I'm going CRAZY!!!!
So, Kai sends me this IM earlier today asking if I would work with him in Lape's lab this evening. I said yes, since (a) I didn't have a whole lot else to do and (b) because you need to have to people in the lab when you're working on real things.
And let's just say that I'm ready to shoot myself from boredom.
This is sort of the way things work:
Step 1: Figure out what the hell we're doing. This is the first film we have ever made, so it's a little intense, and Kai and I really have no idea what we're doing. Which is fun times. The polymer that we're using is viscous like whoa and is rather difficult to move from the bottle to the beaker without dripping all over the scale and fume hood.
Step 2: Let stir for 1 hour. I worked on my carbons lab, so it wasn't all bad.
Step 3: Add 2 grams of a congealing agent. Let stir for 2 hours.
Well, I'm one hour through the second stir process, Kai is off taking the 82 midterm, and I just finished all of the chem that needs doing. (Well, aside from a couple of things, but I don't have my CRC with me... grrrr) I can't leave the lab because the stirring needs to be attended (in case things blow up), and Kai is in the engineering lab.
Which leaves me here, updating livejournal. Good times!
I'm not even convinced that the polymer solution is getting more viscous.
So, if anyone is feeling benevolent, it would be awesome to get visitors. Engineering building, upstairs west side, room 2389. =] Come with a CRC and you'll be my best friend. =]
Not really, but the next hour should be amazing!
And let's just say that I'm ready to shoot myself from boredom.
This is sort of the way things work:
Step 1: Figure out what the hell we're doing. This is the first film we have ever made, so it's a little intense, and Kai and I really have no idea what we're doing. Which is fun times. The polymer that we're using is viscous like whoa and is rather difficult to move from the bottle to the beaker without dripping all over the scale and fume hood.
Step 2: Let stir for 1 hour. I worked on my carbons lab, so it wasn't all bad.
Step 3: Add 2 grams of a congealing agent. Let stir for 2 hours.
Well, I'm one hour through the second stir process, Kai is off taking the 82 midterm, and I just finished all of the chem that needs doing. (Well, aside from a couple of things, but I don't have my CRC with me... grrrr) I can't leave the lab because the stirring needs to be attended (in case things blow up), and Kai is in the engineering lab.
Which leaves me here, updating livejournal. Good times!
I'm not even convinced that the polymer solution is getting more viscous.
So, if anyone is feeling benevolent, it would be awesome to get visitors. Engineering building, upstairs west side, room 2389. =] Come with a CRC and you'll be my best friend. =]
Not really, but the next hour should be amazing!