"IntaEducat-ion" Explained

Hey guys!

So this is my first blog post since xanga in the early 2000's. First let me explain the Blog Title: IntaEducat-ion. This is a pun in two different ways, and has a combined meaning.

To break it down, let's start with Inta. Inta is from the most delightfully delectably delicious smoothie place in the world called IntaJuice which is a pun to mean "I'm Inta this Juice." It has flavors such as Tango Mango (Mango, Peach, Strawberry, Watermellon, and Vanilla Frozen Yogurt), Love Potion #9 (Watermelon, Raspberry, Blackberry and Strawberry), two of my favorites. I have frequented this place over 100 times as for personal, business, and social reasons during my undergraduate career at Ohio State.

However, they have recently undergone a name change and are now called Berry Blendz but the name IntaJuice will live on, if only in my blog title.

The next pun Educat-ion originates from my first actual Chemistry class in my life, which I took in college. Chem 101 was the name, and I two words that I would describe Chemistry-lingo are "completely disorienting." To give some background, I graduated OSU with majors in Political Science, International Studies, and Chinese Language, and suffice to say, I had absolutely no science background. I proceeded to dive into my book and attempt to understand the intricacies of the elements, which went quite well. I saw a few confusing terms such as Ag as silver, and Fe as iron, yet I learned these and went onwards, and then came the roadblock. My natural response was to ask the professor whom I would be seeing later that day. So the conversation goes as follows:
Me: Hey professor! I have a question for you!
Prof: What is it?
Me: So what's a cation?
Prof: ...? A what?
Me: A cation..?
Prof: A cation?!!?
Me: Yes..
Prof: Are you joking right now? Because this is not funny.
Me: (What is going on right now..)
Prof: You mean a cat-ion? The opposite of an anion?

So how was I supposed to know that cation was pronounced cat-ion? I followed standard grammatical English and utilized my prior knowledge of words that I could associate with the same pronounciation such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers favorite, Californiacation, or other words such as Vacation, or even Education. Nobody says "Hey I hope you have fun on your Vacat-ion!"

So yes, it is quite ironic that the latter pun is used as my blog title, but here is my justification. IntaJuice was firmly embedded within my educational experience at Ohio State, and Educat-ion was my defining learning experience in Chem 101. These two puns combine together to form the word IntaEducat-ion simultaneously representing getting into the education process on my end, and representing the facilitation of getting my future students into the education process without the embarrassment I experienced entering into Chemistry.

So, the title IntaEducat-ion stands!