*dead* I just spent 12:15 pm - 7:30 pm in my research lab. My experiments worked BEAUTIFULLY but we won't have the final product until tomorrow, so a number of things could go wrong ( Read more... )

I actually made a post about this over at wtf_nature but I figured I could share with my f-list. :3 If anyone wants to know what my research lab is doing, this is a part of it. The professor and the older graduate students have actually filmed very similar videos in my lab, but I'm not allowed to share those. ^^;

I won't go into the details, but unlike most ( Read more... )

Soooo, one of the holes (formerly moles) in my shoulder looks like it's kind of getting infected. Or maybe it's supposed to look all red and puffy before it heals (because I wish it would heal faster). At the moment, I think the verdict is that I'm healing with a hole (or two) in my arm. The skin around it is finally cleaning itself of dead pieces ( Read more... )

Over the summer, we got emails about two professors that died, one of which was a Ph.D student called Stephen Jordon. That name rang a bell in my head because I was in a "Interpretation and Argument" English class about AIDS taught by a great young man called Professor Jordon. I actually recall sitting there, reading the email, and wondering if it ( Read more... )

Was going to post this yesterday and somehow forgot...

Part of our three-hour bio lab class was canceled because one of our lab rooms started pouring water from the ceiling. Not trickling, but pouring. This class is in the same building where I do research so a pipe burst next to my research lab on the 6th floor and it was drenching a whole section ( Read more... )

Early this morning, I walked straight into a doorway with my elbow. I haven't been in so much pain in a LONG time. I just kind of held my arm and leaned against the door for a few minutes until I could feel my fingers. Even now, my arm feels like shit. It's maybe 50% functional and I was having a hard time raising it beyond my shoulder to even ( Read more... )

For some reason, I'm not feeling stressed, even though I think I should be. -_____-;;

~Two page paper due tomorrow on a reading I haven't started yet. (Not really my fault, it wasn't really assigned until Tuesday.)
~Right leg is effed up. The inside of my ankle started hurting when I was walking this morning and the pain got so bad by noon that I had ( Read more... )

Weird, I suddenly like working again. I think I've gotten too used to having homework and the summer's just felt weird without it. O_o Or maybe Powerpoint is just fun to work with.

Another weird thing. I apparently can focus better when a movie is playing on my computer in the background than I can with actual music. (Or maybe Titanic just does that ( Read more... )

I had one of those dreadful moments today at work where my professor (and boss) pulled me aside and started a conversation with "Now, I don't want you to panic but..."

I was totally calm until that moment, thanks. ._.

So basically, because our summer research program is hosting a poster presentation for the department heads (and apparently some ( Read more... )

So.... the Head of the Department of Biology at our school died today. :-/ (She took over for the last Head of Bio, whom died last year. X___x Our department is so screwed now.) Her death was a huge, huge shock, because even though she's somewhat old and she's been in the hospital for a month for an intestine infection, she's this incredibly larger ( Read more... )