How Did It Go From Veterinary to Chemistry?

After I was making flash powder, I quit. I think it coincided at some point with like a fear of firecrackers. So I just and since then I don't like explosives. But I got I really want to make thermite. Why? Which you know what thermite is? It's the shit that burns like ridiculously. And so it's like aluminum and iron oxide. "I always say the projects I really liked just happened to be chemistry"