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I've had a long day of paper-chasing, which has resulted in the departmental secretary for Chem knowing me by name. Ah well. I guess my reputation is doomed to be one of ditziness. On the plus side, I think I got all the initial stuff sorted, and now there's only experimental paperwork (COSHH and DSEAR assessments, etc.) and write-ups to deal with. For a bit. It's looking like I should aim to have the lit review section coherently drafted by January, and the entire thesis done in March. But the lab is nice and shiny, and there are three other MSci/MChem students in my chem lab group, plus some nice-seeming postgrads and a postdoc.
Things will be a bit confusing for a few days, but I'm hoping to start at least the prepwork for synthesising an ATP analogue, adenosine alpha-thiotriphosphate, on Thursday. A lot of the earlier stages will mostly be solvent purification and drying things out (in the molecular sense, i.e. exclusion of moisture using drying agents and atmospheres). I aim to spend most of tomorrow reading the lit, putting together a gameplan and sorting out my COSHH/DSEAR (safety/risk) assessment. In theory, I can't really start until I get my safety forms back, and also until Dave is back from wherever he's going tomorrow and the next day, so he can sign off the fact that I've thought about what I'm doing.
Ooh, how nice. I've just got an email confirming that I've completed all the necessary paperwork to *start*. Now I just have to keep from screwing up...
Bold the skills you possess and italicize those you wish you did.
+ Use chopsticks.
+ Speak more than one language. (At least to a certain extent; but I wish I spoke French better, and anything else fluently)
+ Roll my tongue.
+ Play a musical instrument.
+ Name every single pokemon character.
+ Sing in tune.
+ Use html.
+ Cross my eyes.
+ Put both feet behind my head.
+ Ride a horse (If nothing else, it could've got me an acting gig in a costume drama...)
+ Swim.
+ Shuffle playing cards with a fancy move.
+ Move and wiggle my eyebrows independently of each other.
+ Play chess and win
+ Ride a bike.
+ Drive.
+ Do long division in my head.
+ Draw quite convincingly. (I'm really out of practise at the moment)
+ Bake cakes
+ Stand on my head.
+ Do cartwheels.
+ Spell Czechoslovakia without having to look it up first.
+ Identify any garden bird.
+ Mix a mean cocktail. (Chemist, remember?)
+ Read music.
+ Style hair like a professional. (I'd settle for being able to style my own hair passably)
+ Tell the difference between Prada and nada at a glance.
+ Whistle.
+ Recite whole passages from the Lord Of The Rings books by heart. (As long as you're talking about the verse sections, anyway)
+ Remember birthdays and anniversaries without being reminded.
+ Tap dance.
+ Diffuse an argument easily.
+ Nurse any sick plant back to health.
+ Cook anything. (I'm not bolding or italicising this one, because while I don't think I could cook *anything*, I am a pretty decent cook, and suspect I could figure out how to cook just about anything, given a bit of time and as long as failing and trying again is okay)
+ Forgive quickly.
+ Train a dog.
+ Commit things to memory without effort. (Sadly, this only applies to certain things, like song lyrics - learning, say, quantum mechanics, is somewhat trickier)
+ Stick my big toe up and my little toes down.
+ Freakishly bend my double-jointed thumb.
+ Remove any stain.
+ Do anything with makeup.
+ Open jars without trouble. (It's called a "jar-opener". I believe that the opening process is expedited by the successful application of intelligence, and therefore, tools.)
+ Charm the pants off of people if I try.
+ Hold my breath for a minute. (Does being able to hold a note for a minute count? That's all exhale, after all)
+ Roller-skate.
+ Understand Shakespeare.
+ Listen.
+ Sew curtains.
+ Decipher morse code.
+ Click my fingers.
+ Complete crossword puzzles. (Depends on the crossword, but I can hardly claim to have mastered the art until I can do the NYT one)
+ Finish a book once I start it.
+ Fold napkins into pretty fan shapes. (Also lotus blossoms)
+ Crochet scarves.
+ Cheering people up.
+ Write multi-chapter fan fic stories.
+ Rock at Six Degrees of Separation.
+ Tell a debit from a credit in general ledger accounting.
Things will be a bit confusing for a few days, but I'm hoping to start at least the prepwork for synthesising an ATP analogue, adenosine alpha-thiotriphosphate, on Thursday. A lot of the earlier stages will mostly be solvent purification and drying things out (in the molecular sense, i.e. exclusion of moisture using drying agents and atmospheres). I aim to spend most of tomorrow reading the lit, putting together a gameplan and sorting out my COSHH/DSEAR (safety/risk) assessment. In theory, I can't really start until I get my safety forms back, and also until Dave is back from wherever he's going tomorrow and the next day, so he can sign off the fact that I've thought about what I'm doing.
Ooh, how nice. I've just got an email confirming that I've completed all the necessary paperwork to *start*. Now I just have to keep from screwing up...
Bold the skills you possess and italicize those you wish you did.
+ Use chopsticks.
+ Speak more than one language. (At least to a certain extent; but I wish I spoke French better, and anything else fluently)
+ Roll my tongue.
+ Play a musical instrument.
+ Name every single pokemon character.
+ Sing in tune.
+ Use html.
+ Cross my eyes.
+ Put both feet behind my head.
+ Ride a horse (If nothing else, it could've got me an acting gig in a costume drama...)
+ Swim.
+ Shuffle playing cards with a fancy move.
+ Move and wiggle my eyebrows independently of each other.
+ Play chess and win
+ Ride a bike.
+ Drive.
+ Do long division in my head.
+ Draw quite convincingly. (I'm really out of practise at the moment)
+ Bake cakes
+ Stand on my head.
+ Do cartwheels.
+ Spell Czechoslovakia without having to look it up first.
+ Identify any garden bird.
+ Mix a mean cocktail. (Chemist, remember?)
+ Read music.
+ Style hair like a professional. (I'd settle for being able to style my own hair passably)
+ Tell the difference between Prada and nada at a glance.
+ Whistle.
+ Recite whole passages from the Lord Of The Rings books by heart. (As long as you're talking about the verse sections, anyway)
+ Remember birthdays and anniversaries without being reminded.
+ Tap dance.
+ Diffuse an argument easily.
+ Nurse any sick plant back to health.
+ Cook anything. (I'm not bolding or italicising this one, because while I don't think I could cook *anything*, I am a pretty decent cook, and suspect I could figure out how to cook just about anything, given a bit of time and as long as failing and trying again is okay)
+ Forgive quickly.
+ Train a dog.
+ Commit things to memory without effort. (Sadly, this only applies to certain things, like song lyrics - learning, say, quantum mechanics, is somewhat trickier)
+ Stick my big toe up and my little toes down.
+ Freakishly bend my double-jointed thumb.
+ Remove any stain.
+ Do anything with makeup.
+ Open jars without trouble. (It's called a "jar-opener". I believe that the opening process is expedited by the successful application of intelligence, and therefore, tools.)
+ Charm the pants off of people if I try.
+ Hold my breath for a minute. (Does being able to hold a note for a minute count? That's all exhale, after all)
+ Roller-skate.
+ Understand Shakespeare.
+ Listen.
+ Sew curtains.
+ Decipher morse code.
+ Click my fingers.
+ Complete crossword puzzles. (Depends on the crossword, but I can hardly claim to have mastered the art until I can do the NYT one)
+ Finish a book once I start it.
+ Fold napkins into pretty fan shapes. (Also lotus blossoms)
+ Crochet scarves.
+ Cheering people up.
+ Write multi-chapter fan fic stories.
+ Rock at Six Degrees of Separation.
+ Tell a debit from a credit in general ledger accounting.