“Is it possible, in the final analysis, for one human being to achieve perfect understanding of another? We can invest enormous time and energy in serious efforts to know another person, but in the end, how close can we come to that person’s essence? We convince ourselves that we know the other person well, but do we really know anything important about anyone?”
— Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
but! we! cannot! simply! sit! and! stare! at! our! wounds! forever!
time to set my goals (late) for the next semester of school:
dedicate more time my research project :)
achieve a high gpa (especially in my physics, mandarin, and literature classes)
receive a score of 1400+ on my first sat in december!
submit essays to journals and writing competitions
apply to a few different summer courses!
find more time to journal and reflect
i know these are pretty intense goals but i know i can achieve them :) i am also moving houses soon so i really hope this year i can learn how to prioritise and stay on top of things more!
so i was looking up the System Source Computer Musuem and apparently they have a VIRTUAL TOUR !!! and when I say I spent a good deal of time freaking out and sending screenshots of this thing to my friends . my goodness
january this january that
Bitches love to be like "science sucks where are the eldritch horrors where is the knowledge thats maddening to know" that's thermodynamics motherfucker. The first two world experts in thermodynamics (Ludwig Boltzmann and Paul Ehrenfest) both killed themselves because they had to do fucking thermodynamics
you gotta be as gay as possible on the computer otherwise alan turing died for nothing
flip the rock to see what’s under it!
(make sure you put it back after, don’t want to disturb the wildlife.)
“Whatever — the soup is getting cold.”
— Last sentence of a mathematical theorem in Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook, 1518 (x)
| madge | usa | 16 | aspiring physics + maths major |
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