Forensics:

[crows]

I am very into forensic science, as preamble. It drives me to watch crime on TV... I prefer true to fake, though I love me some Law and Order (and Crossing Jordan, but I think I like that show for the story and not the crime). I'm NOT into CSI. At all. But that's a side thing.

Anyway, the point... I've had a couple of classes here and there (highschool, really) and have kicked around a possible future where I -do- seek formal education on the subject and potentially, at some point, work. Now, I don't want to investigate crime-scenes and pursue criminals... I'd want to work in a lab, doing something heinously specific really, really well. All of the tiny sub-fields of forensic science are bafflingly fascinating and supremely awesome. Forensic document examination? Forensic geology? Sound analysis? Or fingerprints... or anthropology...

It's just... really interesting, that's all.

Comments

[skizzywicket.livejournal.com]

Forensic toxicology is a less corpse-ified division of forensic science - but I'm biased, as it's one of my favorites. If you're not a chemistry fan, you can go for something like handwriting or fingerprint analysis, or even go into profiling (which is fascinating!). Sound/Geology/document examination are also non-corpsey fields, but it's difficult to get a job exclusively in them.

I suppose it's how you look at it. Most of the time working in the lab will circumvent chasing down the bad guys, but it doesn't mean it's going to be non-corpsey. If you think you'd be cool with death scenes, blood spatter analysis is also really awesome. You generally have multiple specialties like blood spatter analysis and photography. Fingerprint analysis won't keep you in the lab all the time. I'd recommend pursuing as much education on forensic science as you can, especially all things lab-related. Once you start on your classes, you can find out exactly what fits your interests.

I start my death investigation classes through my job in two weeks, which means I get to spend a couple hours with a couple bodies a month. It's going to be exciting, though it'll probably take me a little while to get used to the work environment >_

[incommune.livejournal.com]

Wow! Good luck with all that. I've been excited about the posts I've read where you've mentioned your work... I love meeting people who do interesting things, only if peripherally. If I ever were to get into that kind of work, it'd be a lifetime from now, after Music school and whatever else I'll have going on in the interim. But you never know! I'd take an opportunity to learn about it, hands down, if one were thrown at me. Whee!

[skizzywicket.livejournal.com]

Yeaaah, I didn't mean to sound like I was lecturing you. I'm just really passionate about what I do and go overboard a bit sometimes... I hope you get a chance to at least play around with it a bit; it's really great work.

[incommune.livejournal.com]

Nah! Like I said, you do something interesting, it's double-awesome that you're so passionate about it. I'm sure I'll be all full of babbling once I get at the music school I'm on the slow road for.

thank you

[(Anonymous)]

thank you, brother