somehow, my boss still manages to irritate me by e-mail. arghh.

...if i make it out alive, then i'd celebrate.

my two weeks are almost up.

i'm allergic to something, but i have no idea what it is. i could go get myself tested, but there's this one problem. i sneeze a lot in lab. there are a ton of chemicals and whatnot that is probably attributing to my sneezing, and that probably won't be solved very easily. i'm gonna end up blowing out my brains at this point ( Read more... )

tis the quarter that i schedule my 2nd year exam for advancement in the Ph.D program. as always, there is no such thing as an easy task. i can't reach one professor at the moment and its starting to stress me out. he's big in the biochem world and is always out of town. naturally, i can't schedule my exam until i can confirm dates with him. he ( Read more... )

year end report complete! 37 pages of all the crap i did last year. i have learned my lesson and will now start being more organized.

back in sd. i returned to a dusty room which somehow triggered a runny nose and an annoying cough. i can't figure out if i did catch a cold before coming to sd, or if the dust triggered allergies which developed into a cold. anyways, i am currently working on a long ass report that is required by my boss at the end of every year (hence year end ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas!!! Have lots of fun and be safe!!

tacos = the best ( Read more... )

i am officially on winter break. i'm packing right now and will be back in orange county tomorrow. i am excited! it'll be nice to be away from lab for awhile. i do have some minor work to occupy me, but other than that, i plan on relaxing. let's hangout folks!!

it's the battle of optimists versus the pessimists and the helpful versus the condescending. lab is just...well, its better to stay away from some people at the moment. one of the girls in lab is acting really arrogant and condescending towards others. in my case, i'm trying to deal with a postdoc who has lately been bashing my project. okay, i ( Read more... )