Reasons to Date a Chemist

• We might name a molecule after you.
• Chemists know how to handle HOT items!
• Chemists have all the right elements.
• Guaranteed to experience great chemistry.
• Chemists have all the solutions.
• Chemists are used to exchanging fluids.
• We are constantly learning and improving our techniques.
• We have no problems resorting to gadgets and gizmos to get the job done.
• We are used to pulling all nighters.
• Who else better to experiment with, than a chemist?
• We do it periodically on the table.
• It's a mystery what we wear under our lab coats.
• We like to experiment.
• We always wear protection.
• We have chemistry.
• Chemists can handle chain reactions, with multiple stages.
• Chemists know the difference between "organic" and "orgasmic".

Student Politics

I'm not one to get involved in politics. I have a healthy interest in politics but I've never participated beyond voting. Until now.

I have spent a week campaigning not just for myself as a postgrad representative but also to oust the incumbent Guild President. It took up a rather large amount of time and consequently I missed a couple of deadlines of which I will be sorting out. [sigh]

However it was all worth it. I was voted in and I suspect to the disgust of the current representative. I don't mind nor am I intimidated as I am hoping to working with them and the new Student Guild that has been voted in. And hopefully get some things achieved.

It really will be interesting when I meet them in a couple days. Apparently the PSA has mugs and t-shirts, both of which I have only just heard about. Interesting times ahead I'm sure.

Research Momentum...Lack Of...

This is applicable to the week I've had so far. Last Friday, I exhausted the supply of one of my reagents. I did place an order in on Monday but it didn't arrive until Wednesday. By this time the rate at which any work was being done at that moment in time had fallen to slightly above zero. At the moment, it is zero. I am procrastinating here after all when I should be over there working.

It's not that I don't want to do the work, it's just that I don't feel like it. I was running experiments daily and getting a lot done, 20 hours of work in nine hours is something of an achievement. After days of no progress and frustration, I'm quite willing to wait for a new working week before I start up again.

Besides this I have time to prepare for next week or so I tell myself repeatedly. I also have a deadline that I can still meet well before it comes whizzing by. And I can study for my upcoming exam.

I didn't find it this difficult to start work from a period of rest before. Normally it goes from zero to a lot almost instantaneously. At the moment I have many reasons to do this but not a lot of motivation.