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Tweak says, "Mind the gap."

Ray Palmer (wantstomatter) wrote in jurassiccitynet,
@ 2016-10-14 20:56:00

Entry tags:

allison argent, kara zor-el / supergirl, leonard snart / captain cold, ray palmer / the atom

I think nearly setting my apartment on fire is a sign that I should maybe take a break from working on stuff and try to rejoin the real world. For a little while at least.

Hi new people.

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	anewcode 2016-10-14 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	You didn't actually set you apartment on fire I hope. It definitely sounds like you need to try and rejoin the real world for a little bit. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-14 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	No. It was just a minor thing, really. No one is hurt or homeless. Nothing has burned down. Things were jut a little smoky. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anewcode 2016-10-15 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	Okay good. That's good. What exactly were you doing to almost cause the fire? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

wantstomatter
2016-10-15 08:02 pm UTC (link)

Working. I was trying to build something that would detect ambient energy that might help differentiate between the worlds we all come from. There has to be something that ties us to home. A way for this place to figure out where we belong when it tosses us back home. As far as we know, we all end up back where we came from. No one's ever landed somewhere else before...

Anyway. I stepped away to do something and may have left something on. In my defense I hadn't slept in awhile and I was forgetting things pretty quickly unless I wrote them down.

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	anewcode 2016-10-15 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	That sounds pretty complicated. Do you really think that there's something that ties us to home? I know most people want to go home but I don't. Have you slept now though? It definitely sounds like you need to get out a bit more. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

wantstomatter
2016-10-15 08:12 pm UTC (link)

I have a lot of free time to dedicate to overly complicated ventures and possible dead ends. I think there has to be something that ties us to home. I'm not sure what it is but science is a lot of trial and error. If I end up wrong then we know I was wrong and we can look into other things.

If you don't want to go home you shouldn't have to. This is just part of something that might help get people home. If they want it. I believe in people having a choice in the matter.

I have. I tend to ramble when I'm well rested. I'm putting things on hold now and trying to get back out there.

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anewcode
2016-10-15 08:18 pm UTC (link)

You haven't gotten a job here then? What about figuring out what brought us here? Could you do that? Or are you more interested in what ties us to home at the moment?

It's more I can't go home than not wanting to. If I go home I'm dead. If there was a way to not be dead back home then I'd want to go back but there isn't.

Good. I'm sure your science will still be there after you've taken some time for yourself.

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	wantstomatter 2016-10-15 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	No. I thought about getting a teaching position but haven't actually followed through with it yet. I'm not more interested in finding out what ties us to home so I could definitely change gears. I understand. Dying back home kind of ruins it. It will. That's the good thing about science. It's always there for you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anewcode 2016-10-15 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	Could you not do both? Teach and look into all the stuff you want to research? Yeah. I try not to think about it too much. It's good to have something reliable like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-17 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	You're right. I could do both. ~~I don't have a personal life and teaching a class will definitely force me to step out of my own lab~~ That's probably a good idea. I'm sorry you died. Occasionally it feels like the only thing I can actually rely on. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anewcode 2016-10-17 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	I mean teachers do have lives outside the classrooms so I'm sure you could do both. Thanks. I know what you mean. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-17 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	I was just thinking that teaching will make sure I get out of the lab. Do you have something like that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anewcode 2016-10-17 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure it will for a little bit at least. I do, I have archery. It's been pretty much the one constant in my life. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-17 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	It's probably good to have some other responsibility to focus on. That's good. I wonder if Oliver feels the same way about archery. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anewcode 2016-10-17 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	Just don't try and do too much or you might have another almost fire. He might do, you'll have to ask him. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	chillout 2016-10-14 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	You don't actually have to fill in for Mick just because he's gone you know. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-14 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	I'll keep that in mind. I wasn't trying to burn anything. I just kind of forgot to turn something off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chillout 2016-10-14 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	So follow your own advice and get out, Raymond. Reclusive moping doesn't really suit you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-15 12:08 am UTC (link)
	It's only partial reclusive moping. I'm mostly science-ing. Though... I guess if it's science inspired by reclusive moping it might as well be the same thing. Right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chillout 2016-10-15 12:21 am UTC (link)
	Science is your coping mechanism. It's still moping. Look. I don't really like you, you don't really like me but I think we both know Mick wouldn't want you holed up in the lab all the time. Live a little. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehouseofel 2016-10-15 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Don't you not-like most people that you actually like? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chillout 2016-10-15 01:27 am UTC (link)
	I like a few. The rest I tolerate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehouseofel 2016-10-15 01:33 am UTC (link)
	If you say so. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-15 11:16 am UTC (link)
	~~Mick ruined the junkfood portion of my moping so science is all I have~~ True but at least I'm occasionally productively moping? Maybe but I respect you. You're right. He never let me mope, not for long. He didn't let me hide anything either. I don't miss that as much. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thehouseofel 2016-10-15 12:11 am UTC (link)
	You have a suit that flies, right? Want to come fly with me and we can do picnic lunch? It's a nice break. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-15 12:18 am UTC (link)
	I do have a suit that flies. It shrinks too but, I guess, flying is the more important aspect right now. So, yes, and that sounds fun so yes to that too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehouseofel 2016-10-15 01:01 am UTC (link)
	The shrinking is also very cool. Any sandwich requests for lunch? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-15 10:35 am UTC (link)
	At this point I actually won't be too picky about whatever you bring. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehouseofel 2016-10-15 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	Alright, I'll go for a variety pack and we'll go tomorrow. Deal? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wantstomatter 2016-10-15 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	Deal. (Reply to this) (Parent)