I started listening to Welcome to Night Vale and am almost done with what's been put out so far. I have no idea what I've been listening to.
Also, I feel awful, but I really, really love the Apache Tracker. Mostly because of the descriptions Cecil gives him always make me laugh. "What an asshole" indeed.
My Welcome to Night Vale obsession continues. I should have a t-shirt arriving in time to wear it to Dragon*Con, yay! I'd love to do a WTNV costume of some sort, but I have a feeling there will be lots anyway.
I marathoned Orange is the New Black this week and really, really enjoyed it. Holy shit, some of these characters break my damn heart. Usually right after making me laugh until I hurt. Good show!
I'm 1000% done with work. I have new weekly meetings that last far, far too long. The worst part is we waste time at the very end of the meeting going back around the group to make everyone talk about a "high" and a "low" of their week. Then we must give "kudos" to someone who helped us out. Because obviously this is kindergarten. These meetings are triggering moderate social anxiety for me (I am not good in a room full of extroverts, no I am not) and I'm just completely done with it.
Me too. I'm really fucking pissed off about Daya's pregnancy though. Yet again, there's the backing out of an abortion a-fucking-gain, because abortion is taboo even off the major networks. God damn. Just once I want to see an unwanted pregnancy be terminated.
Yeah, I was a bit disappointed about that as well. I mean, I know it's driving a lot of the plot, but all that stuff about wanting to be a mother was just...she can always be a mother after she gets out of prison. If ever there was an inconvenient time to be pregnant, being in prison is it.
Starting a big mouse experiment today. I'm not even doing most of the physical work, just directing the experiment, and I'm already feeling fried.
Also lab-related, I was helping the post-doc with another mouse experiment today and one of them bit me. My first real mouse bite!
This week was pretty shitty tbh (found out I wasn't accepted to the NIH conference I applied to) and because of this mouse expt I'm not going to get a break until Dragon*Con. Gotta be in lab every day until then.
i've been spending all weekend so far pouring through resources on various metal oxides (there's not enough known about metal oxides at all) trying to work out which ones would be suitable for me to use. it's frustrating, because as soon as I find one with the right energy levels, the boiling point is wrong - or vice versa.
I have my orientation meeting for student teaching next week (kiddos return to school day after Labor Day). I'm torn between "OMG YAY EXCITED" and "OMG I'm getting so close to being a real teacher and I dont know what I'm doinggggggg *nervous flailing*"
ANYWAY _P I have been waiting for shenanigans because I have something I think will interest a lot of you.
A kickstarter to fund an effort to track down and interview the surviving Night Witches--Russia's female combat pilots.
It's got about a day left on it and still needs £1,000 to get funded. I think this is a pretty worthwhile thing to throw a few dollars at and even if you can only toss in the minimum £1 that's better than nothing!
I love hearing stories about women in traditionally male fields, especially combat roles. They're just so fascinating and inspiring! I can't wait to see the end-product.
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Also, I feel awful, but I really, really love the Apache Tracker. Mostly because of the descriptions Cecil gives him always make me laugh. "What an asshole" indeed.
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It's almost perfect except for their Carlos (Richard Ayoade would be perfect for Carlos instead of Cecil, really).
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I'm not sure if I'd go Gina Torres for Mayor Pamela. I can't think of the name of the actor I was most imagining her as.
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I marathoned Orange is the New Black this week and really, really enjoyed it. Holy shit, some of these characters break my damn heart. Usually right after making me laugh until I hurt. Good show!
I'm 1000% done with work. I have new weekly meetings that last far, far too long. The worst part is we waste time at the very end of the meeting going back around the group to make everyone talk about a "high" and a "low" of their week. Then we must give "kudos" to someone who helped us out. Because obviously this is kindergarten. These meetings are triggering moderate social anxiety for me (I am not good in a room full of extroverts, no I am not) and I'm just completely done with it.
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Also lab-related, I was helping the post-doc with another mouse experiment today and one of them bit me. My first real mouse bite!
This week was pretty shitty tbh (found out I wasn't accepted to the NIH conference I applied to) and because of this mouse expt I'm not going to get a break until Dragon*Con. Gotta be in lab every day until then.
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Hope you are well.
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i've been spending all weekend so far pouring through resources on various metal oxides (there's not enough known about metal oxides at all) trying to work out which ones would be suitable for me to use. it's frustrating, because as soon as I find one with the right energy levels, the boiling point is wrong - or vice versa.
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ANYWAY _P I have been waiting for shenanigans because I have something I think will interest a lot of you.
A kickstarter to fund an effort to track down and interview the surviving Night Witches--Russia's female combat pilots.
It's got about a day left on it and still needs £1,000 to get funded. I think this is a pretty worthwhile thing to throw a few dollars at and even if you can only toss in the minimum £1 that's better than nothing!
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I love hearing stories about women in traditionally male fields, especially combat roles. They're just so fascinating and inspiring! I can't wait to see the end-product.
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