The Fly Trap (Possibly NSFW)

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uh, you did the wrong labs then. my labs are pretty freakin sweet. i work with DNA, RNA, proteins, and very expensive and sexy equipment. i also design elegant experiments. the simpler, the sexier. it's all in what you want to do, it mostly starts with a seed of curiosity, then learning, then teaching and applying.
one of the things i learned this spring when i was training my replacements (4) and guest speaking at local schools is that i absolutely LOVE science. the general gist of empirical research and finding out the unknown. i have such great enthusiam for unlocking the unknown and it's gotten to the point where it's contagious. i've been in my current lab for a week and a half and already three people have told me they've learned something from me (big and small). you have to take so much of what you learn, from so many different areas of expertise, and apply them in one focal direction. conversely, you can take a small detail about something and run with it and make it huge. i know i'm talking circles about this and i could write a dissertation in itself about why i love what i do, but i'll dork out in the general direction of studying tonight :p

to be honest i just got fed up with labs. it was the same old drudgery and writeups each time. i couldn't get up every morning and go into a lab feeling like i was doing something worthwhile also the rate of pay for benchwork in the UK is quite shocking, especially in the biological field.

i lost my great love of science and really just want to practice and get on with it. i find repeats, controls, sampling etc. so tedious after having to do it so much. research is a career i'd be deeply unhappy in.

if i were starting all over again i'd have done chemical engineering. i know 2 chem engs fresh out of school earning ~300 GBP per hour tax free in the Emirates. it's disgusting. medicine and science is an income, but it's certainly not lucrative.

edit: it's clear to see i've gone from starry eyed love of healing and research to making money, fucking off and white water rafting. lifes too short to sit in a wee office with a viagra clock!
 
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I don't know if you guys saw the beginning pic last month. But here is my finished baby blanket for Mikey's black baby.
 
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