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July 2, 2003
time passes and it tells us what we’re left with / we become the things we do
things i have learned this week (and its only wednesday!)
1. there is a huge market of used scientific equipment out there. anything you can think of. well, almost anything, i doubt that you can get a plutonium enrichment system. but most things. so if you are looking for an scanning electron microscope for your den, i can point you in the right direction.
2. people are stupid. though i knew this, i am just being reminded big time. it is weird to me that many, many years ago someone woke up in the morning, and thought, mmmmm, i think i shall write a law banning a sexual act between two consenting adults. Who thinks about these things enough to make laws over them. it is amazing to me that many of the law have stood so long. (note: Illinois's was overturned in 1961 - so a long time before most, though then i think, dude, how could every state have enough
people with not enough to do to pass these laws.) it also bothers me that it is still not universal for everyone to be protected against discrimination (see: new wal-mart policies protect gay workers) as a women in a male dominated field, i haven't been discriminated against becuase i am female. people should be treated differently - but becuase they are individuals, not because they fit in a category. and definitely not discriminated against. i was going to write that everyone should be treated be same. but i need to be treated according to my personality. i need encouragement every so often. it falls under that category that some people operate under the assumption that they are fulfilling expectation unless told otherwise. i like to be assured that i am meeting expectations. that is how i am different.
anyways that was a random tangent. back to my angst. frist's stupid proposed amendment. jesus. why does he care? does he not have enough going on in his life? it is never going to pass. if for something strange reason it does, then i am sure that the supreme court will strike it down. it just doesn't make any sense to me. the government is suppose to protect. every job i can think of for the government can be placed into the catagory of protecting. but this is not protecting anyone. protecting people who want to marry each other from marrying each other? it makes no sense.
3. i have a habit at suceeding at what i thought i would fail at and failing at what i thought i would succeed at. maybe i just need to never have an expectations.
4. it happens.
5. check your z range. you never know when 20 nm is just too close.
6. look to the right. watch for bikers.
7. camp romances are the best (okay, this was also a reminder)
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Posted by christina at July 2, 2003 9:40 PM