Year: 2002

sigh

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so I found out I probably won’t have a job during the year, because money’s so tight at the lab. Seriously, the account that pays me has no money so she’d have to switch me over to another account for the last month of the summer. Ah well. Three months of this and I have plenty to buy a new computer. I just have to get some kind of job so I can get a monthly check so I can get rid of the large mountain of student loan debt. Ugh.
Talked to PI, obviously, and was rather proud that I didn’t sound too dumb. I even sort of know what I’m talking about. If only I could understand totally. I still get the feeling that I am so far down the knowledge ladder that everyone else is ten storeys above me. Can we say insecure much?
and it’s rather amusing how I keep having to remember things about my ex because my friends are asking.

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Will someone just pay me to be a web designer already? I love doing it… oh, wait, I *am* being paid to be a web “developer”, except I haven’t had anything to do with the SEAS website since the middle of June… no, I mean, pay me to make your layouts, set up your site, etc. To all my friends, this does not apply to you, I love you and would help you out anyway, but donations cheerfully accepted.

just thought I’d share because I have become a bit of the blog-setup girl for some of my friends. I really don’t mind.

erm.

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so I think I made three rather large mistakes at work today. But hopefully nothing terrible will come from that. And the thing that we were doing didn’t work, so I have to pick more colonies, probably. I do hope it works soon, cause as much as I love picking colonies, it isn’t exactly as exciting as this job could be. Yun Shin is nice, she doesn’t quite ridicule me for forgetting *all* of my high-school as well as college chemistry and biology, and she actually explains it to me if I don’t know what solution 2 is for.
I still haven’t told my parents that I’m going to the John Mayer concert next weekend. Or the DMB concert on my birthday. erm.
Nuts. It just turned midnight so I won’t get two posts on this day. Ah well.
egad, I have to do a mini prep all by myself tomorrow. yck. yrch!

Another day…

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it’s so weird, people are talking about budget problems. I never thought that I would be somewhere with that going on. But I guess it makes sense, I mean, you’ve got to stay on budget, and the things here are so astronomically expensive! Machines cost thousands of dollars.
More when I get done, I hope.

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random musings

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It’s a funny thing to think how strange things go when you’re faking it. I just read in March’s issue of glamour that the best, most successful people out there are often the ones who fake it best. Well, I have to say that I suck at faking it. I just feel like I don’t know anything here, and that everyone else is so high above me I’d never catch up, not even if I suddenly became a genius overnight. Which I won’t.
Gaah. All this when I know Drug Emporium would love to take me back. Maybe I’m just not cut out for research. Wouldn’t that suck? Cause working with stem cells does sort of imply that I would be doing research. Sigh. How did I get through college? With a lot of help from my friends and a whole lot of prayer. Shoot, I bet I don’t remember half of what I learned, and only the last half has any sort of chance of being remembered. Why is it that I can keep my story organized in my head and make up new parts all the time but I can’t figure out how to make the proper cell count and I can’t remember from the beginning of a presentation to the end that the reason that we’d like to use this new system is that it takes about two weeks to implement instead of the six months it takes to breed the mice with the proper construct? Gaah.
this is actually from a couple of days ago when I was learning how to do radioactive labelling, and needless to say, I was a little bit weirded out. Just thought I’d share.

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More than you wanted to know, probably

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1.) LIVING ARRANGEMENT: Now that I’m out of college… yes, I did move back home. Just the ‘rents, me and one parakeet.
2.) WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW: at this exact moment, Dennis L. McKiernan’s Once Upon a Winter’s Night, also going through a romance phase, cause as you all know there is none in my reality
2b.)WHAT CD IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER: a cd that I made with relatively current music like hero, somewhere out there, The Remedy, Where are you going, etc… and John Mayer (gotta get ready for his concert smile
3.) WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD: an animation of the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas being demolished and rebuilt. (Yep, that was a freebie)
4.) FAVORITE BOARD GAME: If you can call it a board game, Volcano Island or whatever it’s called cause you get to set up the little “volcanoes” so they roll all over the board. Kind of like Mousetrap. That’s a good one too smile
5.) FAVORITE MAGAZINE: Glamour
6.) FAVORITE SMELLS: bread, chicken & dumplings, apple pie
7.) LEAST FAVORITE SMELLS: coffee
8.) FAVORITE SOUNDS: The Hallelujah Chorus. Water.Thunder. My mom & I harmonizing.
9.) WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD: not knowing the answer to a question posed by your boss, or realizing that you made a huge mistake (occasionally in front of your boss)
10.) FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP: do I have time for the snooze button? or you’ve got to be joking.
11.) FAVORITE COLOR: forest green. silver.
12.) HOW MANY RINGS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE PHONE: at home: 1, cause that’s how long it takes to show up on caller id; at work: as many as possible. I hate to answer the phone there cause a) they’re usually speaking Korean and you have to try to understand and b) it’s never for me.
13.) FUTURE CHILD’S NAME: boy: Brandon, Jonathan, Lucas; girl: Ariel, Lauren
14.) WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT IN LIFE: making a dream come true.
15.) FAVORITE FOODS: Pasta, pizza, pineapples… strawberry tarts, apple cream cheese puffs.
16.) CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA: usually vanilla.
17.) DO YOU LIKE TO DRIVE FAST: hell yeah! but I’m trying to avoid my first speeding ticket.
18.) DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL: unfortunately, yes.
19.) STORMS- COOL OR SCARY: used to be scared, but love ’em now.
20.) WHAT TYPE WAS YOUR FIRST CAR: not one of my own yet, but I usually drive a Saturn.
21.) IF YOU COULD MEET SOMEONE DEAD OR ALIVE WHO
WOULD IT BE: One of my actor crushes. Just once! I’d take anything smile
22.) FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK: strawberry margaritas
23.) WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo
24.) DO YOU EAT STEMS OF BROCCOLI: didn’t used to, now I do
25.) IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WANTED WHAT
WOULD IT BE: a web designer for a biomedical engineering company with my own design company on the side and a part-time job as a broadway actress/dancer
26.) IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR: Probably just a little redder.
27.) HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN LOVE: Yes.
28.) FAVORITE MOVIES: Lord of the Rings. Braveheart. Titanic. Legends of the Fall. Harry Potter. Most Disney movies.
29.) DO YOU TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS: occasionally. Thank God for instant messenger, it taught me how to type smile
30.) WHATS UNDER YOUR BED: good lord, I have no idea. Some shoes, random papers, and a helluva lot of dust bunnies. It really needs to be cleaned.
31.) WHATS YOUR FAVORITE NUMBER: 27. anything else with 7’s.
32.) FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH: basketball.
33.) THING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU: I stole it off Punzie’s blog… she’s an Orli freak just like me smile
..:Have You Ever:..
1.Jumped off a bridge: No.
2.Gone bungee-jumping: no
3.Jumped off a cliff: no
4.Laugh so hard you cried: yes
5.Have you ever tripped over a Port-O-Potty: excuse me??
6.Have you ever went to the bathroom in the woods: of course, what else are you supposed to do when camping? Hug a tree, baby!
7.Got eaten by a turtle: oh, of course, he swallowed a computer too, that’s how I’m typing this…
8.Jumped in a lake naked: No.
9.Sniffed a flower and got high: umm, no
10.Jumped out a window: climbed out the second story window onto the roof of my grandparents house…
. ..:Favorites:..
13.Drink: milk
14.Animal: Parakeet: Sapphire, but I want a cat. A cougar would be nice.
15.Sports: Track & Field
16.TV shows: Roswell (sniff). Buffy. Angel. CSI. Alias
17.Flower: stephenotis. Calla lillies.
18.Season: spring (b/c of track) and summer
19.Color: Green!
20.Person: I’m supposed to choose??
21.Radio station: 101.1 the River.
22.Animated character: Belle. She’s exactly like me.
24.Ice cream: Pevely’s Chocolate Chip cookie dough, and strawberry, always.
26.Memory of the past week: nearly freaking out over a possible radioactive spill at the lab.
28.Perfume/Cologne: Bath & Body Works Happiness. Whatever my mom uses.
29.Song: Right now? Where are you going, by DMB.
30.Band/Group: NSync. I don’t care if you laugh.
31.Singer: John Mayer. Ricky Martin. Enrique Iglesias.
32.Book: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Wayfarer Redemption, The Forever King, Rhapsody… I could go on and on and on…
33.Word: sweet!
34.Phrase: yeah, baby! or amin irma na edhel
36.Time of day: whenever I’m reading or on the internet or doing something creative.
37.Favorite Subject: fiction smile
38.Favorite Teacher: no teachers anymore!
39.Favorite Grade: well, I know I had a damn good time in third grade…
41.State: Missouri, of course.
42.Computer game: Snood or Solitare
43.Video Game: I…don’t…have…a…video…game…system… never have.
44.Computer Brand: Apple, baby! Macs all the way.
45.Airline: erm. Southwest, just cause they’re cheaper… but AA is good too.
46.Shampoo: Pantene.
47.CD: just about any soundtrack.
..:Which Do You Prefer:..
49.Love/Lust: Love.
50.Phone/AOL: phone
51.TV/Music: music
52.Brunette/Blonde: brunette
53.Cat/Dog: cat
54.Mud/Jello wrestling: jello
55.MTV/VH1: MTV Hits
56.X-mas/B-day: Birthday. Not quite so stressful. Although it sure doesn’t have a chance at snowing on my birthday.
57.Tape/CD: cd.
58.Night/Day: night.
59.TV or radio: radio, cause I can’t work with the tv on
60.Computer or phone: computer
61.Outside or inside: outside
62.Sandals or sneakers: sneakers. it’s tough to run in sandals
63.Tank tops or tee shirts: tees, just cause it gets too cold in the ac with a tank, and we couldn’t wear them in high school…
64.Shorts or pants: shorts
65.Sweat pants or jeans: jeans
. ..:Yes Or No:..
67.Do you believe in love at first sight: yes
68.Have you ever been in love: yes