Please keep voting…
yeah, so my PCR didn’t work. Erm. Doing it again with other dna samples. faugh.
Watched a history channel special on Braveheart: ‘History vs. Hollywood.” So some of my illusions were shattered, but I learned some things too…for instance, did you know that a typical Scottish claymore was 5’6″ long? Good grief. Taller than me.
Waiting for midnight so I can download the hi-res version of the TT trailer 
I am such a dork :look:
Month: September 2002
PromoGuy’s Monday Mission 2.39
1. Who has authority over you? My parents. My good friends. Teachers. People who know more than me.
2. Where do you go to get a feeling of community? Occasionally lab meetings where everyone seems confused. Girl Scout camp, even though that was looong ago.
3. What do you do, or have you done, in your life that “goes against the
tide?” umm. I’m a nerd? No, seriously. I love to read. Most people look at me and say, how can you want to read that?
4. Guilt can be a powerful weapon. Those who have mastered its power
can very good at getting what they want. Have you ever used guilt to get you
what you want? Have you ever had it used on you? How did you react? Yes, I’ve probably used it, I don’t know how though. It’s definitely been used on me. I hate tipping, so I always get stuck there, and my mom gives me guilt trips about cleaning the bird’s cage and watering the plants.
5. I was walking through the mall Friday night and saw a lot of
teenagers who dressed really wild and just acted like idiots – not caring who
was looking or what others thought. And I remember being that way, having that
kind of freedom. I must have looked like a fool then too. Did you ever do
anything in public with your friends as a teenager that you would never do
today? Tell me about that. I don’t think so… aside from maybe wearing huge shirts and fluorescent colors in my youth…
6. I don’t watch the television show “Survivor,” but I did notice they
allow each contestant to bring one “luxury item” to the deserted island with
them (make-up, a book, etc.). If you were to go to an island for three
months, what five “luxury items” would you bring and why? Probably a book. But I’d have a damn hard time figuring out which. Although maybe I’d have to take the very old ‘Your Own Book of Campcraft’ so I could figure out how to light that damn fire with only two sticks. Do you think they let you have lip balm as a necessity? I know. I’d have to have paper and a pencil (I know, two items, but come on, deal) so I could draw and write. I’d go insane otherwise.
7. If you would have had a choice, in which time period would you have
like to have lived? Why? Middle Ages. Chivalry and cool dresses. Not so hot on the chastity belts though.
BONUS: Where do you dare me to draw the line? not until we’ve dated first, thank you very much.
Here’s your funny for the evening:
“Sir, What is the secret of your success?” a reporter asked a bank president.
“Two words.”
“And, Sir, what are they?”
“Right decisions.”
“And how do you make right decisions?”
“One word.”
“And, What is that?”
“Experience.”
“And how do you get Experience?”
“Two words.”
“And, Sir, what are they?”
“Wrong decisions.”
I was Blue and I also was Artemis.I love being independent 😉
ramblings
StandardI forgot how good Fellowship of the Ring is. I’m rereading it, so I can have reread The Two Towers in time for December. Just so I can have something to compare. It’s taken me several weeks to get to ‘The Council of Elrond’, where Legolas is introduced…which is weird. I used to tear through books in a few days, much less a week. Work really cuts into your reading time.
I moved up to Lothl�rien for next week in the Wizard’s Quest… thank you all! Don’t forget to keep voting, please!
So friday was rather hectic at work. I did most of my work by myself, cause Todd and Dr Nolta were down in New Orleans (luckily the hurricane cleared up by the time they got there–no joke!) for a conference. I was supposed to phenol-chloroform my dna samples to purify them–and anyone who was reading this over the summer remembers how I burned myself with phenol when I did that in the other lab. Ew. So, I was looking at the protocol and I found another way to repurify the samples…so I did that instead. Hopefully Todd won’t mind and the PCR will actually work this time. I was going to run on Friday cause Billy was supposed to be there, but I actually got my butt up in the morning and did a short workout at the new Webster high school track. So in the grand scheme of things it’s ok that I didn’t run in the afternoon. It may sound shallow, but I would have liked to have seen Billy. Even if he’s still going with Amy. Why are the cute ones taken?
Anyway, the protocol ran late and I missed the shuttle that would have gotten me there on time. That was probably a good thing anyway, cause luckily I remembered another thing I had to do for Monday. Hopefully it’s ok that I put a little too much trypsin in, and the cells will be growing alright so we can have virus to inject in muscles… don’t ask, I can’t explain. And the check gel I ran actually had DNA in it (even though some of the wells didn’t have enough dna cause of the ethanol), and the ladder worked, my psuedo-ladder that I concocted. So, sometimes I can make things work.
I watched the Buffy season premiere last night. Get this: the UPN affiliate is now the Home Shopping Network on friday evenings. LOL! It’s funny, cause I only saw two or three Buffy eps from last season (have them all on cd though) so I was just a little bit lost. But they had a bunch of old enemies from previous seasons.. how cool was that! I just wish Angel and Buffy would get back together…it’s sad that they’re on different networks. No chance for a crossover! I do have to say I’m turning into a bit of a Spike fan, I mean, who can resist those cheekbones! And besides, he can sing. And supposedly he’s got a soul now, so I can just see the slayer-vamp vibes coming back… I then watched two eps from last season while I was in bed. The musical ep…hilarious! I loved it, and the songs were actually really good. Did I mention how I wanted to be a singer-songwriter, like John Mayer? He rocks my world.
I also want to be a writer. I’d love to just sit down and write my story. I know, I know, I should just go and do it… but you have to be in the mood to write. As I obviously am right now, lol. But I really want to write all of the story, coherently, I want to introduce you to Faldor and Myrhysa and Risk and Rraric and Aurin. I want to tell you of the Gem of Akkaan and the plains of Iragea and Imagea. There’s a place called Myropel for which I invented a mythology. May already knows about what happens to Zach, but I have to actually get there… You really should read it. What’s written, anyway: The Moonstone Chronicles. And you could check out my Roswell fanfic while you’re at it: (Human) Development. Both also available on my site without the ads.
If you made it through all that, I applaud you. Any ideas for my next layout? I really need a new one. Not that I don’t love staring at Legolas Comments and suggestions very welcome.
Friday Five (.org)
1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind? Read a book, obviously. I’d say running, but that isn’t exactly unwinding… camping. The arts.
2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands? Read, get on the comp, sleep.
3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells? Strawberries. Apple pie. Kidding 🙂 Really, orange/citrus, rose, sage.
4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself? Depends. Most of the time I like being alone. But there are definitely times when I want to be with lots of people. Take me dancing, dammit!
5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don’t? Didn’t I say running? Sometimes you just get really relaxed while running. Course, when you’re sprinting there’s not all that much time for it, lol….
I don’t quite get it. I am smarter, fitter, and bolder than my potbellied brother ever could hope to be, yet he gets all the fame, fortune, and glory, not to mention Peach’s heart. If only I was the first player in Super Mario Bros… things could have been different. Maybe I can make a comeback, now that I finally have my own game.. but probably not. After all, I’m just Luigi.
What Super Mario Bros character are you?
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You are Fozzie! |
more…
Lammy, you’re right. It’s like a remembrance thing. Something triggers the memory. Or it will be placed at the beginning as a kind of interlude. Well. possibly after the fourth chapter, when things start getting hairy… or not. Like I said, I’m not sure where I’m going to put it in. I might not use the whole thing, I don’t know. That’s the trouble with writing, you get ideas outside of what’s already written and you have to decide if it’s good enough or makes sense enough to put in to what you have. Sigh. I still want to be an author, though.
Yay! I’m becoming a good influence for a change. *lol* Keep up the writing hon, don’t stop.
That sounds like it should already be in your story. Considering that Lauriel can now transform. That’s what I was reading in the las chapter you wrote… am I wrong? *look*
Very cool hon. 🙂
OK, Lammster, you made me do it. Here’s an excerpt from my story, I don’t know exactly where it’s going to go, but one day it’s going to be in there. This is from the margins of my Prob&Stats notes. You can tell how much I was paying attention, eh?
Read it here.