaves
I love this song.
Boy Meets World - my favorite love quote of all time. →
1000notes.com
Shawn: You know, he used to tell me how wonderful you were, but guys always say great things about their girlfriends until they break up. That’s when the truth comes out. You know, I’ve waited 15 years to find out what he really thinks about you. Do you wanna know what he thinks about you now that you’ve broken up?
Topanga: No. Shawn, I don’t wanna talk about him.
Shawn: Now that you’ve broken up, he still tells me how wonderful you are.
