Dude. Thank god they are few and far between, because I really can't handle fic that deals with infertility. Not because it hits too close to home, but because after five years of dealing with it myself, and three years of treatment, I know far too much about the process to not read these stories and go, "What? WHAT? NO. That's... NO. OMG.
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And then! The 8 neutron carbon felt something happening, something weird and strange and a little bit uncomfortable, like something wasn't quite right, something was going to shake loose and they lived in hope that maybe, just maybe, the 8 neutron carbon would turn into a 6 neutron carbon and they could live happily ever after in the open with no worry of what others thought.
So the 6 neutron carbon stepped closer, carefully cradling the 8 neutron carbon as it writhed and moaned and....then tragedy struck!
The 8 neutron carbon decayed, but not into a 6 neutron carbon! Instead it became a nitrogen and in the process shot out a beta particle which struck the hovering 6 neutron carbon, killing it on the spot! No more could the now-Nitrogen tiptoe through the tulips, 6-neutron carbon at its side. No more could it be at home among the carbon atoms (who were always suspicious of nitrogen atoms wanting to steal their electrons).
Then, one day, after years of misery, it found a lonely, distraught carbon atom and together they made cynanide.
And that was the end of it all.
[um. have I ever mentioned that I teach chemistry through anthropomorphization?]
[did I just write carbon-14 fanfic?]
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This? This is glee. 100% Concentrated Glee.
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:P
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And for my next act.....I might finish this darn remix
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And need to pack. :)
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yes, yes I do. Getting there! Slowly!
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Oxidation numbers? Covalent bonds? Ions? Ionic bonding? ALL about the atoms wanting to be king.
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(Sh. Don't tell the others.)
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*tiptoes away*
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So, you know. Pretty awesome. :-)
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Dunno. I'll just take your word for it and run off. :)
Great little story though!!
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glad you enjoyed it!
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Once you get a bit settled, I may have to borrow a little of your awesome brain-power to help me figure out heat-loss from a dryer vent over a distance. Because it's complicated math and while math may be awesome as hell, it is *not* my friend ;)
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