Posts from Temka Vegtamchik'a

I haven't posted any new content here in a while. I actually have a few ideas for future posts, and even a creative piece in progress... I hope they'll appear here eventually. But for now:

What is historical geology?

Historical geology is a complex, interesting, and comprehensive science. Here are a few interesting points about historical geology, which my group is studying this semester:

- According to historical geology, every individual student should smoke cigarettes.
- Historical geology studies the location of the anus in different groups of sea urchins.
- Historical geology is closely related to the visual arts.

In full, it sounds like this: "Every individual student should smoke cigarettes. You, Yura, are too young. Grow up a little."
In reality, this is just a way to remember the order of geochronological periods: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian. Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous. Paleogene, Neogene.

Regarding the second point, I will quote a part of the lecture briefly and approximately:
Sea urchins are divided into two groups: ancient ones, found in deposits from the Ordovician to the Permian, and new ones, from the Triassic to the present day. The new ones are divided into two subgroups: regular and irregular. Regular sea urchins have five-fold symmetry; their mouth is located at the bottom, and the anus is at the top. Irregular ones have bilateral symmetry and are divided into two more subgroups: jawed and jawless. The location of the anus is the same in both groups; it is located on the axis of symmetry, between the lateral and lower surfaces. The location of the mouth differs: in jawed ones, it is located at the bottom in the middle, and in jawless ones, it is located at the bottom on the side, opposite the anus.
*then follows another group of invertebrate animals, the feather stars*
A question from the back row (which we call "Moscow":rolleyes:): And where is the anus in feather stars?

In practical classes in historical geology, the group is given the task of drawing ten specific fossil organisms. Boxes with fossils are provided, which can be held in the hands to touch the geological history. Submit ten drawings from life, and you can go home.
The vast majority of us haven't been to art school, aren't interested in drawing, and aren't particularly good at it. Therefore, they try to draw and submit them as quickly as possible. I can't draw either (which is a pity), but I try. That's why I'm among the last to leave :rolleyes:. A photo of a page from my notebook is attached. I will decipher the handwriting just in case.
1. Nautilus. 2. Ammonite. 3. Belemnite. 4. Choristites. 5. Terebratula. 6. Sea lily (segments). 7. Sea urchin (spines). 8. Regular sea urchin. 9. Irregular sea urchin. 10. Monograptus.

So, if you don't know where a hedgehog's anus is, you won't be able to extract much oil.

And where are the dinosaurs?

The full phrase sounds like this: "Every individual student should smoke cigarettes. You, Yura, are too young. Grow up a little."
In reality, it's just a way to remember the order of geochronological periods: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian. Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous. Paleogene, Neogene.

At our biology department, instead of "smoke cigarettes," they say "buy half a liter" :) There's also an outdated version, "wait a little, Anton" - previously, the Anthropocene was listed separately.
Seeing the picture immediately brought back memories of my first year, when we had almost as much drawing as biology.

Today there will only be replies to your replies and a tiny bit of material about one of my favorite films.

That's how it is — if you don't know where a hedgehog's anus is, you won't get much oil.

Geophysicist — a subject capable of briskly manipulating infinite series of incomprehensible formulas derived with microscopic precision from indeterminate assumptions based on questionable data obtained from unconvincing experiments performed with uncontrolled equipment by persons of dubious reliability and uncertain mental capacity. And all this — with the openly acknowledged purpose of irritating and confusing a group of fanatics known as geologists, who, in turn, are a parasitic layer surrounding the honest and hard-working drillers.

(c) Journal of Petroleum Technology

The last ones are the ones who extract the oil.

And where are the dinosaurs?

No time for paleozoology — today was a colloquium on hedgehogs and the rest, and then other sections follow — stratigraphy, for example. Though dinosaur fossil remains are present at the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

And here at our biology faculty, instead of "smoking cigarettes" they say "buy half a liter." There's also an outdated version: "wait a bit, Anton" — back when the Anthropogene was distinguished separately.

The Quaternary period is still distinguished separately to this day.

And now about the film.Yesterday I blew the minds of four more people with this film...

- I want to be him! To be John Malkovich!
- Ah... I see. Well, that can be arranged.
(Dialogue between Cameron Diaz and Orson Bean, from the film)

Some call this film a psychological drama — the characters truly experience love and suffering; others see a deep philosophical subtext in it — the most obvious question of this kind is the film's tagline ("Ever wanted to be someone else?"); still others consider it a farce, since all the characters are mentally ill and abnormal to one degree or another, and the events are absurd. I'll simply say that it's one of my favorite films, a brilliant creation by screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.

There are three truly unusual and mind-blowing scenes in the film, especially the one where Malkovich ends up inside himself.

The film can also be freely torn apart for quotes.
- I'll make lasagna, we'll smoke some hash, and we'll all feel great. (Cameron Diaz's character, about inviting someone over)

Of everyone I know, no one had seen this film before meeting me. Therefore, I doubt even a few HeroesWorld members have watched it before, and I strongly recommend correcting that oversight. I would be glad to hear your opinion about the film.

Today, on the 271st anniversary of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, one of the oldest cities in the Far East (older only than Okhotsk), we had our first snowfall (symbolic). It was 8 a.m., I rudely woke up my sister, took her camera, and photographed the wonderful view from the window.

The first two photos are the view from the kitchen. The next two are from the bedroom. The rooms are on different sides.

Also, I've wanted to start a thread called "View from Your Window" for a long time. If the weather is clear, I will definitely start it and add similar photos to these four for comparison.

As for me, I don't see anything particularly beautiful in these photos; they are just ordinary pictures of an ordinary city. I have almost the same.

Oil is extracted by the last ones.

Yes, but in this, so to speak, "black" business, all of the aforementioned are involved in one way or another. ;)

And also, I've wanted to start a topic called "View from your window" for a long time.

A terrible topic! The urban views of Russia from the Soviet era only make your eyes sad - everywhere it's the same, and what a sight...

I like them. Good photos, Veggie. Maybe I should take some too? Though the quality will be awful.

What a terrible topic! The urban landscapes of Russia from the Soviet era are just depressing – everywhere it’s the same, and what a depressing sight…

Well, I wouldn’t say so, Lizard, you have a very nice place near Omsk; I saw the photos on VKontakte. I won’t say anything about Omsk itself, I don’t know.

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though, many places are nice in the summer. I generally feel good in the summer.

What a depressing topic! The urban landscapes of Russia from the Soviet era are just depressing – everywhere it’s the same, and what a depressing sight…

But I live in an elite, modern residential area.

What are you talking about? I live in a Khrushchev-era apartment building!

I have an elite, modern residential area.

I don't want to upset you, but 90% of new buildings are terrible because the designers are underfunded and incompetent.

In Perm, about 90% of new buildings are quite decent.

If you had a conservative chief architect of the city constantly droning on during your lectures, you wouldn't think that way.

Nah, they're fine. They look good, and their stats are decent. I don't know what could be wrong with them.