trogdor!!!

today definitely sucked.

having way too much to do at work isn't new for a lot of people. but i highly recommend, should you find yourself in the situation where you have an operation packing up and moving cross-country, get out. just go. don't stick around till the bitter end, having labwares packed around you as you struggle to make a dent in an insurmountable pile of "urgent data." the successful completion of which, if you actually forged ahead on this dismal career track, would have a profound impact on your future.

to say nothing of labeling radioactive tubes from the reagan era and being asked things like, "hey, you know the guy who's been working here for more than a year? well we need you to teach him everything you know! by friday! oh, and here's another experiment!"

so there i am, about to seriously fuck up my experimental design due to extreme hunger and cause the needless sacrifice of two poor little transgenic mousies, the novocaine from my visit to the dentist 2 hours prior wearing off as my tummy and gums throb in unison. i'm about to freak out.

the damage mitigated by sheer intestinal fortitude and willpower on my part, i come back to my desk upon completing the experiment, tears in my eyes, doing the only thing i can when i'm stressed out. start imagining setting things on fire.

about 30 seconds into my backdraft reverie, i find a microwaveable bowl of annie chun's hearty miso soup. the package has good heft to it, perhaps even 300 calories to stop me from self-digesting my organs. annie chun, god bless her fantastic asianness, is smiling up at me with those squinty little eyes.

a solution has been found; the sabominator is temporarily placated, and will be able to make the long journey home this season.