Science Scout Badges

[lorimt]

Because I am not cruel enough to leave you with only the last link, have some shiny badges. I've listed just a few of the badges I've earned:

* The “I’m a freaking rock star who sings about science!” badge - for nearly presenting a song about the diplodocus to the tune of "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows" written by one of my best friends. I'll still hum this on to myself on occasion.

* The “somewhat confused as to what scientific field I actually belong to” badge - if you're surprised, you probably don't know me.

* The “experienced with electrical shock” badge (LEVEL III) - though to be fair, it wasn't in the name of science, but unfortunately that "Electronics don't belong in water" was a more immediate thought than "Don't touch electronics that are in water".

* If you squint a little, The “I actually grew up AND became a marine biologist” badge - sure didn't see this one coming.

Comments

[ywalme.livejournal.com]

Huh. I ran across that site somehow at the beginning of last summer, and now I am possessed with trying to remember how. (This is, in case you were wondering, a much more engrossing occupation than trying to memorize many facts about whale myoglobin.)

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

I misread all your badges as badgers.

I do not want the "experienced with electrical shock" badger.

I thought one could grow up or become a marine biologist, but not both.

[gwillen.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I qualify for some of those:

"Has frozen stuff just to see what happens" (LEVEL III) -- we actually did this in one of my physics classes on the last day.

"I bet I know more computer languages than you, and I’m not afraid to talk about it" -- I know a lot of people who qualify for this one. ^_^

"Experienced with electrical shock" (LEVEL III) -- Surprised you have to go all the way to 3 for just shocking yourself... I've done this at least twice, and one of them involved a fairly dumb idea! :-D

"Totally digs highly exothermic reactions" -- I don't really see what "merit" is involved here... but I dig 'em!

"Somewhat confused as to what scientific field I actually belong to" -- Or should belong to: I do computer "science", but I've been feeling recently like I really should have been a physicist.

"I may look like a scientist, but I’m actually also a pirate" -- I think you should have this one too.

I think I can also claim the fire one (level 1), but it just doesn't feel right because I think _everyone_ I know has set fire to something for fun, and I can't say it was particularly in the name of science, except insofar as all vague pyromaniacal curiosity is in the name of science. :-D

[zwilichkl.livejournal.com]

You are totally a marine biologist, don't deny it.

[lorimt]

Not really - it turns out biological oceanographers are much less exciting.