I had two distinct dreams last night:
In one, I was standing outside my lab in the hallway, getting daggers thrown at me by some unknown people dressed in black. Every time I tried to dodge a dagger, I actually jumped into it's path. It was a painful experience.
In the other one, I was having a mini argument with my PI about whether I should shave off my mustache for Society Meeting that we're going to in a little over a month. She said I should shave it off. I said I don't have a mustache to shave. Which I don't. She insisted.
I'm sure I could do a great Freudian analysis of this, but I think I'm going to put it down to spending too much time in the lab over the last 3 weeks.
In other news, classes! I'm really getting into some interesting stuff this semester. The only drawback is that I have to take an English class, which looks really bad and will probably drain a lot of my energy. Oh well, that's the price you have to pay to learn how to write!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Saturday Afternoons
Saturday afternoon is the best time to spend in lab. You get the perfect amount of smugness at being a dedicated lab member, relaxation from not having the PI standing over your shoulder, and sense of accomplishment by restocking the media that has been depleted over the week.
You can do the dumbest little piece of work and feel great because you did it on a SATURDAY. You can listen to your iPod without being rude. You can spread out over an entire bench without battling it out with your neighbor.
It wouldn't normally feel this great, but since it's vacation and I have the luxury of time, I feel like I can pat myself on the back for using it productively. I recommend you all do the same (even you doctorate students. I know it's practically in the job description, but I guess you guys deserve a bit of love anyway. Just kidding. Everyone loves you dudes.)
That being said, err. Welcome to this blog! I plan to blog a bit about everything, but hopefully focus a lot on Science (with a capital S). I'm at a small institution right now so my lab and work is a bit different than one might expect from a science student elsewhere, meaning that there are no doctorate students in my lab and my largest class was 50 people. For Bio 101. Be jealous. So all that being said, I hope you enjoy some college and a lot of Science blogging, and follow me on my journey to becoming a full fledged Real Scientist.
You can do the dumbest little piece of work and feel great because you did it on a SATURDAY. You can listen to your iPod without being rude. You can spread out over an entire bench without battling it out with your neighbor.
It wouldn't normally feel this great, but since it's vacation and I have the luxury of time, I feel like I can pat myself on the back for using it productively. I recommend you all do the same (even you doctorate students. I know it's practically in the job description, but I guess you guys deserve a bit of love anyway. Just kidding. Everyone loves you dudes.)
That being said, err. Welcome to this blog! I plan to blog a bit about everything, but hopefully focus a lot on Science (with a capital S). I'm at a small institution right now so my lab and work is a bit different than one might expect from a science student elsewhere, meaning that there are no doctorate students in my lab and my largest class was 50 people. For Bio 101. Be jealous. So all that being said, I hope you enjoy some college and a lot of Science blogging, and follow me on my journey to becoming a full fledged Real Scientist.
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