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• Aspiring astrophysicist • "Stars, the true narrators"

[junimist]

15.04.22// Experimental physics is killing me. And Latex always messes with my head, ft. my very messy lab journal.

[starot]

me trying to make sense of my physics book. finishing an exam past midnight. notes for class. new cards!!

i am. SO SO SO EXHAUSTED!!!! fighting for my life. and truly just waiting for the mid-semester break so i can spend my days sleeping xd

[tiredclementine]

hi friends! february has felt like three years and i am glad to see it end. this month was tough for so many different reasons but I'm trying to stay positive. i'm still incredibly intimidated and scared by my course load but I've started properly studying now and feel confident in my ability to at least try. next saturday i'm having lunch with an old friend from secondary school and i'm grateful i have that to look forward to 😊

i hope you're all doing well!

February Productivity Challenge

Day 24: What's your favourite beverage?

Iced coffee made right

Day 25: What does your ideal breakfast look like?

Okay i have two answers for this:

- A smoothie bowl

- Crepes with a tiny amount of syrup, bananas and tea

Day 26: What's the cosiest place in your mind right now?

my bed at like 2 am with the lights off and the window open, covered in blankets with music playing on low (everybody else in the house is asleep)

[whatsupbeanie]

I love libraries SO much. If any of you see my book at your library can you please take a picture of it for me??? I haven't had the chance to hang out at a library properly for a few years so when we moved back to NZ it was on my priority list haha. The number of books that I take out at a time is definitely an exaggeration HAHA but I do often take out a few very heavy ones at the same time and it feels like a workout to bring them home. Searching through books always feels like an exciting treasure hunt.

[nietxsche]

05/01/22

100 days of productivity: 5/100

i had my jab yesterday which gave me a massive headache and i’m hoping it goes away soon :(

finally finished my physics assignments today!! my physics lecture also is about to start but idk how well i can focus and am severely lacking motivation ://

also went on a walk and it was freezing and the forecast says we might be getting some snow ❄️

📍place of the day: 727 Fifth Avenue, New York City

[nietxsche]

26/01/22

100 days of productivity: 25/100

forgot to post yesterday but here are my phys notes!!

📍place of the day: Golden Gates, San Francisco

[nietxsche]

31/01/22

100 days of productivity: 31/100

happy lunar new year!!! 🧧🧧🧧

[nietxsche]

09/02/22

100 days of productivity: 40/100

let’s romanticise physics…?

[nietxsche]

11/02/22

100 days of productivity: 42/100

writing up my rough class notes so they actually make sense :)

[nietxsche]

12/02/22

100 days of productivity: 43/100

more notes!!

[metastablephysicist]

self portrait

[hopebooks]

reviewing physics notes bc an exam is in a few days. whenever i don't want to work, i take a deep breath and just tell myself this will be worth it in the end.. 👍

[tiredphysicist]

Radio Astronomy

So I learnt something really cool today. Radio astronomy. Radio astronomy is done at ~ 1.4 GHz frequency. WHY YOU ASK??? Because hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe!!! And hydrogen atoms have one electron !! Electrons possess spins!! Spins can flip!! And when they do, they emit a wavelength of 21 cm!! Which corresponds to a frequency of 1.4 GHz (f = c/λ). And since hydrogen is basically EVERYWHERE, they use that to observe celestial bodies and it is a very protected frequency which means radio stations, satellites and cellphone towers can't use it!!

[thecollectibles]

Art by Simone Ferriero

[physicla]

[introvert-unicorn-deactivated20]

Words to describe facial expressions

Absent: preoccupied 

Agonized: as if in pain or tormented

Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire

Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest

Beatific: blissful

Black: angry or sad, or hostile

Bleak: hopeless

Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern

Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent

Brooding: anxious and gloomy

Bug eyed: frightened or surprised

Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed

Cheeky: cocky, insolent

Cheerless: sad

Choleric: hot-tempered, irate

Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings

Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor

Despondent: depressed or discouraged

Doleful: sad or afflicted

Dour: stern or obstinate

Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing

Ecstatic: delighted or entranced

Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible

Fixed: concentrated or immobile

Gazing: staring intently

Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive

Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion

Grim: fatalistic or pessimistic

Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness

Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty

Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism

Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant

Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit

Jeering: insulting or mocking

Languid: lazy or weak

Leering: sexually suggestive

Mild: easygoing

Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful

Pained: affected with discomfort or pain

Peering: with curiosity or suspicion

Peeved: annoyed

Pleading: seeking apology or assistance

Quizzical: questioning or confused

Radiant: bright, happy

Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident

Sardonic: mocking

Sour: unpleasant

Sullen: resentful

Vacant: blank or stupid looking

Wan: pale, sickly

Wary: cautious or cunning

Wide eyed: frightened or surprised

Withering: devastating

Wrathful: indignant or vengeful

Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

[spacetime-singularity]

18.07.2021//

How to reuse old rational mechanics notes:

Pick your old notes

Enjoy destroying them

Drown them in the water and blend

Make your own frame with woods and a mosquito net 🦟

Use the frame to make perfect sheets

Wait 73839393 hours

When they are dried be careful and don’t rip them off

Write down your personal theory of everything

Win the Nobel

Use the remaining recycled paper to dry your happy tears