It is probably a sign of mental instability that when I first heard that today I felt an almost irrepressible urge to laugh, and when I looked around me, I saw that all my classmates (all fourteen of them) were completely dead-pan.
The key question, of course, is whose sanity is in question.
I have a new-found respect for nail polish. You can use it to make slides for prokaryotes AND eukaryotes, apparently. (And I got to play with paraformaldehyde, which was, sadly, not as exciting as I'd hoped.) Watching the post-doc painstakingly dab at it is funny though, because he's in his thirties and has to sit down in order to look through the microscope in the culture room since otherwise he'd have to kneel on the floor to get his eyes on the same level -- and it's such a dainty tiny bottle of polish. (Kate, I think the top of your head may just about clear his shoulders.) (Yes he really is that tall.)
(Also: has anyone ever seen nail polish catch on fire before? Purely scientific interest. Or at least, purely curious as to why it'd say "FLAMMABLE" on the back when things that I know are flammable in the lab have often more innocuous looking warning labels.)
In other news:
From Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab I have "Ultraviolet", "Crossroads", "Tiger Lily" and "Shanghai" up for grabs for anyone interested. If you really want to I can be persuaded to give up "Dance of Death" and "Loup Garou" too, though the latter is currently gracing the scent of my linens.
First come, first serve. Will mail, unless you're Lucy, in which case we'll do an item trade of some sort next time we see each other.
1 comment:
Speaking of tall, this reminds me that Russian guys are way too tall. It was seriously intimidating when I was back in Moscow in 2004. I shudder to think that they might have grown even taller since then o_O
And I can't say I've seen nail polish catch on fire. But you could try youtubing such keywords if you're that curious :P
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