I become today's bitch, then bitch about sunscreen and testing bacteria.4:06 p.m. - 2003-04-22
Whoa... Two entries in less than an hour. Yeah, I guess today shall be historically remembered. Two entries in one day instead of two entries, in like, a month.
I am no longer 12% beer's bitch. I am now today's bitch. That is right. The day itself has whipped my behind and told me to call it master. You would never believe such a beautiful day would be into S & M, would you? Well, now you know. Indeed, the day has commanded me to type another entry before bending myself to its evil will. Okay, or maybe I've slathered myself with SPF 30 Plus, and I'm waiting the requisite 30 minutes before I expose my porcelain skin to the sun during my walk.
Speaking of sunscreen. Why the hell is my sunblock SPF 30 Plus??? Not to mention its called BLOCK UP! It sounds like something I should shout before executing my super move... Lets just get a nice visual going here. I am trying to defeat the supervillian! Straining against his evil tanning rays, I shout "Block up!" And the true pasty whiteness of my skin shines through and blinds him, giving me the chance to defeat him with my... uh... Kung-fu grip. Woo hoo!
It makes it even worse that the brand is "Fruit of the Earth". Then, below that
BLOCK UP!
SPF 30 Plus
UBA/UVB protection
with ALOE VERA
Water/Sweat
RESISTANT.
Its all like "We're a hippy company."
BUT THIS PRODUCT IS AIMED AT 10 YEAR OLD BOYS!
We also want their mothers to be willing to buy it, with its kick ass full spectrum protection.
And the aloe vera will give the said mothers a reason to use it.
Water resistant is practically required in this day and age.
Although it isn't really. They all say that they are water resistant, but read the back label.
DIRECTIONS: Apply generously and evenly 30 minutes before sun or weather exposure. [Now look at this.] Reapply as needed or after towel drying, swimming, or sweating.
That doesn't look like Water/Sweat RESISTANT to me. But, whatever.
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Also, as you may know, I am taking Microbiology this semester. And we finally got our unknowns (it's the big lab project. We get a tube with two bacteria in them, we have to get a single species, and then ID them using all of the fun techniques we've learned over the semester. Oh, its fun.
So, I've already done my Gram stain (Gram negative rod, non-endospore forming, although I don't think gram negatives of any type can form endospores), and my oxidase test (oxidase negative), and the next thing that I am trying to figure out is if it is motile or not. I have my SIMS tube, which tests for a huge variety of things (SIM- Sulfide, Indole, Motility tube), but all that I need to know right now is if it is motile. The problem is, the little buggers are huge producers of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), so the tube is completely black, and I can't see if they have moved away from the stab line. Its so fricking annoying! So, I made another one, and took it home so I could monitor it more easily, and catch them before the whole tube turned black. I made the tube yesterday morning, it is already completely black. GARGH! I checked it last night before I fell back asleep, and nothing had happened at all. I think that my bacteria are conspiring against me.
This means that I am going to have to do a hanging drop slide, which are, like, impossible. I have not done one sucessfully yet. Grrr.
My god, I have turned into a biology major. Look at those paragraphs. Its like when my brothers start talking about engineering, and I zone out and am all like La la la la laaaaaaa la la. Why is there a card on the ceiling of the cafeteria? Hmmm... what does that say. Gee, she has on an ugly outfit, puce tights and a hot pink dress never work, honey. "What? What did you say to me? Huh?" Except for biology. Everything I typed made perfect sense to me, but non-Micro. people are going to be like... hmmm... I'll just skip over that paragraph. And that one. And that one... ah, here we go. I'm so sorry. When did this happen?
Whoop! Time's up! Now I get to become today's bitch. See y'all!
:o)
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