When colleagues block a frequently used machine for the whole day without asking if anyone else might need to use it in that time. I mean, why should they do that? It's not like there might be someone who might need to examine her samples at certain ages. *grrrrrrrrr ( Read more... )

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And by this I mean my PhD. Srsly, why do I even bother? I spend most of today trying to index a phase I synthesized. What does that mean? You don't want to know, trust me. It's about x-ray diffraction, symmetry and lots of frustration. Basically it went like this ( Read more... )

Today my mother called me for an expert opinion.

On zombies. *rofl*

Apparently she was discussing zombies with a student of hers who claimed to be a zombies expert but had never heard of the Zombie Survival Guide. Pffft, amateur.

Hey steppenlaeufer ,

I found a nice new Star Trek fic called Atlas from Angel Baby1 (She feeds our addiction, so I won't roll my eyes at that name. Much.)

pros:

-ridiculously long
-good writing (at least in chapter one)
-Author has written other things in this fandom

cons:

-WIP (but the whole thing consists of four arcs and she has finished the first two that can be ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the last day at work 
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Looks like I don't have to catsit Max during the holidays, because my parents canceled their vacation. They had a car accident that resulted in a bit of dented metal (nothing serious, fortunately) and the car won't be repaired in time. :(

And that means we can do the whole Silvester thing at your place, dienita.

that helps me quantify my phases ( Read more... )

I'm currently watching old episodes of CSI LV. Okay, so it's more like they're playing in the background while I do other stuff, but guess who just showed up:

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Yes it's true, I received the swine flu vaccine yesterday. And it was full of delicious toxins. Today my arm is sore, I'm feeling a bit meh and my sugars are a bit higher than normal. Clearly I'm going to drop dead any minute now ( Read more... )