This is the Entry in which I Bitch about Pyridine I hate pyridine. Oh, by the way, this is a chemistry rant, so if you don't like it you can go do something more enjoyable than listening to a frustrated grad student. Resuming... I spilled about 2 mL of pyridine earlier, and that stuff stinks to high heaven. I had to wear my respirator for the first time to clean it up. And, the worst part, is that because of this I missed the bus to go to Pilates. I missed it last week too, and so now I don't get to have that strong, lean, energized feeling that I usually have after I do Pilates. Oh yeah, and then my data looks like shit, so I have to redo it, which means dealing with that nasty pyridine again. Please save me! I am very impatient to get this data, but I can't even do it again right now because the hardware for the spectrometer program has been switched over to a different detector. Thursday I will be able to do it. Research is like raising children. You constantly get interrupted with stupid shit that really has no bearing on the actual science, but still must be dealt with to get to the science. |