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The Matrix pipettor, once my best friend, is a bastard today. A lowly, bottom-feeding scoundrel, I tell you!! I tried and tried to get even amounts into the tips while applying my standard curves, but the goddamned thing kept allowing liquid to leak out of the seventh tip, and when I purged the tips and redrew, I got fucking bubbles! It took me forever to get the serum dilutions on the plate and my experiment will probably be fux0red.

I have plenty of time to work on this project, as the deadline isn't until the end of July and I wrote up all my experiments yesterday. But I don't like wasting time due to a stupid pipettor...next time, I'll just use the manual multichannel pipet.

It doesn't matter. I'm just venting. I still love my job.

The intern working downstairs has a "Staff" teeshirt. I think someone should make a teeshirt that says "Staph" in the same lettering, just to be amusing. My memory foam pad is airing out today in my bedroom. Once I switch over from box spring to platform, I will have the perfect bed. Maybe I'll take a few days off at that point just to sleep. :)

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I have to say, I need to recheck my specs for what qualifies as "the nicest person I've ever met." I keep meeting new people who fit that definition. I work with one of those. And I just met one yesterday! I mean, they can't ALL be the nicest person I've ever met....by grammatical and conceptual standards, that is impossible.

Maybe I should rename the category "phenomenally sweet."

"Sweet" isn't the only or most important characteristic of someone I'd keep close by, but it sure does warm the heart. It's very soothing when you're kind of tired from wading through lots of poo. (Not literal poo for me, though it'd work for that too I s'pose)

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The bus schedule has changed so that I have zero choice in the afternoon: it WILL take me 40+ minutes to get home from work by bus. Wouldn't be the worst. Except for the 18 MINUTE LAYOVER, outdoors, with no shelter, in Medford Square.

I need to move somewhere that gives me the choice of two bus lines to get from Medford Sq back home. otherwise I'm going to be dealing with this aggravation for my entire time at this company, unless I get a car.

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I'm home, and I'm really tired. No Diesel. Shame, since it's nice weather for getting back home and stuff. My memory foam pillows came in---now I have the full set: mattress topper and pillows. I was thinking of henna-ing my hair this evening, but I don't know if I have the energy. I have to air the foam out in my bedroom since it'll get covered in cat hair if I leave it in common space---then there's the possibility of skunk spray or theft if I leave it on the porch. So I'm getting headaches from the fumes whether I sleep on the foam or not....you know, I might as well sleep on it.

Tomorrow might be a long day, because I'm thinking of running two assays instead of just one.