Things I did yesterday
October 19, 2007I’m just going to fire off a quick list of what I did yesterday.
Slept in. That was great.
Went to class. The lecturer had slides full of size 12 font text and basically said one sentence for each one. I left at the break, because honestly, I don’t need someone giving me short random highlights from his core notes that I won’t remember anyway.
Came home. Did some dishes.
Went into lab. I’m getting back into lab work, which is great because I’d really love to get published, and to make a good impression on my PI. But with classes and other activities, I already feel like I’m tightening a noose around my neck. We’ll see.
Emailed a friend about going to the gym tonight at 9:30. A lot of people seem to go 4-5 times a week. Will I have to go that much?
Went to a guest talk by Andrew Fire, Nobel laureate and Stanford professor. It was interesting at first, and then the grogginess set in, and I don’t think I was alone. But he did bring up some fascinating stuff about periodicity in DNA (mini-sequences spaced a certain distance apart — has to do with histone binding and chromosomal ultrastructure). He’s really a great speaker (especially in comparison to this morning) and his work is very original. People were leaving early, though, which bugged me a lot. I mean, I know there’s a run on free food, but gosh, show some courtesy.
Parents decided to drop in unexpectedly. And by “parents” I mean “criticism and guilt.”
Went to the gym. We successfully tried heavier weights — I think we’re making progress.
That’s it!
