Monthly Archives: November 2008

I’m still here and alive and worked for 33 hours last Thurs/Fri. The top two things on my agenda right now are (1) Salvage Protein Experiment and (2) Make Progress on Yeast Experiment. I’ve been working on those two things. … Continue reading →

Very sleepy. I spent 16 hours here yesterday/early this morning. Now, I’m here again to assay my fractions and see if I have any protein. I swear I’m going home early today. I swear.

One of my dear friends just had a miscarriage. My heart is breaking for her. I know how much she wanted this baby. I’m too far away to go and visit her, but I’d like to send something (a card, … Continue reading →

Bad News: My enzyme died while I was waiting for the very-nice-now-working centrifuge to be fixed. Good News: It doesn’t matter that I lost my sample. Bad News: I came in around midnight last night and will work for about … Continue reading →

Why is it that I have so little faith in myself?* I made a really stupid mistake in the lab today (accidentally dumped a sample that I sort-of cared about) that really won’t set me behind very much (maybe by … Continue reading →

I’m so fucking burnt out. I wrote that on Friday. After that I just couldn’t go on. I had nothing to say that wasn’t some variation on I work all the time and other people around me don’t do that … Continue reading →

I’m so proud of my country. My entire country. Let’s keep moving forward. [Edited to add: This was supposed to go up yesterday, but I had some technical problems. I still feel this way, so I posted it even though … Continue reading →

I voted a while ago. Still, I’m happy everytime I see an “I voted” sticker. If you can’t do it for yourself, then do it for me: Vote. Continue to make me happy.