Picture from Steve Madden’s Instagram.  Why didn’t I get these sooner?

Richmond Centre was a mess, could not get into Aberdeen, and driving in Richmond gives me road rage. Got some free swag (notebook and headphones) at the new Steve Madden that opened up in Richmond Centre when I bought the boots:

Woohoo, free stuff!!! Gas is getting cheaper, weather’s improving. I think I can stand the thought of work on Monday.

1. Lunch:

Me: Have you ever spilled your sample?
S: Yeah, of course.
Me: What did you do?
S: Pour it again!  It was only 1 or 2 samples.  I told the other people in my lab that if I spilled the whole
     rack which has about 100 samples, I would just give up and quit.

2. Centrifuge

M: Hey, Don’t take out the sample and then pour it back in like that.
Me: Why not?
M:  Homogeneity.  You have to swirl the sample again and then remove, because it’s like you’re splitting the sample and resampling again.  It won’t be representative if you do that.

Later on, waiting for samples…
M: What’s the purpose of mixing up the sample?
Me: Umm… Is it homogeneity… And representativeness of the sample?
M: Yes.  Why do we only use samples that are this size?
Me: Not sure.
M: Homogeneity.  And representativeness of the sample.

I laughed for a full 60 seconds after this. Oh dear, I’m so immature.  I told everybody that I graduated already, and M said that he was surprised because I seem so immature.  Then, S thought I was 2 years younger than what I actually am, because I seem immature.  I hope I never grow up though.

Made chocolate vodka strwbries in 3 easy steps:

1. Soak strawberries in vodka for at least 12 hours.
2. Dip in melted chocolate.
3. Place on wax paper and cool in refrigerator.

Don’t they look sexy?! Yeah right.

There wasn’t enough chocolate to properly dip them, so they turned out really bumpy.   There wasn’t enough chocolate because I burned some of it while melting the first batch.  I burned the chocolate using a microwave. I really should not cook…

First week at the new job crawled by.  I don’t know how much I can actually disclose, but the job brings me back to my childhood days when I would dig in the gravel field and on the grassy hill behind my elementary school.  So much fun playing with mud!  There are also a lot more mindless tasks, so I have a lot of time to daydream…

    Life is strange, because things happen for a reason.  I got a cone of gummy candies, a bag of Lindt chocolate, and a shopping gift card as farewell gifts from my lovely coworkers at Anachemia.  There was also pizza from Boston Pizza.  It was a good end to the 10 months spent there.  The end came right on time, because I was getting grumpier and angrier at the job.  The week after the last day went by in a blur, with an interview on Humpday (Wednesday, for all you sickos out there) at Maxxam.  (Actually, when I first heard that term, I didn’t realize it meant Wednesday either, and all my coworkers cracked up.) 

I almost did not know the answer to “What pH is the water that comes out of your tap?” and “How would the pH change if sodium hydroxide is added to that water?”.  Glad I had my thinking cap on.

I ended up with a pretty decent mark for the Forensic Toxicology course at BCIT, probably because everything was open book.  After the course ended, I opened another book:

Life is so strange.

Last update was… MARCH?! Wow, lwza, you suck. Lazy, like these pigs…

Seen at Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove.  Pat and I went there last month so that she could get her Tourism Challenge stamp.  Perfect weather for the zoo, and for searching for roots in the mud.