what a fast week ! i cannot believe how fast it went. i dunno it's b/c i was actually freakin' productive and went to class instead of sleeping all day. -,-^

today was an interesting day in research. so now i'm actually doing stuff.. instead of just distilling solutions and purifying resin. i was going to take pictures today so i could remember what goes where, what's for what, and which glass instruments to use.. stuff like that. i actually broke some things... like the end of a syringe, but not the pointy part. and i also broke the small brush used for washing and cleaning. aaaaaaahahahha. whoops. but good thing i didn't get yelled at. b/c i would've just cried. literally break down cry. i might've tried to keep it inside but it eventually would've spilled out. something i noticed while i'm in research is that i really like it. it's very repetitive and tedious to take all these precautions, distill everything, and test things just to make sure that it's all reacted.... BUT. i like seeing the final product and taking a long sigh knowing that i'm done and that i completed something. sadly, this is not a realistic view of research b/c most likely it would be a year long process in which there's lots of frustrations and modifying of procedure, nevertheless. it's cool. wanna see what i made today? kekekekekakakakak. basically i stringed five amino acids together: 1. glutamine 2. arginine 3. glycine 4. serine 5. cysteine. if you've ever done a peptide synthesis before, or taken ochem, or if you're just a genius.. then you know what i'm talking about. there's lots of things on an amino acid, like protecting groups, and other bulky groups to prevent the amino acid from reacting with other things. there's also other precautions like no water K 003or air can enter the reaction vessel. blahblahblah. but basically after lots of washing, rinsing, and checking to see if all the amino acids coupled to each other.... success ! =) i dunno if i got 100% all reacted and coupled... but a good amount, like over 50%! and that's vewy good. pat on my back. =] i took impeccable notes, too. wanna know why? haha. b/c i didn't know we had to write a paper at the end of this course. HAHA. that's pretty obvious. i'm researching. shouldn't i write something about it? so yeeea. gotta get started on that sometime. but check out my drawings of the flasks. hahahah i'm such a loser. i was kinda bored. b/c there were only hour increments where stuff was happenK 006ing and i had to wait. an hour isn't nearly enough to run to the computer lab and do something. so i took a few pictures like the ones above (w/ my cell phone, so they're obviously bad quality) and drew these things so i can remember what goes where and how these instruments work. haha and to the right those may seem like very lengthy procedures.. but those procedures literally explain every little thing i did. it's not a general procedure like weigh out blahblah, and react. it's like, walk over here, get this, meanwhile do this, then do this, make sure about this, first purge argon, then stop it, then purge again.. etcetc. haha it's sssoooo specific. no one's ever gonna read it. but i need it otherwise i'm gonna forget what i did. hey.. gotta go with wat you know best, right?


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i really like cherry tomatoes. i don't like actual, big ones like in hamburgers or sandwiches. but i do like the small cherry ones like in salads or just by itself. i'm getting pretty good at the whole throwing up in the air and catching it in your mouth thing. i can do that w/ popcorn, grapes, now cherry tomatoes.. you name it. i got it. they're so cute, too. but they don't look so cute when they're rotten. but otherwise. they're cute. i like how the juice inside BURSTS in your mouth when you take a bite into it. i love how you can't bite it in half b/c the juices will gush in all directions. haha. then it looks like you're just a sloppy eater, and no, we wouldn't want that.

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alright. that was a random schpeel about cherry tomatoes. last night, i watched CATS. never watched a musical before. at least not in an actual theatre. b/c i went to go watch it.. i have another reason why i love case and why i like cleveland. haha note the diff. between loving case and liking cleveland. ~,^ anyway! i remember when this musical first came out and i saw advertisements for it on tv and i got scared. as much as i love cats.. seeing people dressed up as cats and parading around stage... not exactly the most appealing thing. but once i entered high school and realized how cool musicals are.. and actually got involved.. WOW. i'm not a crazy fanatic like some that i know, but i definitely do love it. if i only had the $$ to watch 'em all the time. we sat allll the way at the top. but it didn't matter ! i think we had the best seats after all. the indoors of Playhouse Square is omygoodness amazing. the pic that i have is quite blurry... BUT yea. you can tell how high up we were. the musical was wow, absolutely fabulous. and that famous song, "memory".. i've heard SO many versions of it. but this was by far the BEST. the last part when there's a key change and grizabella sings, "TOUCH ME, it's so EASY to LEAVE me.." etc etc.. this actress just belted it all out. before she was quiet and meek in her voice.. and suddenly.. she opened wide her lungs and i could totally feel her desperation in her voice, in her tremor.. OHMYGOODNESS. i was literally blown away from my seat. if i had that kind of impact so high up.. imagine how the people who were on the floor felt !!! i was not expecting such a fortissimo. ohmyohmygoodness !! i'm so happy. =)

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here's a fun song to download ! who knows the song.. lady from ipanema. yeayea? well here's an electronica version by humming urban stereo. they're a korean electronica group. i like their stuff. pretty relaxed and not too boppy but not too crazy, either. it's good stuff.

humming urban stereo - The Lady from Ipanema (Swimming Pool Mix) // download [here]

if you want the entire album, i actually have their first two albums. so lemee know if you want more of their stuff. ^ ^

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i've got two major exams on monday.

and tomorrow i'm also giving my first tour ! AHHH. =] i gotta go to bed now so i can rest up and be excited tomorrow! ohyeeeeeeeeeea

check it out. i have green eyes. kakakkaa. i've always thought green eyes were sexy. HA they really are. xP and i see newspapers and leaves. sweet.

have a great weekend.