Today I did a chemical reaction that did not work again. Not only did it fail to give me the results I wanted…it gave me results I did not expect at all. UGH.
Expectations Fail
November 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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No such thing as taking a break from thesis
October 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Today is the start of a five day-break from thesis so I can do other things that people normally do when they’re not on thesis. Sounds good, but it only means one thing: when I get back on Tuesday I’ll have five days of thesis work to catch up with. HUHUHU.
No such thing as taking a break from thesis. Take a break and thesis will break you. Sheeeet.
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Lazy grad student
October 23, 2009 · 2 Comments
Today, one of the grad students left all his test tubes in the drying oven. I needed to dry a container but there was no space left. I had to remove all the test tubes one by one usingĀ a broken mitten. The grad student didn’t even thank me. Huhuhu.
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Thesis AGAIN
October 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Today, I’m back in the thesis lab to do the same experiment I did yesterday because that one FAILED. HUHUHU
Okay, time to work. Hoo-ha!
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Thesis won’t let me go home :(
October 22, 2009 · 1 Comment
It’s almost 6 PM and I’m still in the lab. My thesis adviser won’t let me leave till I prove that this chemical reaction I’m doing is already done. UGH.
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Thesis aggravates my skin
October 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Every time I do thesis experiments, I get pimples. Don’t ask me why. It’s just a fact of thesis for me: thesis aggravates my skin.
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Lab safety FAIL part 2
October 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Today, I wore rubber gloves so my hands would be safe from dangerous chemicals. I took off the gloves for a few minutes so I could better handle some delicate piece of equipment. Accidentally, I rubbed my hand against a surface coated with chemicals. Now my fingers are yellow. Lab safety FAIL
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Lab safety FAIL
October 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Today, I was extra careful in the lab. I wore rubber gloves, goggles and a lab apron. But while mixing some chemicals, a drop of chemical solvent splashed out of a container and onto my new pair of jeans. Lab safety FAIL
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Hearing things
October 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
One of the grad students is doing an experiment in the fume hood. The air being sucked up by the hood sounds like a grumbling Protoss Dark Templar. I haven’t had that much sleep in the last two days so it sounds really freaky.
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When chemicals go missing
September 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Today, the lab technician told me the chemical I need for my thesis is listed in the chemical database of the Chemistry Department, but they couldn’t find it anywhere in the stockroom. I distinctly remember seeing the bottle of the chemical a few weeks ago. Somehow it has mysteriously disappeared.
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