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So, just a little while ago I was sitting down with mom watching Mars Attack and it got to the scene in Nevada where the general is suppose to meet & greet the martians. The reporters were talking about how some ppl showed up probabbly just to say I was there. I lean over and tell mom
"Hey, I'd be there...would you come?"
Mom: "No"
Me: "Why not?"
Mom: "Cause it wasnt meant to be"
Me: "So you dont believe theres life out there."
Mom: "No"
Me: ???
And I think: Well...It'll be a big pill to swallow when she finds out the reason I went back to school and started my second degree in physics/astronomy is because I firmly believe we should colonize Mars. And I went back to the college I did cause O'Keefe is now the chancellor and I want to work for NASA so I can be in a better position to push my belief. And when I finally manage to upgrade this (read get a new) computer I'm going to seriously work on SETI at home.
The actual research I want to so is analyzing star systems for potential life.
Heh, yeah. And ppl wonder why we're not close.
"Hey, I'd be there...would you come?"
Mom: "No"
Me: "Why not?"
Mom: "Cause it wasnt meant to be"
Me: "So you dont believe theres life out there."
Mom: "No"
Me: ???
And I think: Well...It'll be a big pill to swallow when she finds out the reason I went back to school and started my second degree in physics/astronomy is because I firmly believe we should colonize Mars. And I went back to the college I did cause O'Keefe is now the chancellor and I want to work for NASA so I can be in a better position to push my belief. And when I finally manage to upgrade this (read get a new) computer I'm going to seriously work on SETI at home.
The actual research I want to so is analyzing star systems for potential life.
Heh, yeah. And ppl wonder why we're not close.