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asimplechordStudent reappeared Monday at 1pm, and proceeded to accidentally dump all the cell lysate he was using to make a lab stock of plasmid onto his bench. He then cleaned up the mess and left for the day.
He didn't come in Tuesday.
Wednesday he did another prep. Theoretically he should've done the diagnostic digest and gel then, but he tossed the DNA in the freezer and decided to do that today. (Nice hours he's working, yes?)
Today he ran the digest and the gel, but he fucking MELTED THE GEL UNIT.
I have no idea how he managed it. The gel vanished into the TAE buffer, the bed is warped, and the container is cracked and leaking its coolant.
In nearly twenty years of doing science, all the way back to when I was an inexperienced high school AP Bio student, I have NEVER seen this happen.
FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS!
I am going to focus on today's happy:
a) it's raining! my lawn won't look quite so brown and sad now!
aa) (and I am not outside in the downpour, unlike last night)
b) live cell imaging worked! the results are not fabulous, but for a first try, the movies are pretty cool.
c) these shoes are on their way to me. thank![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
harriet_vane and my shoe fetish for that.
He didn't come in Tuesday.
Wednesday he did another prep. Theoretically he should've done the diagnostic digest and gel then, but he tossed the DNA in the freezer and decided to do that today. (Nice hours he's working, yes?)
Today he ran the digest and the gel, but he fucking MELTED THE GEL UNIT.
I have no idea how he managed it. The gel vanished into the TAE buffer, the bed is warped, and the container is cracked and leaking its coolant.
In nearly twenty years of doing science, all the way back to when I was an inexperienced high school AP Bio student, I have NEVER seen this happen.
FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS!
I am going to focus on today's happy:
a) it's raining! my lawn won't look quite so brown and sad now!
aa) (and I am not outside in the downpour, unlike last night)
b) live cell imaging worked! the results are not fabulous, but for a first try, the movies are pretty cool.
c) these shoes are on their way to me. thank
harriet_vane and my shoe fetish for that.
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Date: 2011-05-12 07:54 pm (UTC)But yay for happy things! <3
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Date: 2011-05-12 08:11 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2011-05-13 11:04 pm (UTC)It's raining here too! I am the laziest about watering the lawn, so I'm sure the grass is happy about the rain.
Those shoes are fantastic! Yay for all the happy things. \o/
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Date: 2011-05-14 12:30 am (UTC)Ugh, me too! I feel like grass shouldn't need anything but to be trimmed! Why do home builders and contractors plant things that are non-native to this region and require such maintenance?!
They are shiny and pretty, I'm looking forward to wearing them. By which I mean I will wear them with every outfit possible in the next few days. :D