Dilutions? Done :) And I should be able to start complete the gene expression on Friday. Woot! I cannot wait to be done with those damn cecum samples. 3 months is waaaaaaaaaaay too long to be working on the same project. I'm ready to move on to something new, like quantifying the prebiotics in the feces. Yep, you heard me right: I'd rather work ( Read more... )

1. Ate her first batch of boiled crawfish of the season at Boutin's ( Read more... )

Say Hey (The More I See The Less I Know)In other news, this weekend has been much less productive than I would have liked, but it has been one hell of a good time ( Read more... )

I have lots of friends in the performing arts back in New York. One of them is Carissa: a spunky redhead what I love. She recently played a role in  Shakepeare's The Tempest, which was performed in Riverside Park in the City. Here's a music video:

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She's the one in the face paint and (later on) wings ;)

Okay, for some reason, I thought today was ladymothra 's birthday. Turns out I was wrong. (Thanks,
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I went to the Captain's house in Denham Springs for a dinner party last night. I met his wife and some of his friends, and everyone had about a bottle of wine. (Except the wife - she's 4 months along.) We were food snobs too. We made mini pizzas from scratch - dough, toppings, and all - and ogled the varieties of basil and mint growing in the ( Read more... )

This weekend was a lot more fun than I thought it would be...

Crawfest was cool despite the ridiculously long (not to mention slow-as-molasses) line for mudbugs. The wait wasn't so bad though, 'cause I had GSpot and ZKitty to keep me company.

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