Thanks to renoir_girl
Thanks to renoir_girl, I have a new way of showing my geekitude in the science areas. Behold! There is an Order of the Science Scouts of Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique. Below the cut are the badges I hold with a brief explanation of why.The "talking science" badge.Required for all members. Assumes the recipient conducts himself/herself in such a manner as to talk science whenever he/she gets the chance. Not easily fazed by looks of disinterest from friends or the act of "zoning out" by well intentioned loved ones.-You read this journal right? Do I have to explain this one? Thanks though to those that lovingly deal with my talking about all things science...even when they don't want to hear about it. Again.The "I blog about science" badge. In which the recipient maintains a blog where at least a quarter of the material is about science. Suffice to say, this does not include scientology.-I don't think I have to explain this one.The "arts and crafts" badge.Because you can't have a bunch of badges without an arts and crafts badge. This one assumes the recipient has all manner of "craftiness" with a sciencegeek twist.-Well...I do sometimes theme my journal around diseases. Oh, and I've made icons that are science based. Yeah.The "I'm pretty confident around an open flame" badge.Recipients have demonstrated proficiency around open flames in laboratory settings.-I have Micro lab...we have to flame everything with a bunsen burner.The "destroyer of quackery" badge.In which the recipient never ever backs down from an argument that pits sound science over quackery.-Intelligent design? Um...no.The "I may look like a scientist but I'm actually also a ninja" badge.Lethal when in combination with the "destroyer of quackery" badge.-I would explain this one...but then I'd have to kill you.The "sexing up science" badge.In which the recipient has had experience with things such as selective breeding, crossing, mate selection, prokaryotic conjugation, fertility studies, STD related microbiology, and/or any other acceptable interpretation of the badge.-I used to work in a lab where I had to plate genital swabs to see if the patients had STDs. I also have to inoculate plates in Micro lab to get the prokaryotic conjugation, so I earned this one.The "I can be a prick when it comes to science" badge.In which the recipient can be so passionate about things of a scientific nature, that he/she may appear surly, rude, and/or unpleasant.-This one is self-explanitory.The "I've touched human internal organs with my own hands" badge.In which the recipient is "hopefully" doing something that is somehow related to human health.-I used to be a surgical tech. You don't want to know what I've seen and touched.The "I've done science with no concievable practical application" badge.There are probably more who are deserving of this badge than you would expect.-I'm alive, aren't I?The "experienced with electrical shock" badge (LEVEL II) In which the recipient has had experience with the electrical shocking of a human.-Ehehhee. I've shocked my sister and, while I didn't personally do it, I have seen people get shocked with the paddles on a defib machine.The "experienced with electrical shock" badge (LEVEL III) In which the recipient has had experience with the electrical shocking of himself/herself.-Who hasn't shocked themselves?