Please don't take this too seriously.

[Lorizael]

I'm just (stupidly) trying to bang my linguistics TA. But I obviously can't do anything overt or explicit during the semester (that would be unethical), so in the mean time I'm trying to build a rapport. So far this has involved me asking her questions (via email) that are tangentially related to what we're discussing in class but are in actuality well outside the scope of an intro level course. The result so far is that she wants to meet so that we can chat about the questions I asked.

[pchang]

No really, I'm a very cunning linguist.......

[Colon™]

I'm just (stupidly) trying to bang my linguistics TA. But I obviously can't do anything overt or explicit during the semester (that would be unethical), so in the mean time I'm trying to build a rapport. So far this has involved me asking her questions (via email) that are tangentially related to what we're discussing in class but are in actuality well outside the scope of an intro level course. The result so far is that she wants to meet so that we can chat about the questions I asked.

In her office? At a coffee shop? Bar?

[Lorizael]

In her office. Anywhere else would be unethical.

There's no reason to believe she's acting in any capacity other than my TA at this point. Her initial response to my questions was (paraphrased), "That's an open area of research. You should take class X next fall, which I'm TAing. I can't answer your questions right now, but let me think about them and maybe I can recommend some books." Then today, before class began, she told me I should come by her office on Monday so we could chat about what I had asked her.

[Sava]

I think this will work

[Lorizael]

Thanks.

[Ben Kenobi]

Today was the very special global warming lecture in my astronomy class. I'm not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, the professor was very clear in his stance that global warming is happening and that it's man-made, but on the other hand he framed the lecture as a discussion about the truth of global warming. And we also discussed what could be done to curb global warming, which strikes me as utterly out of place in an astronomy class

They are spouting that crap? My astronomy professors were all unequivocally against it. I had an assignment to calculate variations in solar flux.

[Ben Kenobi]

Seems like a pretty efficient and fair way to go about it to me

Exempting one class of energy is hardly fair. Would you agree to an across the board increase for all power, renewable or no?

If not, why not?

[Elok]

Ah, so you're talking to the lady in a structured and therefore non-threatening situation. That's entirely sensible. When you talk about "plans" and "phases," it makes me picture something from a bad sitcom, perhaps involving what they call "zaniness" or "madcap shenanigans." Both of which would be entirely uncharacteristic, but the words sounded ominous and maybe your prostate had gotten bored from inactivity and garroted your brain. Not the case, good. I endorse this plan.

[Elok]

Not that I really suspected any such thing. But the idea of a "plan" in this context raises vague fears in me. Fears that the person involved is either into misogynistic rubbish, or else considering the rental of a bear outfit and the hiring of two struggling actors. The latter being more likely in your case, but still unlikely. I guess it's just a scary, scary word.

[Sava]

i agree with elok

[Aeson]

A plan is ok, a scheme or plot on the other hand would just be wrong ...

[Sava]

wat about a mission?

[Lorizael]

My plans in and of themselves are mostly harmless. They're just a way to force myself to act like a normal human being. The zany part is the detailed conversation flowchart I've developed for ensuring the plan proceeds apace.

[Aeson]

wat about a mission?

Do you mean mission like Operation: Bed the TA ... or more like converting the natives?