July 2009
15 posts
Scientist
Me: My friend wants to be a world-renowned scientist! I think this is great. We need another highly visible scientist of some kind to get out there in case Stephen Hawking dies. It's important to be able to put a face to the field, you know what I mean? Anyhow, she's not good at studying, and doesn't have the right undergrad degree for going into any scientific fields, and she's broke. It sounds like a good underdog story to me - she might have a sudden epiphany and realize she's been a scientist all along, just in ways she didn't know were useful.
JR: ERZZZZZZZZZ, it almost sounds like you're setting up a "person who's great at something was really bad at it in their youth" situation, or a "person who has genius-level theories was previously just a non-scientist with untapped potential"-type story, both of which are modern fiction tropes based on myths about Albert Einstein. As a child he was at the top of his class, and not bad at math, as the myth goes. Also, though he was a patent clerk while he did some of his earliest groundbreaking work, he had already studied mathematics and physics in Zurich. So it's not like he was just sitting around one day filing papers and suddenly a flash of lightning filled his head with all these great ideas. Ok? Do you understand that? Your friend isn't going to suddenly become a scientist without YEARS AND YEARS of hard work and discipline. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. IT WILL NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT FA-FA-FA-FA GALUNKADUNKA CHIN CHIN DURRRRRRRRRR BUH BUH BUH BUH DURR!!!
This was Anna Rubanova's dream. Sorry, Anna.
Oh no : (
Listening to this poet being interviewed on Fresh... →
“From now on, you write about me.”
$2854 / 2br - 1302ft² - LET A FORMER HOSTAGE... →
Orly?
Zebraman (2004) →
“Being a failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as “Zebraman”…”
“It’s been a year since Bill Cardew was declared dead by drowning, and his...”
– Too Many Husbands (1940)
Am I right, ladies?
“Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Lisa Madden befuddles her handlers by coming...”
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The Lady Is Willing (1942)
The Moon looks like a pizza right now.
Hurts my eyes.
Reminds me of love.
Yesterday at the Clinique Counter
Anna: Hi, I need this cream for my mom. (Points to catalog)
Makeup Girl #1: Oh, you know, it's bonus time. You could get something for yourself as well, and get a free gift!
Anna: Umm, all right.
Makeup Girl #1: This is Superdefense SPF 25. It's great, against free radicals, sunlight. Like, we don't need to fix wrinkles right now, but we want to defend against them, right?
Anna: Umm, right.
Makeup Girl #1: And this cream right here, it's great for stress, smooths out those worry lines, you know?
Makeup Girl #2: Oh, did somebody say #11's?
Makeup Girl #1: That's right! #11's (Points to forehead)
Makeup Girl #2: Yeah, my dad said if I came back home with those he'd make me get Botox.
Anna: What?
Makeup Girl #1: Ummm.
Makeup Girl #2: Well, he's a doctor, so.
Makeup Girl #1: Oh, okay.
Anna: ...
