#shhh it's one of my geology classes

[stripesysheaven]

15 questions / 15 mutuals

i was tagged by the amazing @naughtydogg <3 thank you very much my friend :)

1. are you named after anyone?

literally a character from a book my mom was reading while she was at the hospital about to give birth

2. when was the last time you cried?

pretty recently. maybe a day or two ago? sometimes i just sit in my room and play music and i cry because the music is pretty. yeah it really doesn’t take much

3. do you have kids?

nope ahaha never

4. do you use sarcasm a lot?

no never. i would never do such a thing. how dare you suggest that i ever would 👀

5. what sports do you play/have you played?

i was actually really into playing basketball for a while? i practiced a lot back in junior high, honestly it would had been pretty cool if i had stuck with it

6. what's the first thing you notice about other people?

probably their hair. hair color, hair style, hair type. hair is one of the prettiest things about a person. hair matters to me yeah

7. what's your eye colour?

green <3

8. scary movies or happy endings?

not super into scary movies so i’ll say happy endings <33

9. any special talents?

pretty good with plants and gardening

10. where were you born?

texas!!

11. what are your hobbies?

gardening, cooking, fitness/working out

12. do you have any pets?

i have a dog named Happy :)

13. how tall are you?

around 5’5

14. favorite subject in school?

when i had a good, passionate teacher, history was always a fun class to take. in college i had fun taking geology

15. dream job?

cafe owner. we’ll see how that goes though

tagging @merrypembertons @raphaellalacognizi @obsessivedaydreamer @16-jarrah @bluestockingbaby @senorafionaderenjun @unorthodox-oblivion @dharmainitiativeofficial @acewhofellonmyface @isaachasfun @irlflashmuseum @fortunechaos @bloop-monster @new-romqntics @rinasred @thegroundhogdidit @sprqpointintern @tvmilfs (let’s pretend that’s only 15 shhh)

#tag games #my posts

[rebelsandtherest]

ok so like i was thinking and america is very science adjacent. so i was wondering if sometimes he goes on these scientific rants and like do older nations just smile and nod? like i know for awhile that france was like the head of science internationally.

but like i can only imagine if he just went on a long science rant with like france or england maybe… they’d just have to grin and bear it.

It highly depends on what kind of science and who the other nation is. Both Francis and Arthur are intellectuals in their own ways, and are both, to a certain point, interested in science. They aren't the "nerdy" sort of science enthusiast that Alfred is, but they love a good rousing discussion on certain topics now and again. However, their preferred topics are fairly straightforward; advances in mechanical engineering, locomotion, etc. Francis is especially fond of all the flashy experiments used in classes to demonstrate scientific laws or principles. Arthur usually becomes a bit preoccupied regaling the youth with rose-tinted tales of the Industrial Revolution. Neither Francis nor Arthur are incredibly invested in earth or life sciences, but will listen and be happy to learn the latest developments from Alfred's ramblings.

However. There comes a point where the eyes glaze over and they nod along, barely withholding the "oh my god Alfred no one cares"—and to be fair, that sometimes slips out too. Astrophysics, theoretical math, atomic physics, quantum theory, and anything having to do with computer technology is where they begin to tune out.

Other older nations are far more likely to meet Alfred in the middle and keep up with his knowledge and enthusiasm. China will certainly meet Alfred's knowledge in most things, but they'll usually end up arguing about something. South Korea absolutely matches Alfred's energy 100%, and even if they start talking about wildly untested theories that only one of them partially understands, they're both having a great time so no need to spoil their fun. India likes discussing science and engineering—particularly aerospace engineering—with Alfred, but often finds him a tiring conversationalist because he tends to bounce from idea to idea without pausing to diver deeper into India's interests, leaving the poor guy with a headache by the time Alfred lets him get a word in edgewise.

The two older nations I think are most receptive to Alfred's ramblings (like, just willing to sit there and listen and occasionally engage when Alfred possibly, hopefully pauses for breath) are Japan and, hear me out, Scotland.

Kiku is and always been an extremely shrewd handler of Alfred, and will happily let the American go off on longwinded tangents, biding his time to speak up so he can direct the trajectory of their discussion into something he is most interested in, allowing Alfred to think it was his idea. That being said, very often they reach a point of mutual interest, and rather than stop him, Kiku starts rambling right back at him, which Alfred does back to him, and so forth, and next thing you know, they're building an honest to god flying car in Alfred's backyard and shhh don't tell the FAA, it's fine, what's the worst that could happen? This is a telecom deadzone, how're they gonna know?

Alisdair is by and large a listener, and he often doesn't fully understand the more digital or theoretical sciences. For Alisdair, half of the enjoyment of listening to Alfred ramble about science is about just how much it lights up his face, how enthused and in love with the scientific world he is. Scotland was and still is in many ways the scientific heart of Britain's intellectuality, and amongst the Kirkland orbit, Alisdair was, until Alfred came along, very much the one in the family most susceptible to long rants about science. His key interests are in medicine, geology, geography, chemistry, and life sciences, but he'll listen to just about anything so long as it's told with enthusiasm. He likes teaching Alfred about the scientific history he's too young to remember, and he likes learning cutting edge developments in his favorite fields that Alfred happened to hear about before him. It's a very "mentor nerd and baby genius nerd" relationship between the two of them. Alfred loves taking Alisdair on hikes, because between the two of them, they can identify just about every flora, fauna, and geology they find.

#hws america #hws france #hws england #hws china #hws s korea #hws india #hws japan #hws scotland #hc #asks

[nerdlingmitch]

my brain has ceased to think clearly. to retain even the smallest amounts of knowledge. what is the necessary climate for a histic horizon,,,, how do we know,,,

#mitch speaks #soilscience #geology #shhh it's one of my geology classes #this assignment is KICKING MY ASS

[faces-in-unexpected-places]

Hey Isaac, I really love your blog (esp the positivity posts). I'm a senior in high school and god I LOVED physics. But over the last few months I felt so fucking stupid and idiotic because I barely scraped an A last quarter, I can't even hit a 4 on the AP physics test, and I just bombed a final. I was a perfect 4.8 student but now I lost all respect and everyone's telling me to give science up and tbh maybe someone like me should. Any tips for pursuing something even when you feel dumb in it?

(2) and I’m sorry that I sound incredibly shallow and stat oriented. Im just frightened that I’m stepping into a black hole here and should quickly change to another field where I can reliably succeed before it’s too late. I want an easy, lucrative life with little risk on one hand while on the other I wanna do cool stuff in the lab and science 24/7. Since I can’t get any confidence from my nonexistent achievements, how can I get it?

Hey! Heh, I’m glad you like my blog and positivity, that’s good to know! I feel a lot better in general if I keep the positive mindset

And hey, shhh, don’t give up on any of that! And I know that it can sound a little superficial to be worried about that stuff, and if I’m completely honest, those things are important to me, and can get me down, too. But listen, you still got an A! Even if you didn’t, it would be okay because the point is that you’re learning a lot, and that is way more valuable and important than a letter next to a class name. (Not to mention that you can definitely get an A in a class, but not know what you learned) Obviously it’s important, but the difference between a B, a low A, and a high A are really not that big in the grand scheme of things, I promise you. It’s all about how things are overall! Like if you have a ton of A’s and one B, people aren’t going to be like “well what about that one time?”. It doesn’t say nearly as much about your character as what you consistently do does. If that makes sense!

And, you know, I didn’t get a 4 on the second half of my AP physics test, either! I “only” got a 3, and yeah, a good number of people have done way better, and there will always be the people who get extremely high 5′s and be like “wow u only got a 3 what a loser” (also if they do that they are so wrong and really ignorant and mean and are just trying to make themselves look better for their own self-esteem and others’ approval, probably)

And yeah, maybe you bombed a test, but it’s only one! I’ve bombed tests before! Actually, last spring, I had a lab practical final for my biology class (my major, mind you), and I got a D! But I still got an A in the class, and it doesn’t mean that I should give up biology, heh. At least not in my eyes. It just means that I struggled for a bit. And I’m sure that’s all that it means for you, too!

But anyway, so, tips for pursing something you feel dumb in, since that was the original question, heh. I would say maybe talking to your teacher about it, because they know that AP classes are tough! And I mean, I had a really hard time with AP physics when I first got into it, too! I went in and talked to my teacher about it, and arranged to have all of the extra help that I needed to do well. And once I got into a rhythm with that, I eventually got more comfortable and confident with it, and I didn’t need so much help anymore!

I know that there are people that just don’t really need all that much extra help, and that can make you feel kind of shitty sometimes, because you wonder like “well why am I not able to get this when that person just did instantly? why do they think its so easy and I just dont. get. it.”, but there is never anything wrong with getting more help, more practice, talking to more people about it, etc..

Sometimes one of the more important things is just having someone who can tell you that they understand that it’s hard, and just reassure you that you’re not dumb or inferior to anyone just because you have to work slower, or you have to work at something for longer. And if nobody else has told you that, then congratulations, because I am telling you!

As for your future… I can’t really tell you what to do, or what to pursue. But you know, I mean, the thing is that if it’s really important to you… if you really want to do something, then you’ll figure it out, and you’ll get there. It sounds cliche, but really, heh, where there is a will, there really is a way. And sometimes there isn’t a will, and that’s okay, too! I didn’t have the will to pursue physics, even though I had a ton of fun in my old AP class, you know? I had the will for something else, and that’s what I’m doing now!

But anyway, you might be able to talk to a guidance counsellor or something about it too, if you haven’t tried already! They’re trained in helping people feel better about themselves through listening to you, being understanding, and accompanying you through the steps that you can / need to take to make yourself feel better, whether that is overcoming the obstacles, or finding a way around them.

Just because you have a bad break, doesn’t mean it’s the end-all-be-all. Don’t give up science. Not if you don’t want to. Because that whole idea of “someone like you”? That is everybody. Literally everybody, heh. Everyone struggles, and what you’re talking about is super normal! And, just so you know, there are plenty of good, accessible jobs out there in science that you can get into to lead a comfortable life, alongside all of those crazy careers that require you to be in school until you’re dead, heh. You can do physics, if you want. You can do chemistry, or biology, astronomy, or geology, or any of the sub-branches of science that come to mind from there.

If there is anything else that I can do for you, or anything else you want to talk about, you can always drop by again, because I’ll always be here to let you know that you can fucking do it! Like holy shit, of course you can do it! 4.8! That’s amazing! I hope something out of all of this rambling nonsense helped, heh. I’m sorry that things are a bit tough right now, but I don’t have any doubts that you can do it!

Have a good day, anon!

#anon ask