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holy wow "the office" is so good. toby as jealous passive-aggressive was heeelarious.
in other news, I apparently completely forgot how to pour gels because it took me an embarrassing four times to get it right. aaaaack. but things are going well in the lab otherwise.
and yesterday we watched the red sox beat the angels in the first playoff game. at a sports bar next to fenway, not in the park itself, admittedly. but whatever, we are poor grad students. and dude isn't it awesome how I actually kind of know what the hell "playoff" means now?
ok seriously though, I don't understand how people can watch more than one baseball game a week. they're so long and repetitive and 90% of the time it's just people standing there looking bored (but intensely so). it's fun to get into the game with friends but they need to cut the damn things down to 5 innings. or actually get people on base more than twice a game.
of course the truly huge news of the week is this: RADIOHEAD ARE RELEASING A NEW FUCKING ALBUM IN LESS THAN A WEEK. and you can buy it online as a download. and you pay as much as you feel like paying. they're doing it sans label support in what has to be the biggest "fuck you" to the record industry since the napster days. it's awesome. and the tracklisting is awesome too. "nude" is finally seeing the light of day. "reckoner" is back from the grave. and my favorites from last year's tour (especially "arpeggi," which if done right will probably become my favorite radiohead tune ever) all made it.
righto, back to genetics I go!
in other news, I apparently completely forgot how to pour gels because it took me an embarrassing four times to get it right. aaaaack. but things are going well in the lab otherwise.
and yesterday we watched the red sox beat the angels in the first playoff game. at a sports bar next to fenway, not in the park itself, admittedly. but whatever, we are poor grad students. and dude isn't it awesome how I actually kind of know what the hell "playoff" means now?
ok seriously though, I don't understand how people can watch more than one baseball game a week. they're so long and repetitive and 90% of the time it's just people standing there looking bored (but intensely so). it's fun to get into the game with friends but they need to cut the damn things down to 5 innings. or actually get people on base more than twice a game.
of course the truly huge news of the week is this: RADIOHEAD ARE RELEASING A NEW FUCKING ALBUM IN LESS THAN A WEEK. and you can buy it online as a download. and you pay as much as you feel like paying. they're doing it sans label support in what has to be the biggest "fuck you" to the record industry since the napster days. it's awesome. and the tracklisting is awesome too. "nude" is finally seeing the light of day. "reckoner" is back from the grave. and my favorites from last year's tour (especially "arpeggi," which if done right will probably become my favorite radiohead tune ever) all made it.
righto, back to genetics I go!