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[tired-in-tree]

heyyyy it's me again soo I may or may not have cousmed a razor blade ekko told me to come here but I think I'm fine

WHAT?!

No you’re not fine! How long ago did this happen?

I’ll probably have to do surgery to get it out… this is very serious actually.

[zipquips]

Hiya <3

How are ya doing? good, i hope :)

You've made me curious, what was the Holmes crossword thingy?

hi anna!!!! <333

i am tired but doing good :))) how about you?

the crossword clue was "fictional sleuth who lives on baker street" (which is relatively easy, imo). there weren't enough letters in the column to fit "sherlock" so it had to be "holmes"

but as soon as i saw it my brain just went !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sherlock!!!!!!!!!!

[zipstidbits]

hi zip! 👋 i'm just really curious about how you got into astrophysics 👀 and what careers interest you in that field if you don't mind sharing ☺️ i just think it's so cool, but like, in the way of someone who knows absolutely nothing about astrophysics except that it's probably really hard and also rockets 😛🚀 have a lovely day! 💞

hi zesty!!!!! thanks so much for asking, i don't mind sharing at all :))))

how i got into astrophysics:

both my parents are second-generation americans so education/college was always The Big Goal growing up. this translated to my parents really emphasizing math and science skills and i got really interested in science this way. (the post-cold war american cultural emphasis on science as a whole probably contributed to this as well, lmao.)

i ended up momentarily ditching the science dream because i started struggling with math in middle school. i can do it, but my adhd means i struggle to hold numbers in my head (do mental math) and sometimes i can be slow/need to write things out more than others/make silly mistakes/and then get bogged down by imposter syndrome. this was like 10+ years ago so i had zero diagnoses and minimal support so i hopped onto the anti-math train.

i never stopped liking science though. i want to know everything and imo, science contains the answers to everything and is how we'll learn all that is unknown right now. once i hit high school and science class started having a shit ton more math i started to view math differently. it became the whole 'the enemy (math) of my enemy (the unknown) is my friend' thing. thankfully, math, when applied to physics concepts, makes more sense than when in a pure math class, so this became a very doable arrangement.

i also started consuming a lot more pop-science/science in the news around this time. neil degrasse tyson, the one astrophysics class i took in high school, and my dad who played a lot of star trek and pbs space videos on youtube to bond with me opened my mind to the most beautiful thing ever (space). i just think it's the coolest thing ever and the unknowns are so cool and i want to know what's going on up there so bad!!!!

this (and some spite*) led me to apply to college for a BS in physics. doing just physics and not astrophysics was sort of a safety net because i thought i'd really like particle physics too but it turns out quantum mechanics is evil and fucked up so i chose to stick with astrophysics as my concentration, lmao.

*i felt like a lot of my peers in high school assumed i couldn't do this because i wasn't naturally good at math/physics and i took a little more time and effort (i spent a lot of early mornings and afternoons in help sessions, lmao) and a part of me wanted to prove them wrong.

then, this past fall/winter, i applied for a bunch of astrophysics phd programs because i've thankfully got a BS degree and i've made my mind up on what i want to do in life (study/learn about space). i got rejected from 7 out of the 8 schools i applied to which was terrible in the moment but great now because i didn't really have to choose what program to accept, lmaoooooooooooo.

careers that interest me:

i very much enjoy teaching (i was a teaching assistant this year) and i would really like to continue it. i could probably do that in most research jobs by mentoring others in a lab/research setting but also being a professor sounds really cool and appealing to me since i could do research and traditional teaching, lmao.

i'm kind of willing to give most astrophysics research jobs a try, i think? the only line i'd really draw is i don't want to work anywhere near the american military-industrial complex for moral reasons

thank you again for asking zesty!!!! sorry for rambling so much and i hope you have a lovely day as well!!! <33333

[kick-a-droid]

ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!!

(one of my side chars, a twi’lek named sallie <3)

hi cheeri!!!!! you definitely got me to be one of you, i'm going to start playing right after i finish answering your ask lmaoooooooooo

thanks so much for putting sallie in my inbox i am now holding them very gently in my hands and would love to know/see more of sallie, do you have a tag or something for them?

[tired-in-tree]

Hello dear, it’s nice to talk again :)

I hear things haven’t been going well, I can’t imagine what that’s like… Having no one care about how nice you are? Constantly walking all over you and taking your kindness for granted? Sounds horrible. I’m so sorry. Truly. :)

Immmm drunksss…. And told me nottt to talk to you…

I…. Don’t…. Rwoeally mnow you..

[tired-in-tree]

Hey Doc?.. Weird silly question..

I've been sleeping with the nightlight on in my room but somehow I couldn't sleep. Though once I turn it off, suddenly I was able to sleep...

What's up with that?

( @kitsune-child )

Well it’s because your circadian rhythms thrown off, which in turn means your brain produces less of the chemicals that it needs to to sleep, melatonin specifically.

In other words, it tricks your mind into thinking it’s day and then your brain can’t make what it needs for you to sleep. :)

You could drink stuff like chamomile tea, or take melatonin, or use something on your eyes to help sleep. A weighted blanket or heating mat would also help.

[tired-in-tree]

Zip, how many friends do you have???

-flr

Uhhh…. Probably… like… 5… I think… ish…

[tired-in-tree]

Who is your Valentine?!

I’m asexual and areomantic, so… no one? Myself? Idk