Shout-outs

Oh, how very much it needs to rain here. I feel wrong to complain about the warmness outside, but you can feel how much the rain is begging to happen, you know? And all these severe thunderstorm promises taken away every afternoon. . .bah.

The thing I need to blurt out right now is that I feel like my project isn't going anywhere. On one hand, I'm wrong about that. I've got 4-6 new mutants on the way to play with if I succeed in my current mutagenesis endeavors. Squid are beginning to hatch again and if I get my balls on straight I'll learn how to look at them on the microscope. And I'm doing a fun, easy biofilm assay in fresh new test tubes to see if I can stain the bacteria that stick to it purple.

On the other hand, it's been a full year that I've been doing research here, and I STILL don't have anything worth putting in an abstract, let alone to present for student seminar this acedemic year. Something. I need something. The undergrads in Margarets lab all have more data than I do, after a few months.

Ok, I go through this in cycles, where I freak out and then I funnel that freak-out energy into making myself try something new. Every time it gets a little better, but the lows are still DAMN low on my emotional barometer.

So, the reasoning behind my title choice this time round' is
1)My brother changed weblot sites, and made the mistake of telling me so, so hopefully I've adjusted his link accordingly.
2)Even though I'm thoroughly done with the "scene" of kids Ben used to hang out with (in the end, I always just felt old and cranky, and waaaaay too country and not nearly enough emo), I still keep up with one of his friend's journals because, well hell, I like the way she writes and I know just enough about her world to keep it familiar, but I didn't know her well enough to feel creepy doing so. She's waaaay hipper than I'll ever be, and there's no way to say any more that doesn't sound either jealous or condescending--neither of which are effects I'm going for. Maybe give it a look if you like.

Ok! it's biofilm time!