Poems from Astro Class
The terrestrial planets are small,
not very massive but dense,
close to the Sun and have few moons.
They have rocky outer parts and iron cores.
– A. Filippenko, slide CS-95, fall 2009
The Jovian planets are large, massive
but not very dense, far from the Sun,
and have many moons. They are
mostly liquid, but have rock/iron
cores. They rotate rapidly.
– A. Filippenko, slide CS-111, fall 2009
Movie Review: District 9
Meta: Better write this before I forget everything. Also, I seem to not be able to decide whether reviews are classified as Life or Thoughts on Chigaijin, but that doesn’t really matter since most of you will read this on Facebook anyway.
District 9: A relatively original movie that stands out from everything else that makes it to mainstream. In order to review it properly, this post will have spoilers. If you are NOT OKAY with that, read the rest of this paragraph and then leave. District 9 was, to put it succinctly, “interesting, but not entertaining”. Also,…