Please Forgive Me, but This Entry Contains More Poop as Well. But There is Also Science! Cool Chemistry! Wow, it's been so long since I've updated. Today I went to Will Rogers State Park in an attempt to get my kids exposed to nature of some sort. The trail was nice, and we found a little place off the trail that had many different colors of leaves that were very beautiful. There were also these low lying branches that were nice to sit on. The major drawback was that there was so much dog poop on the trail. It never rains here, and so it just piles up and smells in the sun. I hate dogs, or rather I hate their owners, who think that leaving dog poop everywhere is okay. I don't care if it's socially acceptable, it smells. Have any of you seen the Polish movie "Day of the Wacko"? This movie is great. The main character holds his handkerchief over his nose as he walks to his apartment every evening, because all the dog owners are out letting their dogs shit all over the lawn. Finally he gets pissed off, and you see him in another scene squatting outside the apartment. A neighbor lady opens that window and asks what he's doing. He tells her that if it's okay for dogs to poop outside, why isn't it okay for humans to do it too? After all, dog poop isn't any cleaner than human poop! I felt so vindicated for my feelings after that scene. I cheered. Yes! Finally! I am not alone in my view that there shouldn't be dog poop everywhere you go! By the way, have you guys had enough of the poop entries yet? I could go on and on, you know, because I have a child who is not potty trained, but I won't. I don't like to go to city parks with my kids. We are supposed to go there and sit in the grass, maybe roughhouse and roll around. But you can't! There is dog poop there, and I just don't want my toddlers playing in that, or my seven year old for that matter. Or even if I didn't have kids, do I want to go to the park and sit in shitty, smelly grass? No! And yes, I am very appreciative of those who do clean up after their dogs. But there is still poop there. Would you be willing to poop on your carpet, then pick it up with a napkin or whatever, then sit on your carpet? No? Then why is it okay on grass? Because grass is fluffy so not as much surface area comes in contact with the poop? Don't get technical on me. One speck of poop is too much for me! I hate poop, can you tell? If I never had to do it again I would be a very happy woman. Which makes me think of anal sex. I used to have it quite often a few years ago, and I enjoyed it, but now I am just not interested. Oh well. Did I already say that in another entry? Probably, but oh well. This is my diary and I can be repetitive, right? My poor husband has to listen to me repeat my stories all the time, the poor guy. My science is going crappy. I wanted to rant about it, but I know that everyone will just think I'm an intellectual snob for spewing scientific terms that make no sense to anyone not in the field. So sorry. But there doesn't seem to exist any small organic molecules with a LUMO between titania and polythiophene, the fuckers. I don't even want to think about it, but I have to go hit the literature yet again to see if I can find anything. I've spent so many hours reading scientific literature that I can't stand it. I also can't stand incorrect scientific literature. Didn't the reviewers see that what they were saying didn't make any sense? Didn't they bother to check the numbers taken from the other references? Well, I have the other reference, and this paper is wrong! Thanks for wasting my time. No, I'm not bitter, you didn't think I was bitter, did you? Like I tell myself everyday, if getting your PhD in chemistry was supposed to be easy, everyone would do it, right? It seems that so many of the things in life that are cool also come with things that are tedious and boring. People who believe that life should be fun and exciting all the time can't really find a profession that they like. You just have to learn to suffer through the tedium in order to attain those moments that are thrilling and rewarding. Let's hope I get one of those moments soon. |