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Jen. Twenty-something physicist and science communicator.

Interests include, but are not limited to, conspiracy theories, animals and cryptography.

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  • Being late for work.
  • Waking up before the alarm goes off and thinking you've got another few hours of sleep until you look at the time and it's four minutes until the alarm's going to sound or something.
  • Stepping in a puddle.
  • Meeting an ex whilst out on a date, I fear that my ex will be telepathically warning my date to get out while he still can.
  • Forgetting PINs.
  • Putting on wet clothes. Urghhh.
  • Really really needing to pee. Whilst driving. Over speedbumbs.
  • Opening an exam paper, reading the questions and thinking "I remember being taught this material but I don't actually remember the material itself".
  • Getting water up the nose.
  • Having birds fly into your face. Especially seagulls and pigeons.
  • The times I go to the underground laser physics lab just before dawn and when I come out it's night-time.
  • Getting sand in your shoes.
  • Losing marks in calculus assessments for neglecting the constant of integration!!
  • Losing marks in genetics essays for using the Harvard system of referencing!!
  • After accidentally falling asleep, waking up with chewing gum in your mouth and then choking on it in surprise.
  • Seeing someone you haven't quite gotten over happy with someone else. I try to be pleased that they've moved on but it's like dying a little inside right?
  • Hangovers. In particular; rum hangovers.
  • Having a credit card rejected, makes the bottom of your stomach fall out.
  • Forgetting people's names when you're talking to them.
  • An error in a code that you just can't find!
  • Not being liked by someone you respect.
  • Getting to the check-out in the supermarket and then realising you don't have your purse.
  • Waking up fully clothed and still wearing makeup 'cause you accidentally fell asleep.
  • Finding out that you've written a whole mathematical proof based upon an original assumption which you didn't notice at the time was algebraically unsound.
  • Just finishing using the toilet only to look around you and discover there's no toilet paper.
  • Buying region 1 DVDs by accident.
  • Getting shaving foam in the eyes.
  • Being told that someone is "disappointed" in you.
  • Hard-drive crashes. When you're in the middle of something.
nov 20 2008 ∞
apr 17 2014 +