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April 30th, 2009
10:32 am [Link]	I am SO going to hell for not taking things seriously. Read this in the paper this morning: 'In Washington, President Barack Obama promised "great vigilance" in confronting the outbreak which has sickened nearly 100 people in 11 states and forced schools to close.' What comes to mind immediately? Concern for the population? Mild fear about the pandemic? No. CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!! sigh (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
January 31st, 2009
12:08 pm [Link]	New LJ Layout I am taking liberties with drakien's journal. This is aussiemozzie . I just wanted to let you know that doubtinsalmon42 and I helped make drakien's LJ much prettier. Come see for yourself and praise our talent. And, of course, random comments will make drakien wonder what's going on. waves hi to all her friends Oh, and doubtinsalmon42 probably wants me to warn you that she's used brushes and such that aren't hers so you can't use this wallpaper anywhere else. Okay, I promise I won't take over your LJ anymore. (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
January 20th, 2009
12:34 am [Link]	Good grief Wow, October since the last entry. I am made of AWESOME. Well, actually, the Queen of Phail. I even have Flair that says so. I am having hormones like a BITCH right now. I have a theory on why this is so. As you know, a group of women who coexist tend to 'sync' their cycles. What you may not know is that there is usually a 'dominant uterus' in the group that can influence weaker uteri. This title can be handed off. I work in a building of about 60 people; about 40-45 of them are women. I feel bad for the men, really. There is a group of us that goes out to eat bloody meat once a month so we don't kill everyone. It's worse when someone is pregnant. Whoever that woman is, her hormones screw with ALL of us. Cycles regulated by mere birth control are completely overridden by pregnancy hormones. We all break off-cycle, we are all randomly bitchy for no reason. In short, AWFUL. Several times, we've found out someone was pregnant before she even announced it, from hormone irregularity. "All right, one of you bitches is pregnant, aren't you!?" We have a woman now who is pregnant. I love her; she's sooo sweet. But. She is pregnant. With TWINS. So not only does she have pregnant hormones, she has pregnant-with-twins hormones. That trump ALL. I am completely going insane. Just about killed my husband the other day because he asked me why I thought goats milk was better for you than cows milk. Seriously. And thank GOD I joined a gym. Because...wow. So I feel almost like Bridget Jones in listing this, but seriously: Consumed so far this evening... 2 1/2 servings of flank steak (leftovers from dinner yesterday), cold, eaten with fingers and dipped in sour cream. One serving eaten on a leftover croissant with butter (and sour cream). Approx 15 Ritz crackers, topped with chunks of hard salami and colby jack cheese. Home made Rice Krispy Treats, eaten warm (honestly, should have just eaten them out of the pot. A ginger beer. A real beer. And at the gym? According to the cycle, burned a whopping 95 calories. All together now...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Current Location: Couch Current Mood: Bitch iz Crazy Tags: hormones (15 comments \| Leave a comment)
October 9th, 2008
03:47 am [Link]	I love my cousin And I mean that in a totally non-creepy WVa/Deliverance manner. But seriously, he's awesome. I'm down visiting family and friends in the Atlanta area, and am currently staying with one of my aunts. Cousins came over for dinner, and the wine was passed freely around. Auntie went to bed, and one cousin left, leaving me with the awesome cousin. He and I are only six months apart in age (I'm older! Muahahahaaa), and therefore hung out a lot in our formative years. Got into all kinds of trouble, too, which we took great delight reminiscing about tonight. Until 3 in the morning. Covered all sorts of other topics, most of which I don't specifically recall, but needless to say, it was good times. Oh, and he fixed my wireless so I have net access. So again. Awesome. Current Location: Auntie's house Current Mood: amused Tags: family, vacation (Leave a comment)
August 5th, 2008
10:38 am [Link]	You might be a biologist if... Email forward courtesy of my boss... Inspired by the chemistry blog...(a few borrowed) You know you're a lab rat when: You open the toothpaste with one hand. You wash your hands before and after going to the washroom. When you hear tween, you think of the surfactant not the age group. For you, media is something which increases your culture. You can identify organs on roadkills. You have a callus on your thumb. You use the word "aliquot" in regular sentences. Sometimes you momentarily vanish from social activities because of a timepoint. You've never worn a clean lab coat. You don't fear rodents, rodents fear you. You say "orders of magnitude" in regular sentences. You flinch when you hear the word "significant". Showing up at 10AM and having a coffee is a productive day. You can't stand god-like physicians, while secretly wishing you had their job. You're very good at diluting things. You're also very good at transferring small amounts of liquid between containers. You are fed up of people saying alcohol, when they mean ethanol. You hear the word ‘Molar’ and teeth are the last thing on your mind. You say “conjugation” instead of “sex”, and "pili" sounds dirty. SOB is not an insult, it's what you grow your bugs in. You say "mills" and "migs". No-one in your family has any idea what you do. You can make a short film in power point. You consider a green laser pointer to be science bling. A falcon is not a bird.... And you have 5 of them with different types of water. When your fruits go bad and you get fruit flies, you can't help but check their eye color You own invitrogen t-shirts and actually wear them. You think that drosophila geneticists have a good sense of humor. You refer to your children as the F1. You've suffered carpal tunnel from the pipetman. You've used kimwipes as kleenex. A timer clipped to the hip is not only practical, but dead sexy. You've played Battleship using tip boxes. The front pages of Science is your light reading. You think the following is a quality insult: "I've seen cells more competent than you!". The scent of latex reminds you of work, not play. You're looking for a cooking book by maniatis. You've used, "I'd like to get into your genes" as a pickup line. You've made dry ice grenades. You've lost many friends to ice grenades... Current Mood: amused Tags: humor, science (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
July 11th, 2008
08:12 pm [Link]	People have way to much time on their hands Seriously. The Biorad PCR Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsVeK1d2O9E&feature=related It's Called epMotion (song for automated pipettes): http://youtube.com/watch?v=J0s0Y3-BCaw The Elements Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwlzwGMMwc DNA Replication Song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dIZpb93NYlw Tags: science (3 comments \| Leave a comment)
July 10th, 2008
11:45 pm [Link]	I made a new drink Yes, yes I did. I was talking with Dani tonight, and mentioned that I made myself a screwdriver or three for dessert. And she, being a huge Doctor Who geek (as am I), replies, "Is it sonic?" So I decided that I needed to create a "Sonic Screwdriver". Polish off second large screwdriver, and stagger (only slightly!) downstairs to the kitchen and liquor cabinet. Cognac #1...no. Cognac #2...no. Cognac #3...no. Tanqueray...no. Rum...no. Tequila...no. Creme de menthe...hell no. Peach schnapps...still no. Sake...almost, but no. Yes, I seriously considered it, and may actually have to try it. Yes, I have an expansive liquor cabinet. Then, there in the back, I saw a small bottle. One of those little tiny ones, like you get on airplanes. I'd purchased it for a recipe that required like one teaspoon, so still had a little over half a bottle left. Jim Beam. Yup. So: Large Glass (like not a puny little juice glass...one of the full-sized dinner glasses) Two fingers of vodka One finger of Jim Beam Fill to the top with OJ It is brilliant. And yummy. So I have made a Sonic Screwdriver. I may actually have to go get a full-sized bottle for later parties. grin Current Location: Desk, at home Current Mood: WOOT Current Music: I Kissed A Girl Tags: drinks (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
June 29th, 2008
02:25 am [Link]	Drunken ramblings Sooooo....it's two in the morning, and I have officially consumed a LOT of vodka. Like, seriously. A lot. Sis is passed out on the couch; she had a long day, what with work and parrot bay. snerk I am an excellent drink-mixer, and she is a lightweight. LOL I am reminded what absolute crap is on tv at 2am. I'm watching wrestling, because I don't care enough to change the channel. Forgot how amazingly cheesy it was. Not like UFC, where they're ACTUALLY kicking each others' asses. Was watching 'Stick It'. Cute movie that I've seen like 20bazillion times It's always on. It's good tho. Caught the end of Dirty Dancing earlier, and that's all you really need, right? That final dance scene? Yeah, that is love. My husband is an idiot. Truly. So his friend was coming up to visit today, and I had to work. So I was like, well, just call me and we'll hook up for dinner or something. Because it would be nice to see his friend, who I haven't seen since 2000. So I'm at work, and one of my coworkers visits around 630pm (because we're both ridiculous people who work weekends) and offers me a ride home. So sure. At 845pm I hear from idiot husband. "We decided not to drive back into town, so we're going to eat here. Can I bring you anything?" Am so pissed I can barely breathe, much less speak civilly. Way to treat your wife, asshat. Feel like I'm 16 and being blown off by a 'boyfriend'. SO THEN. I'm getting to okay. Watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Was looking forward to putting in one of my Eddie Izzard dvds. Then he came home. First, started going on about how friend was now going to pay him to build a plane. Great. Sure. Very excited. Except for the one fact that we were going to start building my plane in the next week or so. But I guess I'm not paying him, so who cares, huh? Screw it. Then he had the idiot nerve to ask if I was mad at him. Nooooooo...ya think?! Sister called, and she got ditched as well, by her idiot boys. So here I am, at mom's hanging out w/ vodka. And online. At now 240am. Ugh. Current Location: Mum's house Current Mood: not drunk enough Tags: drinkage (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
June 26th, 2008
03:23 pm [Link]	Kill the Boss Remember a while ago? I think last year, but I forget. But those 2 weeks where my boss left and everything started to go to hell? But I turned lab ninja and it turned out awesome? Yeah, three weeks gone. First week in Spain for a conference, then two weeks in France for vacation. And naturally, before he left, I asked him to leave me info on what was going on. Did he? Huh? NO. And he is no longer allowed to send emails to clients while he's in France drinking. Ever. I am seriously leaning towards beating him when he gets back. Loser. Tags: boss (Leave a comment)
June 25th, 2008
09:15 am [Link]	South Beach - day 3 Still going...really need to go stand on the freight scale in the warehouse and get a 'starting weight'. Might go do that now. Hehehe! Current Mood: amused Tags: south beach (Leave a comment)
June 24th, 2008
03:10 pm [Link]	Netflix and South Beach day 2 So 'diet' still continues. Still doing pretty good. I feel better already, really. Guess they're right about eating better. Bought a giant bottle of vodka last night, though. That and some orange juice are going to be keeping me company for awhile. On another note, I just signed up for Netflix. I resisted for a long time, but now that I have $30 in late fees waiting at the video store, I thought it might be a good idea. That whole logic thing. I've already got like 60 movies on my queue. Doomed. LOL. Current Mood: impressed Tags: netflix, south beach (Leave a comment)
June 23rd, 2008
10:59 am [Link]	South Beach - Day 1 All in all, this is not a bad diet. Phase 1 lasts for two weeks; you basically get meat, veg, and low-fat dairy. Protein is big, so eggs like every morning for breakfast. It essentially puts you in a state of mild ketosis. After 2 weeks, we get to add alcohol. I'm pleased because they don't cut out caffeine. I don't know if I could handle getting rid of diet coke. Here's a secret though. I'm strictly adhering to the diet for breakfast and lunch, and am having appropriate snacks at all the right times. But if I go home and want spaghetti, so be it. I'm being supportive. And I figure this will help me anyhow, because I'm not having McDonalds or Burger King or Taco Bell every day for lunch; I'm terrible at taking time to pack lunch, mainly because I'm not overly fond of deli-meat sandwiches (love them sometimes, can't stand them others). This way I get salads, or soups, or some other sort of good-for-me thing. I think it will be pretty good. I'm finding, too, that a lot of recipes I already make, like lentil casserole, are diet-friendly. Current Mood: sneaky Tags: south beach (Leave a comment)
June 20th, 2008
02:54 pm [Link]	South Beach and V-8 So in an attempt to be supportive, I'm going on South Beach with my friend. She's getting married in Sept. and wants to drop just a little extra. Well, part of the diet (especially in Phase 1) is 4 servings of vegetables. Which is a LOT. Didn't know how veg deprived my life was. Anyhow, the book recommends V-8 in the morning as a source of one of those servings. I. Hate. V-8. It is the most awful stuff ever. It is only redeemed when it contains vodka, and sometimes not even then. The 'diet' officially starts Monday, but I've been trying to get myself used to the horror. I've discovered that adding ~ 1/2 tsp of garlic salt to the can makes it somewhat palatable. I'm still totally chugging it. Need like a V-8 bong or something. shudder Current Mood: Eew Tags: south beach (Leave a comment)
June 13th, 2008
02:03 pm [Link]	DUDE Totally forgot...SCHOOL IS OUT!!! Well, one school. The one I hated. "The Collaborative Nature of Adult Education". Which meant group work. With sucky people in said group (not all, but enough). SO glad it's done. Other class (Advanced Topics in Recombinant DNA Techniques...WHEEE!!) will be done next week. Still have to get everything pulled together for that. It has been cool though...a 5-week class (twice a week from 530-915pm) that's pretty much all lab; grades are all based on presentations, a lab notebook, and an annotated bib. No tests. WOOT!! Current Mood: ecstatic Tags: school (Leave a comment)
12:55 pm [Link]	I need to get better at this... Conference in Montreal: AMAZING The amount of information presented was staggering. As were the people. Imagine being a local dinner-theater performer, and finding yourself on stage with Alan Rickman, Sean Connery, Patrick Stewart, and David Tennant (or whichever VERY famous people you choose). I was having drinks with people you read about in magazines, trying very hard not to be the awe-struck n00b. I discussed an experiment I was trying to develop with the guy who DESIGNED this analysis software that EVERYONE uses for his thesis project. Ridiculous. It was an excellent networking opportunity, though. I met someone from Georgetown, who works in the department where I'm going to apply in a few years...he told me to visit anytime and he'd introduce me. I'm sorry, but provided my grades are good, that's an "in". Which is AWESOME. I'm psyched. Everyone knew Dad, which was also really funny. Next year it's in Miami Beach, so maybe I'll get to go then! I think it will big-time depend on classes. The hotel the conference was in was wicked nice, too. And I had my own room. Thank GOD. The schedule was GRUELING. Wake up at 615am, breakfast starts at 7am, meetings at 8am. Meetings continue until 1130am, with a short break at 945am. Lunch, then meetings resume at 1pm. Go until 530pm, with break around 3pm. After meetings, dinner. Then networking. Usually some sort of banquet that ended with small groups in the bar. Until 2am. Start over. I was EXHAUSTED. Dad said that the Keystone meeting is even worse...the meetings don't start until 1pm, but go to midnight, and mornings are expected to rub elbows. Joe Nall: Wow. Again. After more than a week of staying up until 4am working, the giant plane in the basement was finished. So we loaded up, and were on our way to SC. No camping this year. I think I could camp, if absolutely necessary, but it is officially not my thing. I'm too fond of running water. But the plane turned out great, and I'm eventually going to try and get pics up on my myspace page. Again with famous people...the new plane drew quite a bit of attention. When it was being flown for the second time of the trip, Jim had handed the radio to Tony, the guy that designed the kit, so he could try it out. Next thing you know, there's a crowd around. And Jason Schulman (big R/C international champion) is asking if he can fly Jim's plane. Then Jim gets interviewed by one of the R/C magazines. Heh. As per last year, I was adored by all the men, and had several offers of marriage. snerk I got SCORCHED, as little pale redheads, even with SPF 70, should not be out in the sun, but it's all good. It was particularly fun since my Dad and brother were able to come down to see the event. Red Bull Air Race: As a surprise, I planned a trip to Detroit to see the REAL acrobatic planes fly. It was a lot of fun, and he didn't manage to guess until we were in the airport. Was cool to see real planes doing some of the stuff that we do with R/C. Crazy too. Okay, so I think that's all the EVENT updates and stuff. Otherwise, work and school. Blergh. Current Mood: Tired of work Tags: events (Leave a comment)
March 11th, 2008
03:54 pm [Link]	Not quite dead Wow, haven't updated this in awhile! Lemme see...lot has gone on, I guess. Got (sort of) all moved; still not unpacked yet, but I hear that is common. Husband is still building his giant plane in the basement...personally, I have taken to calling it "The Man Cave". I only venture down there to do laundry; the testosterone is thick. Uhhh...I got tapped to go to Montreal for this big work-related meeting. It's going to be very cool; I managed to get my own room in the ritzy hotel and everything! We're gearing up to go to the Joe Nall (big r/c plane event) in May. I am already planning out what obnoxious t-shirts I shall purchase to wear. OI! I put up pictures of my infamous cubicle on my myspace page! Shrek it out: http://myspace.com/drakien69 School is school...the Bioterrorism class is AWESOME, and my Edu class is over Friday (thank GOD). That's all I can come up with right now; I'm sure there is more, so I'll update again when I remember. (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
February 3rd, 2008
06:01 pm [Link]	Chemistry Did I mention that I'm taking Chem 101? Again? I'm an awesome sister. Seriously. Little sis is not chemistry-oriented (neither was I, really), so I said I'd take the class with her and be her lab partner. I would like it noted that I hated chemistry in school. High school and undergrad. I will admit, when I'm paying attention, things make a lot more sense this time around. Have had several "OOOOOOH, that's what they were talking about!" kind of moments. And getting positive grades on exams boosts my ego. LOL But my other class, Bioterrorism, is awesome, and I love it! Tags: school (Leave a comment)
January 24th, 2008
03:31 pm [Link]	Okay, so life needs to implement a new rule: When you have a random sex dream about your boss, you should NOT have to see him for at least two days. I'm just saying. Current Mood: aggravated Current Music: Gethsemene Tags: dreams (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
January 8th, 2008
10:30 pm [Link]	Three Advil and a generous splash of cognac... Just got back from pole dancing. Yes, I know I haven't done it in like 6 months. My body knows that as well, particularly my shoulders and back. The local newspaper is doing an article on the pole-dancing school, and several of us were invited to be in a class while they took pictures and interview. Should be an interesting edition! I would like it known that I hurt. A lot. However, thanks to drugs and booze, I feel okay right now. Tomorrow will be bad. Very bad. Current Location: Couch Current Mood: In pain Tags: ouch (4 comments \| Leave a comment)
January 5th, 2008
11:15 pm [Link]	YAY Okay, so I am OBVIOUSLY having a great day. Work was great (even though it was work). I came home, watched an episode of Bones I'd recorded while writing fic, then started browsing through the channels on tv. Dirty Dancing 15 minutes from the end, with the wicked cool dance scene. On another note, my husband just cut the end of his finger off with some razor-planer-thingy. Genius. (3 comments \| Leave a comment)

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