Life Lessons
Life Lesson # e^x: Don't add the binding buffer before the lysis buffer or your mini-prep probably will not work, even if you do see the white effluvia. Dang!
Had an interesting interaction with the cleaning guy the other evening. (Is "janitor" un-PC? I forget.) He's this guy from Jamaica, maybe a bit younger than me. (Early 20s? Although I am bad at guessing ages anymore, so really he could be anywhere from 19-40. By default I just assume everyone is 24, which seems unlikely to ever offend anyone.) I was finishing up my work day, downloading some stuff from iTunes (as you do) and he came up sweeping my bay and asked what I was listening to.
"Actually, I'm downloading The Office - for $2 I can watch it at the gym with no commercials!"
"You go to the gym every day?"
"Ha - no way - but I figure if I can watch TV I might go more often. Do you to the gym a lot?"
"Ha, no - me, the only exercize I get is this. So, what kind of music do you listen to?"
"Oh, all kinds, really. I mean, most kinds, you know. Good music. Things that have a good melody and a good baseline. Some pop, rock, classical . . . "
"You like hip-hop?"
"Yeah, I like some hip-hop. Like Talib Kweli or something, that's not just about like, 'Oh I have this nice car/and girls all want to have sex with me/and I really enjoy dancing' . . . But then, most pop music is just all, 'Oh I like this girl/but she doesn't like me/And I'm really sad about it' . . . or else, 'Oh it's so difficult/being really pretty/I'd like to have sex/and I really enjoy dancing' . . . What kind of music do you like?"
"I like reggae - you know Sean Paul?"
"Yeah, I like reggae, too. Especially when it's about something besides the various ways some dude wants to have sex with his girlfriend or whatever."
"Hey, you know, you're really funny. You're a funny person. It just goes to show."
"What?"
"That you can't tell about a person just from . . . you know . . . "
"So I'm not as boring as all the other dorky scientists here?"
"Haha, well, yeah, kinda."
"Thanks!"
"What's your name?"
"Joolya. What's yours? Oh, it's on your nametag. I always am losing my nametag."
"You have a good night, now."
"You too."
Had an interesting interaction with the cleaning guy the other evening. (Is "janitor" un-PC? I forget.) He's this guy from Jamaica, maybe a bit younger than me. (Early 20s? Although I am bad at guessing ages anymore, so really he could be anywhere from 19-40. By default I just assume everyone is 24, which seems unlikely to ever offend anyone.) I was finishing up my work day, downloading some stuff from iTunes (as you do) and he came up sweeping my bay and asked what I was listening to.
"Actually, I'm downloading The Office - for $2 I can watch it at the gym with no commercials!"
"You go to the gym every day?"
"Ha - no way - but I figure if I can watch TV I might go more often. Do you to the gym a lot?"
"Ha, no - me, the only exercize I get is this. So, what kind of music do you listen to?"
"Oh, all kinds, really. I mean, most kinds, you know. Good music. Things that have a good melody and a good baseline. Some pop, rock, classical . . . "
"You like hip-hop?"
"Yeah, I like some hip-hop. Like Talib Kweli or something, that's not just about like, 'Oh I have this nice car/and girls all want to have sex with me/and I really enjoy dancing' . . . But then, most pop music is just all, 'Oh I like this girl/but she doesn't like me/And I'm really sad about it' . . . or else, 'Oh it's so difficult/being really pretty/I'd like to have sex/and I really enjoy dancing' . . . What kind of music do you like?"
"I like reggae - you know Sean Paul?"
"Yeah, I like reggae, too. Especially when it's about something besides the various ways some dude wants to have sex with his girlfriend or whatever."
"Hey, you know, you're really funny. You're a funny person. It just goes to show."
"What?"
"That you can't tell about a person just from . . . you know . . . "
"So I'm not as boring as all the other dorky scientists here?"
"Haha, well, yeah, kinda."
"Thanks!"
"What's your name?"
"Joolya. What's yours? Oh, it's on your nametag. I always am losing my nametag."
"You have a good night, now."
"You too."
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3:55 PM
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