wash, rinse, repeat...applies to more than shampoo!

[sabine]

And the afternoon started out so nicely, too....

*rewind*

Lab meeting was quite random today. Things that were funny -

Me: There's a piece of plastic or something in my soda can.
Boss: Could be worse. It could be a cockroach *makes little hand motions* "help, help! let me out of the can"
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Person #1: (entering at very end of meeting) Did I miss anything?
Me: Yeah, the hilarity, the arguing, the Jello wrestling...
Person #2: *doubles over laughing*
Everyone else, not paying attention
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Boss and Person #1 talking
Person #3 points out a line of text to #2, #2 shows it to me, I show to #4. We all laugh uproariously.
Text in NIH grant application: Approximately 200 mice are anticipated to accomplish Aim 2. (mental image of the mice in lab coats doing the experiments for us, sort of like in Cinderella...hilarity ensues)
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So after an entertaining lab meeting, I went to collect the data from an experiment that I began on Sunday (damn multiday protocols). I got nuthin' The only useful data were the ones saying that I really screwed up somewhere along the way. *frustrated sigh* I wonder if there's some cosmic rule about how many experiments are allowed to be successful per month (or other unit time). Ah well, I'll just begin again tomorrow.
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Mustn't forget the Inspirational Quote of the Arbitrary Time Period:
"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."
- Mae West