I try not to be one, at any rate. My aunt and uncle came to visit for a few days, and for those few days I basically didn't go to work because it's been nice out and I only have to write a paper anyway... This isn't exactly my best approach, but I have gotten some things done I guess. Anyway, I love my aunt and uncle, but I hate that there is no ( Read more... )

I actually got something done today with regards to my paper and presentation. I'll be here for 45 more minutes - am I going to get anything more done? No. Alas, this is how my days will go for the rest of the internship. My post-doc friend Ulrika is leaving to go to Sweden for a month, so I won't see any more of her, likely ever. She's really nice ( Read more... )

In two weeks I have to give a 20 minute presentation on the research I've done this summer and submit a 3-4 page paper on the same. I'm supposed to be working on that today. Instead, I made a mix cd, talked with my coworkers about Harry Potter, made four trips to the kitchen for tea/coffee, looked up what books I need for next semester, listened to ( Read more... )

I had forgotten how much I love subways. There are no subways in Maine, which is unfortunate, as I would really enjoy riding on one more often. The closest one by far is in Boston, but I really hate the T. Clearly I need to spend more time in New York or London or DC. Maybe I could engineer newer, better subway cars or something. What would that be ( Read more... )

I can't wait. After an 8 hour bus ride I'm probably going to be either so bursting with anticipation (or so dead from sitting for so long) that I might die upon arrival to the Port Authority.

In other news, I did not have to jump out a window at work today because they didn't have any immunohistochemistry or immunocytochemistry for me to do, so I ( Read more... )

Julie came up from Smith on Friday to visit for the weekend. Carly and Igo were out of town and Ha had booked herself pretty well solid with work, so we wound up hanging out with Grady a lot. It was nice; I hadn't seen Grady in a month and I saw him 3 days in a row. Grady and Julie also make for the perfect combination of "Open" craziness, without ( Read more... )

A week into work and today was the first day that I actually put in a full eight hours. I feel like a slacker leaving by 3pm most days, but they really don't have that much for me to do most of the time. Today I actually spent the whole day in the lab, which was really nice. Being busy and having lots of things to do is much more fun and fulfilling ( Read more... )

Day 1 of internship done. Very boring, lots of training videos/powerpoints/lectures some of which had nothing to do with what I'll be doing, but because we're under the hospital umbrella we need to sit through them for legal reasons. Apparently we got the "cut down" verson, which was nice. Tomorrow I get to meet my Principal Investigator (PI) and ( Read more... )

I have 6 days of nothing left before my internship starts. I've been enjoying the freedom the nothingness gives me, but I'm actually really looking forward to having a regular schedule again; without one I tend to forget important daily activities, such as brushing my teeth in the morning. I know, I feel disgusting when that happens. In preparation ( Read more... )

Are you a Hoopy Frood? Do you know where your towel is? I'm sure I know where mine is.

Happy Towel Day!