OK. DragonCon was THE SHIT. More on that when I get a chance to type a long post. But I just read this at work and WTF Like these ppl need to straighten out their priorties or something. I mean come on California has much bigger problems than this ( Read more... )

Just as suddenly as we became overloaded with samples the past few months, our workload has shrunk. I've spent most of the week with pretty much nothing to do...spending my time catching up with astronomy news and doing physics. *shrugs* It passes the time, but I wish I could get some 'real' work done. I'm being allowed to train myself in two ( Read more... )

I just had the strangest craving at work:

Olive Loaf

I havent had olive loaf since grade school...

Yesterday one of my coworkers kept smelling this sweet fruity melony scent, he figured it was one of the girls' lotion. So he walked around the lab sniffing every single one of us before realizing that it was his own deordorant he was smelling. HAHA Thats what happens when you quit cigarettes, you get your sense of smell back ( Read more... )

I tend to return here when I have something to rant about ( Read more... )

Lets see ( Read more... )

Yes, they have energy gel now. And we got samples in, and of course one of the lab guys had to try it. Apparently it taste like chalky carboard but slightly sweet and it feels like a packet of snot wrapped in foil. Whats next?

Now, I havent been around because I've been working, working, and working more. I want to save up some money (yeah right) and it doesnt help that $400/mo is sucked out of my check between taxes and benefits. While another $400 goes to gas alone. So this friday's check has 82+ regular hrs 11 overtime hours plus 8Hrs holiday pay from memorial day ( Read more... )

After the not so great weekend I just went to work, came home, slept. The usual blah. Wednesday night a friend of mine was like "Hey, come to MobiCon with me and I'll pay your way ( Read more... )

The joys start early friday while still at work after I just took the time to exactly pipette mircroliters into my flouremetry plate and have everything set up...come to pick up my paperwork and my plate slides off the table onto the floor. Dye and DNA everywheres. Between having to clean up the mess and redoing the plate, I'm put a half an hour ( Read more... )