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Illicit Chemistry!
Sep. 11th, 2007 11:07 pmI've been doing illicit chemistry the past two days. Not only is it fun to say, it's fun to do and gives me something TO do. :p
See, we're not SUPPOSED to work in a lab until we've had WHMIS. We can't take WHMIS without an employee email account. Grad studies is being slow about putting in appointments. Grad studies doesn't understand the need for WHMIS.
Thus, illicit chemistry. What's my supervisor going to do, tell the department head? :p
Right now I'm making starting materials to get used to where everything is and how to use a Schlenk line. I'm doing a Grignard reaction, which is pretty exciting since I've used it as an answer in class plenty of times, but never actually done one before.
I had another safety training thing today, which was not ENTIRELY useless. I found out where the Occupational Health and Safety office is. :p It's in a cavelike corridor. The point is that I now have a form for prescription safety glasses. Now I just need to get an optometrist appointment and I can stop doing the safety glasses over regular glasses thing. :p
AND I found out vision care is covered by the grad student health plan. :p
The stuff my mother was sending UPS arrived yesterday. So now I have my books and movies and fabric. It will be interesting making it all FIT. :p
Oh, and did you know there are themed Star Trek boxed sets? I may kinda sorta have a Q collection now. :p
We amused the cashier at the grocery store today by playing rock-paper-scissors to see who was paying. We'd forgotten whose turn it was. :p She informed us that next time we're at her till, Ryan had better be the one paying. :p
Most importantly: Our bed is supposed to get here tomorrow, praise be. :p
See, we're not SUPPOSED to work in a lab until we've had WHMIS. We can't take WHMIS without an employee email account. Grad studies is being slow about putting in appointments. Grad studies doesn't understand the need for WHMIS.
Thus, illicit chemistry. What's my supervisor going to do, tell the department head? :p
Right now I'm making starting materials to get used to where everything is and how to use a Schlenk line. I'm doing a Grignard reaction, which is pretty exciting since I've used it as an answer in class plenty of times, but never actually done one before.
I had another safety training thing today, which was not ENTIRELY useless. I found out where the Occupational Health and Safety office is. :p It's in a cavelike corridor. The point is that I now have a form for prescription safety glasses. Now I just need to get an optometrist appointment and I can stop doing the safety glasses over regular glasses thing. :p
AND I found out vision care is covered by the grad student health plan. :p
The stuff my mother was sending UPS arrived yesterday. So now I have my books and movies and fabric. It will be interesting making it all FIT. :p
Oh, and did you know there are themed Star Trek boxed sets? I may kinda sorta have a Q collection now. :p
We amused the cashier at the grocery store today by playing rock-paper-scissors to see who was paying. We'd forgotten whose turn it was. :p She informed us that next time we're at her till, Ryan had better be the one paying. :p
Most importantly: Our bed is supposed to get here tomorrow, praise be. :p
