datagoddess made me do it.

[quasigeostrophy]

Things I like that begin with the letter 'C':

1. Clouds - I've photographed them in the sky. Now I study them. From cumulus to cirrus to cumulonimbus. From cloud-condensation nuclei to collision-coalescence to condensation coefficients. You might say my head is frequently in the clouds. ;-)
   
   
2. Cameras - I'm a very visual person, and these have long been fascinating tools for me. From simple box cameras to view cameras to 35mm to digital point-and-shoots.
   
   
3. Canyons - Being visual, these are geographic/geological features I find pleasing to view and explore.
   
   
4. Calculus - I seem to have a knack for this over some simpler things like algebra. It's just chopping things up into tiny tiny pieces to calculate a rate or an area.
   
   
5. Cartoons - I grew up on Looney Tunes, and still go for shows like The Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. Persistence of vision is fascinating, especially when the work starts with something someone drew.
   
   
6. Cats - From domesticated varieties to big tigers and lions, I think cats are cool.
   
   
7. Chocolate - Mmmmm... chocolate. Dark, especially, but I won't turn down a Hershey bar from time to time.
   
   
8. Cheese - Unfortunately, I think I've recently developed lactose intolerance, but they're not going to take away my cheese, dammit! Lactaid to the rescue.
   
   
9. Chemistry - To me, this goes hand in hand with physics. You can't study how stuff works without knowing about the stuff, and you can't study the stuff without knowing how it works. :-)
   
   
10. Cows - Gary Larson was once asked why he drew cows so often in The Far Side. His answer: Because cows are funny.

Comments

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

I no can understand chemistry. I know that thing a + thing b strip molecules from each other and eventually become thing c (maybe) but...

Also, the only other thing I really remember from chem is the SPDF rings, and I'm not sure that's correct. SPDH, maybe?

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

SPDF Shells, actually, although IMHO that's merely a conceptual model for something we don't fully understand and have not yet directly observed. :-)

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's right. I'm just impressed that I came up with SPDF in the first place.

of course, the only reason I came up with SPDF is because we came up with a mnemonic for a friend who was having trouble remembering them: shit piss damn fuck. Then all she had to do was remember how many shits to a piss...

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

*snort*

I trust you've seen this

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Re: I trust you've seen this

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Ayup. Even gave a copy of it to my advisor. :-)