Fizz-ics challenge & more dreams
X-posted from MySpace...
I took a lot of physics in high school, and though I don't remember all the equations, I still remember arcane stuff (arcane for an ESL teacher anyway) like Ampere's right hand rule. Now that I am in education and know about the notion of "Enduring Understandings," I can say will all certainty that the Enduring Understandings of physics are still with me today. Dr. LaCasse would be so proud!
When my dad came to visit, he bought two bottles of Italian mineral water and put them in the fridge. The kind from Wild Oats where the label is small and the bottle is clear glass. He drank one bottle but left one for us, and I decided to have some the other night.
I opened the bottle, and immediately little fingers of crystallization began to form in the water. They grew to be so big that they looked like feathers. I took a swig straight from the bottle and it was delightfully slushy. I ran to the other room and held the bottle up to the light to show Matt. "Look! Look!! It's freezing even as we look!!"
The feathers kept growing until they filled almost the whole bottle and the water looked milky white with crystallization. I felt so geeky. It was so exciting!
Now, who of my readers can be the first to explain the phenomenon I witnessed? Specifically, why wasn't the water frozen when I took the bottle out of the fridge and why did it freeze only after I opened it?
I am going to cross-post this to LiveJournal, where 477150n will undoubtedly be the first to respond correctly. ;)
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My horoscope earlier this week was very interesting: Not all of the important changes in your life need to be dramatic, Hollywood-like moments of revelation. Having a major turning point or epiphany is nice, but it can be overrated. You don't need to make a splash to make a change. True growth happens slowly ... so slowly that sometimes (like now) you might not even be aware of it. Look around today -- did you realize that right now, you're in one of the biggest transitional periods of your life? Let it unfold -- enjoy it. And I can say this is pretty true. I can tell that some changes are occurring, though I can't really put my finger on all of them consciously. The changes are a little puzzling, but overall really good. But like I said, I'm not sure what they all mean.
For example, I had two really long, nice dreams last night. More dancing dreams! Another luxury apartment!! Playing fun little pranks and running away with my accomplice just in time to avoid being caught. Laughing, laughing, laughing! Best. Dreams. Ever.
I have never had these dreams in my life, and now they are recurring?? What's up with that? I'm the girl who dreams of drowning and broken elevators and uncanny machines falling out of the sky. I used to have dreams I actually died in. I have dreams where I kill people. Ja, I know---I don't seem like the type, do I? But those are the dreams that are familiar to me, so dreaming about dancing around my friend's luxury apartment is quite the welcome novelty.
I think something has happened that makes my spirit feel free. I am still figuring out the details. I swear, I had been thinking all of this long before I saw that horoscope on 9/20. I feel like I'm coming to the culmination of a long, slow epiphany. It feels good.
I took a lot of physics in high school, and though I don't remember all the equations, I still remember arcane stuff (arcane for an ESL teacher anyway) like Ampere's right hand rule. Now that I am in education and know about the notion of "Enduring Understandings," I can say will all certainty that the Enduring Understandings of physics are still with me today. Dr. LaCasse would be so proud!
When my dad came to visit, he bought two bottles of Italian mineral water and put them in the fridge. The kind from Wild Oats where the label is small and the bottle is clear glass. He drank one bottle but left one for us, and I decided to have some the other night.
I opened the bottle, and immediately little fingers of crystallization began to form in the water. They grew to be so big that they looked like feathers. I took a swig straight from the bottle and it was delightfully slushy. I ran to the other room and held the bottle up to the light to show Matt. "Look! Look!! It's freezing even as we look!!"
The feathers kept growing until they filled almost the whole bottle and the water looked milky white with crystallization. I felt so geeky. It was so exciting!
Now, who of my readers can be the first to explain the phenomenon I witnessed? Specifically, why wasn't the water frozen when I took the bottle out of the fridge and why did it freeze only after I opened it?
I am going to cross-post this to LiveJournal, where 477150n will undoubtedly be the first to respond correctly. ;)
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My horoscope earlier this week was very interesting: Not all of the important changes in your life need to be dramatic, Hollywood-like moments of revelation. Having a major turning point or epiphany is nice, but it can be overrated. You don't need to make a splash to make a change. True growth happens slowly ... so slowly that sometimes (like now) you might not even be aware of it. Look around today -- did you realize that right now, you're in one of the biggest transitional periods of your life? Let it unfold -- enjoy it. And I can say this is pretty true. I can tell that some changes are occurring, though I can't really put my finger on all of them consciously. The changes are a little puzzling, but overall really good. But like I said, I'm not sure what they all mean.
For example, I had two really long, nice dreams last night. More dancing dreams! Another luxury apartment!! Playing fun little pranks and running away with my accomplice just in time to avoid being caught. Laughing, laughing, laughing! Best. Dreams. Ever.
I have never had these dreams in my life, and now they are recurring?? What's up with that? I'm the girl who dreams of drowning and broken elevators and uncanny machines falling out of the sky. I used to have dreams I actually died in. I have dreams where I kill people. Ja, I know---I don't seem like the type, do I? But those are the dreams that are familiar to me, so dreaming about dancing around my friend's luxury apartment is quite the welcome novelty.
I think something has happened that makes my spirit feel free. I am still figuring out the details. I swear, I had been thinking all of this long before I saw that horoscope on 9/20. I feel like I'm coming to the culmination of a long, slow epiphany. It feels good.