07/02/2020

Getting to know me

Tag 10 followers you want to get to know better

Thank you for tagging me @teaandanightowl :)

Name: Lauren

Sexuality: Asexual and potentially aromantic, too

Gender: Cis female

Hogwarts House: I’m not really into HP, but probably Slytherin haha

Time: 11pm-ish at time of posting

Cats or Dogs: Both! 

Favourite Animal: Birds, horses, dogs, quokkas (if you’ve not heard of them, give them a Google - you won’t regret it!)

Dream Job: That’s... a good question. Probably teaching!

When I Made This Blog: 4th August 2018 - that long ago, huh?

Reason For My URL: I study chemistry at uni, and I really like baking. I also wanted some alliteration :)

I’m going to tag @crimsonvenus @coffee-and-conjugations @translatorwannabe @rosethaturtl @bestudy @white-carrots @sloth-stubies @russianwave @watchmestudyandstuff @simplyconnectedstudy - you guys are some of my newest followers and I’d love to get to know you (but only if you want to participate - I won’t be offended if not!)

1/10/18 - 19/100 days of productivity

Happy October everyone!

I can’t believe September just disappeared! Anyway, I had the morning off school so I analysed chapters 2 and 3 of the first part of Der Vorleser in preparation for tomorrow’s lesson, and I also finished some chemistry graphs. Then I read some L’invitée (nope, still not done with that 😂) and am currently binge watching documentaries about genetics, epigenetics and genetic disorders. Also, Khan Academy videos about the lac and trp operons. Highly awesome.

Can you tell I love genetics?

Also: have a tiny potato. It’s not mine and I don’t know who created it but I feel like I want to share this because it makes me smile.

Have a great week!

14/09/2018 - 3/100 days of productivity

No pictures today - sorry! I’m a bit rushed but I thought I’d update to prove I can finish what I started hehe

I spent an hour reviewing German vocab I learned last year in my last free period of the day, and I also got all my homework completed in time for the weekend. That included biology and chemistry. I got a lot out of my lessons today - I had my first lesson with a teacher I haven’t had since Year 9 (and I’m in Year 13 now!)

(I’m off to Nottingham tomorrow for a uni open day, so I can’t work)

I hope you’ve all had productive days!

This is amazing!

here is a gif showing how blood flows through the heart in case you need extra motivation 

14/01/19 - Exploring Berlin

What an awesome way to turn 18! Although I could have gone to more museums and just generally done more, the stuff I did do was fantastic and I’m sharing with you a really important point of interest. Yeah we did the Reichstag and the Brandenburger Tor and the East Side Gallery - and the Deutsches Spionagemuseum (which was amazing!), but I think one of the most profound landmarks we visited was the Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas.

I wanted to take time to see the memorial for the murdered Jewish people of the Holocaust and really just wander and ponder. It’s such an eerily tranquil place - a black hole in the middle of a bustling city. It’s disorienting and yet peaceful. Claustrophobic and rigid but very organic and human too, somehow.

I vow to make my adulthood one that will ensure that such immense suffering never happens again.

1/5/2021 When art and science collide...

This week, I learned about organometallic catalysts for propene polymerisation. I found it an interesting topic, though frustrating: despite understanding the process, I can’t visualise the process to rationalise which catalyst gives which product. That’s kind of the whole point of the catalysts, and I was annoyed that I was fighting (and losing) an uphill battle. But that’s okay, because I found a way around my problem.

I wanted to make a 3D animation of the process since I couldn’t find any, though that would actually require my learning how to model molecules and animate them - that’s a little beyond my skill set right now. Learning to animate molecular processes is long-term goal I have set myself as a little side project, but for now I’ll have to settle for more traditional means. So, I drew the process out and made a graphic for my reference instead.

Software: Autodesk Sketchbook for iPad

Easter break has arrived!

Uni has worked me very hard this week, but the highlight was definitely being introduced to organometallics. These are some notes on bonding models of pi-acceptor ligands!

Coming up next week: revision for summer exams begins! My aim is to beat my Christmas exam marks - let’s do this!

Well fam, 6 hours of solitary confinement and two exams later I can say with 100% certainty I will not get A*s in German or Maths ahahahaha

16/08/18 So studying languages is amazing but I also love sciences and there is an introductory lecture tomorrow about pharmacokinetics that I unfortunately am not attending. However, it looked like fun so I’m reading up on it myself and making some notes for something to do because it’s 22:14 right now. I’m not a person to specialise in just one thing 😫

Can we talk about how hard it is physically and mentally to take exams with IBS that won’t quit. Would not wish it on my worst enemy - I am exhausted and all I could think about for my six hour stay in solitary confinement was how much my stomach hurt