Friday, October 17, 2008
Basic applications of physics to real life.God Bless
- I am a Cepheid variable. I have a defined period within which I expand and become bright, and then I contract due to the forces of gravity and become dim. Through this periodic expansion and contraction, my distance from sanity can be determined. The number of days until exams can also be determined.
- Energy is always conserved. This means that in order to invest energy somewhere else, it must be taken from somewhere. Hence, I cannot give a damn about school finishing right now, or be sad about it. To miss school would take energy from my studies.
- I am an example of centripetal motion. I get no work done.
- Newton's third law - every action has an equal and opposite reaction. What this means is that if you exert a force on something, that something will exert a force that is equal and opposite on you. If you treat me like shit, I'll treat you like shit. Also, nothing that happens can just happen - every action has a consequence. This is also an example of Lenz's law - the current induced by E.m.f will act to oppose the motion that caused it.
- Every star that is born, dies. But the bigger you get, the more likely you are to become a black hole or a neutron star - small stars don't last as long and fade into nothingness. Be big, and if you fail, you'll be a really pretty supernova.
- Resonance makes loud noises. So resonant with people, relate to them - and not only will you get attention, but you'll never be alone.
- Love is pretty much just ionising radiation - it can hurt you if you're exposed to the wrong type for too long by causing chemical reactions and creating free radicals. But in small doses with the right type, it can heal you. I think we all need repeated doses to find the meaning of life, and to destroy the cancerous insecurity within each of us.
lovelove, Jess xxxx
Labels: physics
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Elena and I, July 2008
Oh my goodness, what can I say about this insane Twitterbug? She is ah-mazing. I've only gotten to know her over the past two years [we were thrust into the same IB English class] and she's become one of my best friends. We've had our ups and downs [I used to get so frustrated with her] but now...she means a lot to me. And that doesn't describe it properly, but El's just someone who I can talk to about anything - and she won't judge me. Except on the matter of fake tan. 'OH MY GOD JESS DID YOU FAKE TAN?' That sums it up. The other day, in English, Albrecht asked us to think of someone that made us immensely happy - my first thought was Elena. She's my sexy Scotch Twitterbug boyfriend who thinks I have comfy boobs [it's a very long story] and together, we're going to independently create a play [Twitterbug and Banana productions; she's in charge of costuming/set design/lighting/music and I'm scriptwriting/directing.] To finish this off, I'm just going to include a few quotations."You're my banana, and when we derive you, we get pawpaw. And when we antiderive you, we get banana plus c, where c equals puppy dog."
"YOU RAISE ME UP...TO MORE THAN I COULD BEEEEEEE *breath* EEEEEEEEEEE!" [Sung while linking arms skipping down Flinders' Street. Yeah, we're losers.]
Elena: I like bananas.
Jess: Bananas being a metaphor for...? *wink*
Elena: No, yellow literal bananas!
Jess: Well, they could be yellow...
Elena: Yellow literal banana fruit!
Jess: The forbidden fruit...?
Elena: Argh!
Elena makes me proud and so very happy. I thank God for you, sweetie - and I love you.
God Bless.
lovelove, Jess xxxx
Labels: Elena, english, friends, God, holidays, IB., playwriting, quotations, year 12