One day, Noel Gallagher will be recognised as one of the greatest songwriters of the 90s and 00s. There was a PBS thread about top 10 songs, and I just could not answer it. And then I thought about top 10 Oasis songs, and even that is impossible. They have so many brilliant songs.
I love listening to loads of other music for ages, then remembering that Oasis are awesome.
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Now playing: Oasis - Listen Up
via FoxyTunes
Sunday 25 November 2007
Friday 23 November 2007
Dr Cox and Lord Asriel
I had a good day today. Been seriously busy for the last 3 days, especially yesterday, but I've enjoyed the responsibility really. Pub lunch today too, but possibly the best bit was having my supervisor say well done, and being told that my learning contract was good and better than my last one. It's also been good to see that others have confidence in my competence. I actually feel like I've achieved a lot this week :D
And tonight I'm gonna watch Daniel Craig on Jonathan Ross, whilst having beer and pizza with my flatmate. Desperate to watch it because he'll be talking about Northern Lights (yes, I refuse to call it Golden Compass) which will be the film of the year, if it's anything like the book. I didn't think Daniel Craig was right for Lord Asriel, mostly because Jason Isaacs would be the perfect choice (Lucius Malfoy...he plays that role more like Lord Asriel then the Malfoy in the HP books) and because he just didn't seem to have that powerful presence that Asriel has. I've changed my mind though. He looks good in the trailer, and if he plays the part right he could be great. And he has that other thing working for him. Everyone knows, when they're reading it, that Lord Asriel is hot. Daniel Craig works :P
I'm sure that post title makes sense to anyone who watches Scrubs and can relate to wanting approval from a supervisor who rarely tells you how well you're doing :P
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Now playing: Of Montreal - The Party's Crashing Us
via FoxyTunes
And tonight I'm gonna watch Daniel Craig on Jonathan Ross, whilst having beer and pizza with my flatmate. Desperate to watch it because he'll be talking about Northern Lights (yes, I refuse to call it Golden Compass) which will be the film of the year, if it's anything like the book. I didn't think Daniel Craig was right for Lord Asriel, mostly because Jason Isaacs would be the perfect choice (Lucius Malfoy...he plays that role more like Lord Asriel then the Malfoy in the HP books) and because he just didn't seem to have that powerful presence that Asriel has. I've changed my mind though. He looks good in the trailer, and if he plays the part right he could be great. And he has that other thing working for him. Everyone knows, when they're reading it, that Lord Asriel is hot. Daniel Craig works :P
I'm sure that post title makes sense to anyone who watches Scrubs and can relate to wanting approval from a supervisor who rarely tells you how well you're doing :P
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Now playing: Of Montreal - The Party's Crashing Us
via FoxyTunes
Thursday 22 November 2007
You know you've worked in the lab too long when...
This is just hilarious. If you've worked in a lab anyway. To make it funnier for people who haven't, I'll comment on what is true and why. Probably more "interesting" than "funny", but whatever. Oh, and I found the list on Facebook, but it's one of those things that's been around a few emails at work too.
You know you've worked too long in a lab when
1. You wonder what absolute alcohol tastes like with orange juice
Oh we've discussed it so often. There isn't any in our lab though, apparently. Methanol is used more because people can't drink it :P
2. You can tell what cheap and expensive white coats look like
I have a favourite one :P
3. You can't watch CSI without cursing at least one scientific inaccuracy
Any hospital program really. Everyone I know who works in the NHS in any position is the same.
4. You use acronyms for everything and never stop to elaborate
That's not true. Elaborating makes me look clever.
5. Liquid nitrogen is only about a 1/3 as dangerous as you thought
N/A. Don't deal with it.
6. You always seem to use the microscope after the person with the impossible close together eyes
More like far apart eyes! It's always one or the other though.
7. Accident reports are a badge of honor
Who reports accidents?
8. You've wondered why you can't drink distilled water in the lab - It should be clean?
I still wouldn't want to!
9. You give the lab equipment motivational pep talks "Work for me today or i'll reprogram you with a fire axe" is my favorite
There's someone at work who says far more colourful things about the urine analyser :P
10. You've worked out that a trained chimp could probably do 90% of your job
Pfft, no. I don't work in chemistry or haematology!
11. When a non-scientist asks you what you do for a living you roll your eyes and talk science at them until they've loss the will to live (mainly for fun)
This is always fun, and again, makes me look clever.
12. You have to check the web to find out what the weather is outside
What other way is there?
13. You realize that almost anything can be classed as background reading
Newspaper articles on killer superbugs that will destroy the planet?
14. People wearing shorts under a lab coat disturb you slightly as they look as though they might be naked underneath
It is scary.
15. Although all cooking is a glorified chemistry experiment you just still can't seem to get it right
Heh, I'm getting there.
16. Safety equipment is optional unless it makes you look cool
Honestly, who wears goggles?!
17. Warning labels invoke curiosity rather than caution
"What would happen if?..."
18. The Christmas nightout reveals scientists can't dance, although a formula for the movement of hands and feet combined with beats per min is found scrawled on a napkin by a waiter the next day
Ugh, yet to find that out. Better be good, they spend the whole year planning it!
19. You know which part of the lab you can chill out undisturbed on friday afternoon
Afternoons aren't often chilled.
20. You decide the courses and conference you want to go on by the quality of the food served
EVERYONE in the lab does that. Got a meeting in Hull? Awesome, they do a good buffet lunch. CPD meeting? Only good with popcorn.
21. You are strangely proud of the collection of junk you've stolen from vendors at trade shows
Not been yet :(
22. You've used dry ice to cool beer down
I've heard stories, but alas, never done that.
23. No matter what the timings in the experiment protocol there is always time for lunch in the middle
Hell yes. Tea breaks too.
24. You can no longer spell normal words but have no trouble with spelling things like immunohistochemistry or deoxyribonucleic acid.
This is true, but I will never master "fluorescence". Only got that because of the spell checker.
25. Burning eyes, nose and throat indicate that you haven't actually turned on the fumehood/downdraft bench
More like a strong smell of poo.
26. Your slightly too fond of the smell of (pick one or many) Xylene/Agar/Ethanol/Undergraduates/Alcoholic handwash
Enterococci, formalin, ethanol, xylene...list goes on.
27. You've left the lab wearing a piece of PPE (personal protective equipment) because you forgot you had it on
Since that's gloves or labcoat, no. Almost went into the main lab in a blue labcoat once though.
28. You bitch about not being able to pipette by mouth any more (Not me but i've worked with people who do!)
As the author said, not me, but I know older folks who do.
Signs from others in the group (04-07-07) (these taken from the Facebook group, credit left in)
29. Security come round at 2 am wondering why the lights are still on only to find you with your arms up to your elbows in a glovebox - Cheers James
Not allowed to do that yet!
30. you have made some kind of puppet out of a nitrile glove and kept it as a pet (I know this isn't just me!) (Putting dry ice in makes for a rapidly expanding if short lived pet - DS) - Cheers Rachel
We've all made weird things with bits we find in the lab. Someone at work made toys with mouse balls and kinder eggs.
31. When at a Fall Out Boy gig you wonder why everyone is going round with Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) written on their head!!!! -Just for you Sarah
I have actually related the two things. Sad.
32. You have an irresistible urge to rip your shirt off superman stylie cos it has press stud fasteners just like your lab coat.....Most often occurring as you walk through a door just like exiting the lab.... (The worlds of strippers and lab workers collide, not pretty- DS) Thanks for that Carrie
OMG YES. I've done that since before reading this, and more so since. You really can't help it. Busy, stressful day, and you have to do a superman style labcoat rip off on the way out.
33. You still get amusement out of "freezing" things in liquid nitrogen! - Not just you Tracey
I want a go!
A Few more from me (12-07-07)
34. Blinking real fast has saved your eyesight on more than one occasion.
Haha, no. Heard too many stories
35. You've removed your gloves to find a small hole which has left you with either - wrinkly old person hands, a brightly coloured finger (histologists especially) or a burning sensation and dermatitis and some point.
Bright coloured stain and wrinkling hands quite a lot.
36. You've bent down to pick something up off the floor only to scatter the contents of your top pocket under the largest machine in the lab - Common problem i believe
All the damn time. I'm always losing stuff from my pocket.
More From you guys (19-07-07)
37.When you rejoice when grabbing a handfull of eppendorfs/bijous/anything and it turns outs to be the exact number you needed (always strangly good andy)
This one time, I was doing C.diff toxin tests, and there were 7, and by accident I picked up 7 test tubes. It was an awesome day.
38.You can`t wait for lab clean-up coz you get to do random pointless "experiments" to figure out whats in all the dodgy unlabeled bottels (Sniff test is a bit of a gamble Nadia)
Oh I so want to do this.
39. You hate having to change your lab coat to a new one because 'it just won't fit right' and because the wrist bits are way too tight (They never get my 'cut' just right either Tom)
EXACTLY. I have a favourite.
40. You know you have worked in a lab too long when you actually threaten your cells whilst waving a bottle of virkon (All been there Becky)
O.o
41.Your nose invariably itches when you're doing mucky stuff with your hands so you develop the habit of scratching it on your upper arm. Unfortunately you sometimes carry this habit over to real life, where it looks like you're sniffing your armpits (Trying to find a clean bit of lab coat can be fun as well, cheers Kate)
When you're dealing with poos, usually. OH! The worst one is when your arms are in the anaerobe cabinet, and you forget, and try and scratch yourself through a window. Don't work.
42. When as the senior of morphology you threaten each new registrar on their first day that oil and x10 dry objectives do not mix and will result in violence (Cheers Nichola)
O.o
43. when you say goodnight to your microscope on a friday night and tearfully hug it goodbye as you won't see it all weekend (Cheers again Nichola)
This is known as "sad".
44. When you start making patterns in your pipette tip box as you take the tips out. I made a beautiful spiral today (Could have been an art student Vicky)
Does it count when you do it in a tray of 5ml waters?
45. When you wonder how much it will hurt if I pour just a smidge of this phenol:chloroform/trichloroacetic acid/any random chemical on myself (Best try it out on some one else first Mike)
More like I wonder if it will really burn through, and what I could use as a weapon of self defence.
46. You've seen how far away you can hit a target with a squirty water bottle or seeing how far away from the bin i can fire pipette tips. (Pinging gloves is also fun Ed)
Elastic band fights are almost the same?
47. The fire alarm ceases to bug you. You only evacuate when you see the fire. (Hand on the floor to check for heat is a good indicator)
Damn thing makes me jump EVERY week, but if it was a real fire, I wouldn't move and just assume it was another drill.
48. You know when you've been in a lab too long when you make 6 litres of medium, but wonder why no one makes "high" or "low".(Cheers Tom)
Well I'll wonder that now...
49. When you organise your kitchen cupboard contents the way you would your chemicals..all labeled in alphabetical order (Cheers Anggia)
Ha, no.
50. When you've got that callus on the side of your thumb from opening PCR tubes (Cheers Chani)
Well since I don't do PCR, no. I do have a mark on my thumb from always scraping it opening urine pots.
The main one though, is that you now know what the NHS is really like. It makes you appreciate the Amateur Transplants more, but more than anything it makes you want to bang your head against a wall. Or several different walls.
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Now playing: Mando Diao - Ochrasy
via FoxyTunes
You know you've worked too long in a lab when
1. You wonder what absolute alcohol tastes like with orange juice
Oh we've discussed it so often. There isn't any in our lab though, apparently. Methanol is used more because people can't drink it :P
2. You can tell what cheap and expensive white coats look like
I have a favourite one :P
3. You can't watch CSI without cursing at least one scientific inaccuracy
Any hospital program really. Everyone I know who works in the NHS in any position is the same.
4. You use acronyms for everything and never stop to elaborate
That's not true. Elaborating makes me look clever.
5. Liquid nitrogen is only about a 1/3 as dangerous as you thought
N/A. Don't deal with it.
6. You always seem to use the microscope after the person with the impossible close together eyes
More like far apart eyes! It's always one or the other though.
7. Accident reports are a badge of honor
Who reports accidents?
8. You've wondered why you can't drink distilled water in the lab - It should be clean?
I still wouldn't want to!
9. You give the lab equipment motivational pep talks "Work for me today or i'll reprogram you with a fire axe" is my favorite
There's someone at work who says far more colourful things about the urine analyser :P
10. You've worked out that a trained chimp could probably do 90% of your job
Pfft, no. I don't work in chemistry or haematology!
11. When a non-scientist asks you what you do for a living you roll your eyes and talk science at them until they've loss the will to live (mainly for fun)
This is always fun, and again, makes me look clever.
12. You have to check the web to find out what the weather is outside
What other way is there?
13. You realize that almost anything can be classed as background reading
Newspaper articles on killer superbugs that will destroy the planet?
14. People wearing shorts under a lab coat disturb you slightly as they look as though they might be naked underneath
It is scary.
15. Although all cooking is a glorified chemistry experiment you just still can't seem to get it right
Heh, I'm getting there.
16. Safety equipment is optional unless it makes you look cool
Honestly, who wears goggles?!
17. Warning labels invoke curiosity rather than caution
"What would happen if?..."
18. The Christmas nightout reveals scientists can't dance, although a formula for the movement of hands and feet combined with beats per min is found scrawled on a napkin by a waiter the next day
Ugh, yet to find that out. Better be good, they spend the whole year planning it!
19. You know which part of the lab you can chill out undisturbed on friday afternoon
Afternoons aren't often chilled.
20. You decide the courses and conference you want to go on by the quality of the food served
EVERYONE in the lab does that. Got a meeting in Hull? Awesome, they do a good buffet lunch. CPD meeting? Only good with popcorn.
21. You are strangely proud of the collection of junk you've stolen from vendors at trade shows
Not been yet :(
22. You've used dry ice to cool beer down
I've heard stories, but alas, never done that.
23. No matter what the timings in the experiment protocol there is always time for lunch in the middle
Hell yes. Tea breaks too.
24. You can no longer spell normal words but have no trouble with spelling things like immunohistochemistry or deoxyribonucleic acid.
This is true, but I will never master "fluorescence". Only got that because of the spell checker.
25. Burning eyes, nose and throat indicate that you haven't actually turned on the fumehood/downdraft bench
More like a strong smell of poo.
26. Your slightly too fond of the smell of (pick one or many) Xylene/Agar/Ethanol/Undergraduates/Alcoholic handwash
Enterococci, formalin, ethanol, xylene...list goes on.
27. You've left the lab wearing a piece of PPE (personal protective equipment) because you forgot you had it on
Since that's gloves or labcoat, no. Almost went into the main lab in a blue labcoat once though.
28. You bitch about not being able to pipette by mouth any more (Not me but i've worked with people who do!)
As the author said, not me, but I know older folks who do.
Signs from others in the group (04-07-07) (these taken from the Facebook group, credit left in)
29. Security come round at 2 am wondering why the lights are still on only to find you with your arms up to your elbows in a glovebox - Cheers James
Not allowed to do that yet!
30. you have made some kind of puppet out of a nitrile glove and kept it as a pet (I know this isn't just me!) (Putting dry ice in makes for a rapidly expanding if short lived pet - DS) - Cheers Rachel
We've all made weird things with bits we find in the lab. Someone at work made toys with mouse balls and kinder eggs.
31. When at a Fall Out Boy gig you wonder why everyone is going round with Faecal Occult Blood (FOB) written on their head!!!! -Just for you Sarah
I have actually related the two things. Sad.
32. You have an irresistible urge to rip your shirt off superman stylie cos it has press stud fasteners just like your lab coat.....Most often occurring as you walk through a door just like exiting the lab.... (The worlds of strippers and lab workers collide, not pretty- DS) Thanks for that Carrie
OMG YES. I've done that since before reading this, and more so since. You really can't help it. Busy, stressful day, and you have to do a superman style labcoat rip off on the way out.
33. You still get amusement out of "freezing" things in liquid nitrogen! - Not just you Tracey
I want a go!
A Few more from me (12-07-07)
34. Blinking real fast has saved your eyesight on more than one occasion.
Haha, no. Heard too many stories
35. You've removed your gloves to find a small hole which has left you with either - wrinkly old person hands, a brightly coloured finger (histologists especially) or a burning sensation and dermatitis and some point.
Bright coloured stain and wrinkling hands quite a lot.
36. You've bent down to pick something up off the floor only to scatter the contents of your top pocket under the largest machine in the lab - Common problem i believe
All the damn time. I'm always losing stuff from my pocket.
More From you guys (19-07-07)
37.When you rejoice when grabbing a handfull of eppendorfs/bijous/anything and it turns outs to be the exact number you needed (always strangly good andy)
This one time, I was doing C.diff toxin tests, and there were 7, and by accident I picked up 7 test tubes. It was an awesome day.
38.You can`t wait for lab clean-up coz you get to do random pointless "experiments" to figure out whats in all the dodgy unlabeled bottels (Sniff test is a bit of a gamble Nadia)
Oh I so want to do this.
39. You hate having to change your lab coat to a new one because 'it just won't fit right' and because the wrist bits are way too tight (They never get my 'cut' just right either Tom)
EXACTLY. I have a favourite.
40. You know you have worked in a lab too long when you actually threaten your cells whilst waving a bottle of virkon (All been there Becky)
O.o
41.Your nose invariably itches when you're doing mucky stuff with your hands so you develop the habit of scratching it on your upper arm. Unfortunately you sometimes carry this habit over to real life, where it looks like you're sniffing your armpits (Trying to find a clean bit of lab coat can be fun as well, cheers Kate)
When you're dealing with poos, usually. OH! The worst one is when your arms are in the anaerobe cabinet, and you forget, and try and scratch yourself through a window. Don't work.
42. When as the senior of morphology you threaten each new registrar on their first day that oil and x10 dry objectives do not mix and will result in violence (Cheers Nichola)
O.o
43. when you say goodnight to your microscope on a friday night and tearfully hug it goodbye as you won't see it all weekend (Cheers again Nichola)
This is known as "sad".
44. When you start making patterns in your pipette tip box as you take the tips out. I made a beautiful spiral today (Could have been an art student Vicky)
Does it count when you do it in a tray of 5ml waters?
45. When you wonder how much it will hurt if I pour just a smidge of this phenol:chloroform/trichloroacetic acid/any random chemical on myself (Best try it out on some one else first Mike)
More like I wonder if it will really burn through, and what I could use as a weapon of self defence.
46. You've seen how far away you can hit a target with a squirty water bottle or seeing how far away from the bin i can fire pipette tips. (Pinging gloves is also fun Ed)
Elastic band fights are almost the same?
47. The fire alarm ceases to bug you. You only evacuate when you see the fire. (Hand on the floor to check for heat is a good indicator)
Damn thing makes me jump EVERY week, but if it was a real fire, I wouldn't move and just assume it was another drill.
48. You know when you've been in a lab too long when you make 6 litres of medium, but wonder why no one makes "high" or "low".(Cheers Tom)
Well I'll wonder that now...
49. When you organise your kitchen cupboard contents the way you would your chemicals..all labeled in alphabetical order (Cheers Anggia)
Ha, no.
50. When you've got that callus on the side of your thumb from opening PCR tubes (Cheers Chani)
Well since I don't do PCR, no. I do have a mark on my thumb from always scraping it opening urine pots.
The main one though, is that you now know what the NHS is really like. It makes you appreciate the Amateur Transplants more, but more than anything it makes you want to bang your head against a wall. Or several different walls.
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Now playing: Mando Diao - Ochrasy
via FoxyTunes
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