Saturday, March 19, 2005

Snowy, springy Saturday

Well, earlier this week I had started a entry about things I'm afraid of, but I lost motivation on that one, and it basically sums up to about three things:

1. Very tiny and Very large things with sharp teeth

2. Being lost in pitch-black darkness, which is tied with being suffocated.

3. Screwing up things for stupid reasons.

Number 3 is obviously the most valid fear, but fearing it is sortof stupid in itself.

In other news: Lab baby is born! To clarify, one of the grad students in the squid lab is now possesing a baby boy, and that is wonderful.

Most exciting research development: I do NOT have to give up my current project, as I did an experiment this week that showed that my mutant can colonize the squid just fine by itself, but if it has to compete with the non-mutant strain, it has alot of trouble getting all settled in the squid. This is known as a "competition defect."

This is beyond awesome, because if I mutate this gene, and it puts my strain at a disadvantage in colonization, then I have reason to ask, "what makes this gene important for colonization?" I get to move on to more interesting questions, and I DO NOT HAVE TO TOSS THIS PROJECT ASIDE. YAY! It's a huge relief.

Currently? I'm bakin' a cake for Andy's birthday--straight from the box baby! It's got about ten minutes left and smells delightful. Sharon's out of town for the weekend, and it's a fun novelty to have no roommate. I can run around like a nut and try crazy outfits on and bake cakes and play my obnoxious music very very loud.

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